Jill
08-07-11, 13:08
Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Herbert Edward Crisp, “Bert”
Date and place of birth
30 Aug 1898, West Wittering, Sussex, bap 13 Nov 1898 at SS Peter & Paul, West Wittering son of William James & Harriott Elizabeth, father’s occupation: Independent
Names of parents
William James Crisp (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2211&highlight=william+james+crisp)& Harriott Elizabeth (nee Badcock) (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2017&highlight=harriott+elizabeth+badcock)
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any - and any divorces
25 April 1929 at East Wittering parish church to Adela Rose Steel
Occupation(s) - if any
Carpenter in business with his brother Lawrence, volunteer fireman and school caretaker. In WW1 before joining the army he made wooden propellers for aircraft in Leagrave
.
Military service - if any
WW1: joined the West Wittering Volunteer Training Corps at its inaugural meeting 28 Nov 1924, aged 16, along with his father and brother Lawrence/
WW1: Gunner, Royal Field Artillery regtl no 218785
WW2: too old, worked making MTBs
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on, if applicable.
1901: Myrtle Cottage, West Wittering
1911: Myrtle Cottage, West Wittering
1921: Myrtle Cottage with mother, oldest brother, sister Elsie and two visitors, sister Beatrice and her son. Employed as a carpenter by brother Lawrence.
1929ish: Little Cott, Shore Road, East Wittering (demolished, Munneries is built on the site)
Later 1930s Admiralty Row, East Wittering, one of the smaller houses in the terrace
1939 onward: 7 Admiralty Row
Date, place and cause of death
Nov 1975, hospital in Chichester district, can't remember the date. It was a weekday. I was 15.
Date and place of burial / cremation.
Chichester Crematorium, ashes scattered Chichester harbour near the end of Ellanore Lane, the perfect place.
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
None as far as I know.
Memorial inscription - if any
Don’t know
Herbert Edward Crisp, “Bert”
Date and place of birth
30 Aug 1898, West Wittering, Sussex, bap 13 Nov 1898 at SS Peter & Paul, West Wittering son of William James & Harriott Elizabeth, father’s occupation: Independent
Names of parents
William James Crisp (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2211&highlight=william+james+crisp)& Harriott Elizabeth (nee Badcock) (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2017&highlight=harriott+elizabeth+badcock)
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any - and any divorces
25 April 1929 at East Wittering parish church to Adela Rose Steel
Occupation(s) - if any
Carpenter in business with his brother Lawrence, volunteer fireman and school caretaker. In WW1 before joining the army he made wooden propellers for aircraft in Leagrave
.
Military service - if any
WW1: joined the West Wittering Volunteer Training Corps at its inaugural meeting 28 Nov 1924, aged 16, along with his father and brother Lawrence/
WW1: Gunner, Royal Field Artillery regtl no 218785
WW2: too old, worked making MTBs
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on, if applicable.
1901: Myrtle Cottage, West Wittering
1911: Myrtle Cottage, West Wittering
1921: Myrtle Cottage with mother, oldest brother, sister Elsie and two visitors, sister Beatrice and her son. Employed as a carpenter by brother Lawrence.
1929ish: Little Cott, Shore Road, East Wittering (demolished, Munneries is built on the site)
Later 1930s Admiralty Row, East Wittering, one of the smaller houses in the terrace
1939 onward: 7 Admiralty Row
Date, place and cause of death
Nov 1975, hospital in Chichester district, can't remember the date. It was a weekday. I was 15.
Date and place of burial / cremation.
Chichester Crematorium, ashes scattered Chichester harbour near the end of Ellanore Lane, the perfect place.
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
None as far as I know.
Memorial inscription - if any
Don’t know