William Neild was born 25 November 1913 to Thomas Neild & Mary Elizabeth Pearson.

In 1921 they were living at 74 Hirst Road, Shipley. Thomas was a painter & paperhanger working for Shipley Urban District Council. Mary was a comb minder working at Saltaire Mills. By 1931 they were living at 9 Ashley Road in Shipley.

William married Alice May Jagger in 1939. She was born, 6 December 1915. They had a daughter, Vivien, born in 1939.

In the 1939 Register they were living at 26 Shirley Street, Saltaire, where they remained until after 1960.

William, who worked as a french polisher, served his country in WW2.

Advert in the Shipley Times Wednesday 10 July 1946: -

FRENCH POLISHING?

Write or call:

W. NEILD

26 SHIRLEY STREET, SALTAIRE.

Alice died in 1979; Wiliam in 1992. They were buried/cremated together in Nab Wood Cemetery, Shipley.

 

Edward Rutter Newton was the son of John Newton. John was born 1877 in Gateshead, County Durham. He married Mary Isabella Shield in 1898 in Gateshead. They had at least two sons.

Edward, the younger son, was born 13 May 1910 in Chopwell in County Durham. In 1911 the family were living in Chopwell with John working as a miner.

In 1934 Edward married Violet Angus in Gateshead. In 1937 they were living at 28 Leyburn Grove in Shipley. By 1939 they had moved to 27 George Street in Saltaire with Edward employed as a labourer at Wigglesworth’s factory in Hirst Wood, Shipley.

Edward joined the R.A.F. in 1940 and served in WW2 reaching the rank of Corporal.

Having survived the war, Edward died in 1971 in Blackpool. His widow, Violet, died in Lincolnshire in 1994.