Key Information
Name: William Alan Sewell
DoB: 06/01/ 1926
Regt: Able Seaman
C/XJ406285, H.M.S. Caicos, Royal Navy
DoD: 23/02/1945 19 Died on War Service
Forces War Records has date of death as 24/03/45
Buried/Commemorated: CARLISLE (STANWIX) CEMETERY
Academic Career: CS 1936-41
Other: Forces War Records has his address as St Ann’s Crescent
Biographical Information
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Family Background:
Son of Joseph and Mary (nee Hodgson) Sewell, of Stanwix, Carlisle. Married 1923.
Sister Margaret b 1931 (m Boylan d. 1981)
1939 father working as a postman
Joseph b 1890. 1911 Census in Portsmouth. Occupation soldier – sapper Royal Engineers. Did he fight in WWI? A Joseph Sewell won the Military medal and bar, served in France, discharged 1917. This could be him but this is not definite.
Joseph Sewell – discharge papers give his address as 36, Lowther Street, Carlisle
Regimental Number:
19659
Regiment:
Royal Engineers
Battalion:
23 Field Company
1901 Joseph living with mother Maria and brother Robert in Caldewgate
1891 Baby Joseph with parents Joseph Connolly Sewell (Felt hatter/Cutter?) in Lime Street Carlisle next to the river Caldew. Joseph senior was b 1860 to Thomas(Cotton Dyer) and Jane.
1911 Mother Mary Ann Hodgson is a dressmaker’s apprentice. Father William – Law Clerk from Gt Corby. Mother Maggie from Manchester
Address while at school: 60, Marks Avenue
