Neal relations at Cuckoos Cup, The Wrekin

Category: Howes

  • Newspapers ablaze with minor family insights

    Newspapers ablaze with minor family insights

    Passing educational references, and an indepth story

    Passing educational references, and an indepth story After some time without, getting access to the British Newspaper Archive – part of a (half price) FindMyPast Pro subscription – raises the dilemma of where to start researching. Perhaps firstly with those individuals in the tree most likely to appear in the news, and then close relatives to see if any notices, in the absence of news items, might add another angle. The approach has already led to shining some contrasting light on youthful grandparents plus an interesting  » »

  • Picturing the moving home front

    Picturing the moving home front

    A London to and fro in WW2

    A London to and fro in WW2 The second world war was a time of upheaval for many, and this was particularly true for Cutlock & Co’s family lines. It became obvious when going through a collection of old postcards and photographs that there was a story to be told visually. Mum and Dad’s notes help to stitch them together. Out of London Being born in 1926, Dad (Arthur) was well into his grammar school life when war broke out and disrupted things. Here’s his description  » »

  • Rogue elements in Uncle Arthur’s past

    Rogue elements in Uncle Arthur’s past

    A marriage that was never mentioned

    A marriage that was never mentioned ‘Uncle Arthur’ was known as a “bit of a rogue” in relation to women, according to Dad. There wasn’t anything much to back this up other than he, Arthur William Howes, seemingly didn’t marry until age 50 {1}, and other relations mentioning wandering hands. Although his name came up occasionally, I didn’t form any impression of him as a child, and if we ever visited uncle Arthur and ‘aunt Bill’ in Ipswich I don’t remember it. A recent visit to  » »

  • First World War

    Details and round-up of family involvement

    Details and round-up of family involvement There are various articles on Cutlock & Co covering 1914 to 1918 family experiences. These are linked below, along with some further information. Note that only about 40% of World War One army service records survive. Medal records can give some minimal info, if the name isn’t too common -otherwise look out for local press coverage of casualties or other events. [toc] Concerning close relations Sydney Howes, conscientious objector? Plus second article on conscientious objector communities, and another on further  » »

  • Arthur R Howes, 1926 to 2015

    Arthur R Howes, 1926 to 2015

    A brief memorial

    A brief memorial Early days Arthur Robert Howes grew up in New Cross, south east London, his teenage years coinciding with the war. Sadly his older sister Margaret died before he was 3, and so he was in effect an only child and no doubt spoilt as such. A second cousin, 7 years younger, recalls visiting the house in Waller Road and being allowed to play with his toys (while he was at school) – his home-made fort, farm and bagatelle board were much better than  » »

  • Piecing together the anti-war evidence

    Piecing together the anti-war evidence

    New WW1 ‘conchy’ records

    New WW1 ‘conchy’ records A new record set covering conscientious objectors has been published on the ‘Lives of the First World War‘ website {1}, run by Imperial War Museum and FindMyPast. Added to mark International Conscientious Objector Day on 15th May, the Pearce Register of British World War One Conscientious Objectors collates fragmentary evidence to produce over 16,500 records {1}. The exact status of grandfather Sydney Howes during WW1 has been a little uncertain, with the rather woolly conclusion to date that although not  » »