William Alfred's Story.
William appears on the 1921 census as a railway fireman, with parents, Thomas and Harriet. He was living at 18, Lockett Street, at the same address as he appears on the Absent Voters List of 1918. Thomas Addis married Harriet Corbett in the Ludlow district, Shropshire in 1894. William had 2 brothers and 4 sisters. He appears on the 1939 register showing his date of birth as being 10th Dec 1896. He is listed with his wife, Mary, and 4 children. His occupation was listed as a Loco Driver. William Addis married Mary Langley in 1922 at Christ Church, Crewe. William died in 1966 in Crewe. Mary, his wife, died in 1976. They had lived at 183 Alton Street Crewe from prior to 1939 until their deaths.Researched by Edward McLean