Born in Thame in 1890, Sam Howlett was one of 7 children to William George, and Mahala Howlett. In 1901 he was living in Southern Road where his father was a beer-house keeper and coach-smith at the “Hole in the Wall” beer-house. By 1911 he had moved to Pangbourne, employed as a grocers assistant, before […]
Charles Hubert Howlett was born in 1890 in New Bradwell, Bucks where his father was a carpenter in the Railway Works. His parents were Alfred and Elizabeth (nee Absolon) Howlett. By 1901 Alfred had moved his family back to Thame to take over the family coach building business at 1 High Street. Charles joined the […]
Frederick Ernest Howes was born in Headington, Oxfordshire on 29th February 1920. His parents were Frederick George Howes and Emily Amelia Howes (nee Merry) who had married in Headington the year before. The family had moved to Thame by 1922 where his sister Freda was born. Two brothers Leslie (b 1923) and Joseph (b 1927) […]
Ernest was born on 21st July 1890, at Oakley Nr Chinnor; the middle child of eight, born to Henry and Eleanor House. By 1901 Henry was a schoolboy and the family were living at 14 Chinnor Road, Thame. Ernie was educated at Thame Royal British School and by 1911 he was working as a porter […]
William Honour was born in Moreton, Thame in 1873 to parents William and Sarah (nee Dudley) Honour and in 1881 the family were living in a cottage by Lubbersdown Hill Farm, Moreton. William had left home by 1891 and was working in Thame, as a grocer, but 10 years later he was boarding at a house in Bell […]
Leslie Hodges was born in Towersey on 12 September 1918 the son of Charles Edward and Charlotte Elizabeth Hodges (nee Stow) who were originally from Surrey but lived for a while at 53 Chinnor Road, Thame. He was the third youngest of twelve children, the last three being born in Thame. By 1939 his parents had moved to […]
John Clare Hoadley was born in Port of Spain Trinidad West Indies in 1895, one of five children of John and Miriam Elizabeth Hoadley. He boarded at Lord Williams’s Grammar School, Thame from 1906 to 1911. By this time his father had died and the family were living in Ealing, Middlesex. In June 1914 he was appointed as […]
Henry Robert Higgins was born in Church Road Thame to Robert and Anne Higgins (nee Turner). His father Robert was injured in an accident and died in 1895. By 1901 the family had moved to 5 Southern Road, Thame. In 1911 Henry had left home and is recorded as working as a boiler-man at Aylesbury […]
Gordon Gudgeon was born in Hendon, Middlesex in 1916 to parents Henry Halliday Gudgeon, L.D.S. R.C.S., and Daisy Caroline Gudgeon, who lived in Holborn, London. Gordon attended Lord Williams’s School and was in the OT rugby XV in 1936. In December 1940 Gordon was commissioned into his local regiment, the Royal Fusiliers (City of London […]
James was born on 5th May 1889 to Joseph, a mill and foundry furnisher, and Hannah Greenhalgh of Timperley. He was educated at St. George the Martyr’s School and the Bolton Church Institute. He entered Manchester University in 1907, prior to which he was a student teacher at St. James’ School, Gorton. He gained a […]