Battle of Loos
William left London for France. He was captured at the Battle of Loos and interred as a POW.
Emma was left with eight children to feed. William returned from the POW camp in 1919. They were monitored by the Government. They handed over their children that year. Who made the decision?
She did have her rent paid for double story accommodation.I know this because Elizabeth told me she came down the stairs the morning they were given over to Barnardos – “Her beautiful wavey hair resting on her shoulders and baby William in her arms”.
Dad was born in the January.
Source: Author’s Photo Collection
Read more: 1915 Battle of LoosEducation perhaps gives us more reasons to challenge the unknown, the beliefs, positive or negative. Religion in 2025 may be non-existent, and churches are being sold for their land. The days of a religious man telling a person how to live have gone. Most of the Kite family were christened, which would indicate there was a belief system. (Dad was Protestant, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Catholicism was there in the Walton family or even Jewish, given they were dealing with the textile industry.