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1901 Henry, wife Margaret and four-year-old Elsie are still
living on West Street, Kings Cliffe.
At this date Elsie’s grandmother, Elizabeth, is still living in
Apethorpe, but only her son George is still with her. He is
working as a wheelwright at J & R Chapman’s cart and wheel-
wrights, who moved their business from Apethorpe to Bridge
Works in King’s Cliffe in 1896. Initially an apprentice, George
continued with Chapmans until 1914, when he took work in
Nottingham. His father, Henry, had been a timber-feller and so
was his brother, Harry.
By 1911, 14-year-old Elsie and her family are still in Kings Cliffe,
with the addition of a young brother, Leslie Harry. Elsie attends
the Kings Cliffe mixed school from March 1905 until July 1912
when she is 15 years old.
For reasons that are not clear, Elsie’s grandmother has moved
to Nottingham by 1911. Her son George is still with her and two
of the daughters, Lilian and Vida, have returned. The daughters
are both working at home as dressmakers. They are living at 19
Radford Road in NW Nottingham.
Family history tells us that Elsie moved to Nottingham at some
time to be a dressmaker, no doubt under the guidance of her
two aunts.
At some point, Elsie decides to become a missionary and a
nurse and goes out to the Western Front to attend the wounded.
It is not clear for whom she worked. She is too young to be either
a regular military nurse – the Queen Alexander’s (QAIMNS) or
the VADS – the voluntary, less qualified, nurses. In both you had
to be over 23 to serve abroad.
She contracts the deadly Spanish Flu at the end of the war, and
dies on the way back to England in March 1919. She was just
22 years old. She is buried in Kings Cliffe cemetery.
WILDERS L and/or S
Named as L Wilders in the letter from H E Dixon (Senior) to the
Stamford & Rutland News as one of the Regular Army soldiers
who were in the British army at the start of WW1. Named as
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living on West Street, Kings Cliffe.
At this date Elsie’s grandmother, Elizabeth, is still living in
Apethorpe, but only her son George is still with her. He is
working as a wheelwright at J & R Chapman’s cart and wheel-
wrights, who moved their business from Apethorpe to Bridge
Works in King’s Cliffe in 1896. Initially an apprentice, George
continued with Chapmans until 1914, when he took work in
Nottingham. His father, Henry, had been a timber-feller and so
was his brother, Harry.
By 1911, 14-year-old Elsie and her family are still in Kings Cliffe,
with the addition of a young brother, Leslie Harry. Elsie attends
the Kings Cliffe mixed school from March 1905 until July 1912
when she is 15 years old.
For reasons that are not clear, Elsie’s grandmother has moved
to Nottingham by 1911. Her son George is still with her and two
of the daughters, Lilian and Vida, have returned. The daughters
are both working at home as dressmakers. They are living at 19
Radford Road in NW Nottingham.
Family history tells us that Elsie moved to Nottingham at some
time to be a dressmaker, no doubt under the guidance of her
two aunts.
At some point, Elsie decides to become a missionary and a
nurse and goes out to the Western Front to attend the wounded.
It is not clear for whom she worked. She is too young to be either
a regular military nurse – the Queen Alexander’s (QAIMNS) or
the VADS – the voluntary, less qualified, nurses. In both you had
to be over 23 to serve abroad.
She contracts the deadly Spanish Flu at the end of the war, and
dies on the way back to England in March 1919. She was just
22 years old. She is buried in Kings Cliffe cemetery.
WILDERS L and/or S
Named as L Wilders in the letter from H E Dixon (Senior) to the
Stamford & Rutland News as one of the Regular Army soldiers
who were in the British army at the start of WW1. Named as
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