I know I have digressed from Susnna McLean,but did Alfred Chivers rejoin for W.W.1?thank you for your time,tom
Hi Tom, don't worry about digressing - I am Olympic standard at side tracking and know that as we find answers we inevitably end up with a new set of questions :-)
Bits n pieces I can see about Alfred Chivers:
1901
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSCN-F9L1911
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWHX-JSFThe above links are to Family Search you need to be signed into a (free) account to see them
I can't find a WW1 service record for him, but so many did not survive the incendiary bomb in WW2 so that's not conclusive. He was about 45 at the outbreak of WW1 though and coupled with the 1911 census that shows him working for the North Eastern Railway Co. - that may well have been a reserved occupation - my best guess is that he wouldn't be re-called for service.
https://www.head-of-steam.co.uk/our-collections/catalogues/at the bottom of that page are links to downloadable spreadsheets of the centre's holdings of pension index cards and there is an entry for Alfred.
name: Chivers, Alfred
d.o.b. 15/10/1869
died: 26/05/1952
entered service: April 1895
grade: Assistant Store Keeper
station: West Hartlepool
year 1908-1922 - unsure what this refers to? service at this particular station? but it looks to be from and to, which again could lend a little weight to his NER service being continuous and therefore he didn't serve. Please don't take my opinion as being writ in stone though - I really am just guessing about this.
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
29 Sep 1936, page 4 col 1
Deaths
CHIVERS - On September 28th at 58 Lansdowne Road, Elizabeth Jane, beloved wife of Alfred Chivers
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
27 May 1952, page 8 col 1
CHIVERS - On May 26 Alfred, aged 83 years, dearly beloved husband of the late Elizabeth Jane Chivers.
Cortege leaves 40 Eamont Gardens, Wednesday 11 a.m. for service in Wesley Church - No flowers by request.
Boo