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Tag Archives: Fisher Street

Albert Edwin Blakemore

21 Sunday Apr 2019

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Albert Blakemore, Birkenhead, Cheshire Regiment, Fisher Street, France, St Paul's Church

Albert was born in Wolverhampton in 1894, the son of Annie and Joseph Blakemore. In 1901 they were living at 56 Fisher Street, Wolverhampton, along with Albert’s siblings Ernest and Ann G. By 1911, Albert was a lodger in the Birkenhead home of Edwin Skate. He was working as a seaman’s labourer in the ship building industry.

Albert enlisted with the 1st/6th Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment (number 9860). He first served in France from 2 January 1915, but was killed in action in France on 28 February 1918. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, as well as on the St Paul’s Church war memorial.

Alfred Spittle

13 Friday Apr 2018

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Alfred Spittle, Express & Star, Fisher Street, Leslie Road, Park Village, Royal Engineers

Alfred was born in Wolverhampton on 9 June 1893, the son of Henry and Elizabeth or Eliza Spittle. They were living at 71 Fisher Street in 1901, along with Alfred’s siblings Harry, Mary A., Joseph and George S. The family were at 55 Leslie Road, Park Village, Wolverhampton, in 1911. Alfred was a moulder for a pump manufacturing company, and had additional siblings Annie, Evelyn, Gladys and Edward.

Alfred enlisted as a Sapper in the 38th Field Company of the Royal Engineers (number 23817). On 29 May 1917, his name was listed in the Express & Star as having been wounded. However, he recovered from his wounds and survived the war.

Alfred married Mary E. Rowley in Wolverhampton in 1922, and the couple had two children – Joseph H. (1922) and Patricia M. (1925). Alfred died in Wolverhampton in 1993.

Bertie Sutton

18 Monday Sep 2017

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Balkans, Bertie Sutton, Fisher Street, Gallipoli, Midland Counties Express, Raglan Street, South Staffordshire Regiment, St Chad and St Mark's Church, St Mark's Boys' Brigade, Sunbeam, Turkey

suttonBertie was born in Wolverhampton in 1895, the son of George and Emma Sutton. The family were living at 26 Raglan Street, Wolverhampton in 1901, with Bertie and his parents, as well as his sister, Ethel. By 1911, they were at 50 Fisher Street, Wolverhampton, and Bertie had gained three brothers – George, Fred and William. He was a member of the St Mark’s Boys’ Bridge, and once he left school he worked at Sunbeamland.

Bertie enlisted in the 7th Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment (number 9896). He served in the Balkans from 21 July 1915, but was killed in action at Gallipoli on 22 August 1915. He is remembered on the Helles memorial in Turkey, as well as on the memorial of St Chad and St Mark’s Church. He was featured in the Midland Counties Express on 16 October 1915.

The Tibbitts brothers

09 Monday Jun 2014

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Boys' Brigade, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Darlington Street Wesleyan Day School, Express & Star, Fisher Street, Midland Counties Express, Worcestershire Regiment

A Hero's Grave at 21

A Hero’s Grave at 21

On 7 December 1914, the Express & Star published a photograph of Samuel Tibbitts, a private in the 2nd Worcesters, who had been killed in France at the age of 21. The article includes various details about the man:

  • He had attended the day school attached to the Darlington Street Wesleyan Church
  • He was a member of the St Mark’s Company of the Boys’ Brigade and the St Mark’s Band of Hope
  • He had served five years in the Army

Unfortunately, we only hold the school log books for the Darlington Street Wesleyan Day School, and no admission registers, so we are unable to confirm this further. His entry on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website confirms that he was a member of the 2nd Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment, and was killed on 23rd October 1914. He was the son of Margaret Ann Tibbitts, of 77 Fisher Street in Wolverhampton, and he is commemorated at the Ypres (Menin Gate) memorial. His birth proved a little more elusive until spelling variations were tried, and he was found as “Samuel Tibbits”, registered in March 1893. He joined the Worcestershire Regiment in 1909.

Wolverhampton Sergeant-Major's Death

Wolverhampton Sergeant-Major’s Death

On 15 September 1915, a further article appeared about the death of a Sergeant-Major Tibbitts. The end of the article confirmed that this was Sam’s brother. He had died in hospital at Malta from dysentery, contracted at the Dardanelles. Like his brother, he had been serving with the Worcestershire Regiment since 1907, and had been for two years sergeant instructor to the Officers’ Training Corps, as well as a gymnastic instructor at the King’s School in Wolverhampton. The same article appeared in the Midland Counties Express on 18 September 1915.

Finding this man, including finding his first name, has been pretty elusive, due to the various ways of spelling their surname. Finally I found a Company Sergeant-Major J. E. Tibbetts on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site, who died on 27 August 1918 and is buried at the Pieta Military Cemetery in Malta. His service number, 10329, enabled me to confirm his name as Joseph E., of the 9th Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment.

His birth was registered under the name “Joseph Edward Tibbits” in June 1886. He married a Beatrice Smith in Worcester in June 1914, and they had a baby daughter, Joyce, in September 1915. Like his brother, he had been a member of the 1st Wolverhampton (St. Mark’s) Company of the Boys’ Brigade. In fact, he had been awarded a certificate signed by Captain Theodore Addenbrooke for good conduct over the years 1899-1903 and had been to London with the Boys’ Brigade for King Edward’s Coronation.

This illustrates the difficulties that can be faced by researchers with spellings of names!

William Johnson Barnett

06 Tuesday May 2014

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William Johnson Barnett

William Johnson Barnett

William Johnson Barnett was originally from Oakham in Rutland, born on 16 October 1879 to parents Thomas H. and Fanny Barnett. His father was a baker and grocer. By 1901, Barnett had moved to Wolverhampton and had married Elizabeth Hallett (born 1880 in Wolverhampton). In 1901 they were living at 78 Fisher Street, and Barnett was listed as an Insurance Officer.

The couple had married that year, and went on to have seven children – Thomas (1902), Alfred (1903), John (1905), Joseph (1907), Elizabeth (1908) and the twins Charles and Frank (1911). They appear to have moved about a lot, as over the course of that time the children were born in various locations, including Coventry, Leamington, Handsworth and Kings Norton. William attended the Red Cross Street Schools and later worked at the offices of the Pearl Life Assurance Company in Princess Street for 14 years. By 1911 the family had moved back to Wolverhampton, and were living at 21 Milton Road in Heath Town. By this date, Barnett was a Furniture Agent.

Barnett was a member of the Newhampton Road Wesleyan Church, and is listed in their Roll of Honour book (together with the photograph above), which has been referred to on this blog before. This includes the following information about him:

Enlisted in January, 1915, served in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, being promoted to rank of Lance-Corporal on the field. Saw service at Gallipoli, Turkey, and was killed in action on 25th August, 1915, leaving a widow and 8 children.”

Other sources confirm that he was a member of the 1st Battalion of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Regiment Number 18112, having enlisted on 26 January 1915. He was killed in action at Dardanelles on the date stated, having only just gained his stripe two days before. . By this time the family had moved again to 44 Rugby Street in Wolverhampton. With regards to the 8 children mentioned, Freebmd confirms that the couple had another daughter, Lucy, in 1914. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial in Turkey. An article appeared about him in the Midland Counties Express on 6 January 1917.

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