Cadmore, Albert Edward

Albert was born in 1881.  The 1891 census shows the family living at 72 Adelaide Street, Aston, Birmingham.  At that time the family consisted of his parents, Sam and Maria, two elder sisters, Ann (18) and Caroline (12) as well as a younger sister Florence (18).  By 1901, Maria and Florence were living with the Wheeler family and there was a younger brother John Samuel, born in 1893, just a few months after his father, Sam, had died, aged 37

In 1911, Albert was living at Budbrooke Barracks, just outside Warwick and he had obtained the rank of Corporal.  The 1912 and 1913 Spennell’s Directory lists Albert as a Labourer, living at 12 Woodhouse Street.

Albert and Elsie (nee Godson) married in Warwick at St Paul’s Church on 5^th August 1912. They didn’t have any children of their own but Elsie already had a son born on 27^th February 1906. He was named John Lyons Godson and later became John Lyons Godson Cadmore presumably having been adopted by Albert.

Albert was a Sergeant when he died at home, 21 Linen Street, of  tuberulosis of the larynx in  September 1919, and is buried in Warwick Cemetery.  His grave is located at 247.16 Consecrated.  The gravestone inscription reads ‘after painful suffering, patiently borne’

Elsie later lived with Henry Marston in Linen Street but the pair didn’t marry, possibly due to pension restrictions.

In a cruel twist of fate, Henry was killed at the bottom on Linen Street, on Warwick Racecourse with his work mate, James Hiatt by a stray German bomb.  They were returning home for lunch.  Henry and James are both listed on Warwick War Memorial.

Elsie’s son, John married Iris K Harris in Warwick in 1929 and they had two children, who were born in Warwick in 1938 and 1941, and were registered with Iris’ maiden name, Harris,

Elsie died in 1965 and the probate record says she was still living at 21 Linen Street and she left £420 to her son John. John died in 1974.