Category: England, Stokers

Categories: Stokers and Firemen | England, Occupations

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This category contains profiles for individuals who worked in this occupation.

A fireman, stoker or watertender is a person whose occupation it is to tend the fire for the running of a boiler, heating a building, or powering a steam engine. Much of the job is hard physical labor, such as shoveling fuel, typically coal, into the boiler's firebox.

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Clifford Alford 1881 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 02 Feb 1940

Joseph Apter 01 Feb 1897 Edge Hill, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - Sep 1923

George Archer 1871 Alford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom - Dec 1948

Ernest Artis 1874 Bradfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Denis Barnfield 1869 Dursley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Reuben Benstead 19 Feb 1886 Chatham, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 1966

Henry Bird 1874 Clifton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 13 Jan 1932

Robert Blake 1860 Hethersett, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

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William Chamberlain 01 Dec 1851 St Leonard's, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - abt Feb 1905

Fred Cornish 1872 Langford Budville, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 1947

Stephen Creed 25 Jan 1886 Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 1964

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Samuel Davies abt 1853

Charles Dordoy 1871 St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 1925

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George Fairman 1869 Hornchurch, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 1934

Arthur Ford 19 Jan 1879 Melksham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Thomas Fretton abt 1849 Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 1907

William Friend 14 Nov 1877 India

James Fulcher 09 Aug 1900 Orsett, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 1944

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Frederick Grimmett 17 Nov 1894 Mile End New Town, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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John Hargreaves abt 1870 Tottington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 17 Oct 1936

Fred Howden abt 1859 Batley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 1931

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James Lapping abt 10 Jul 1873 Leeds, Yorkshire, England - 1943

Albert Lucas 30 Nov 1871

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John Murphy 13 Sep 1843 Chelsea, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 11 Jun 1922

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William Nott 02 Aug 1870 Veryan, Cornwall, England - 07 May 1914

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Matthew Pattison 28 Apr 1868 Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 1965

Charles Pettican 1867 Goole, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 16 Sep 1915

Arthur Pickup 16 Sep 1894 Haggerston, Shoreditch, London, England - 05 Mar 1950

Edward Pickup 16 Oct 1844 Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 08 Nov 1917

Edgar Plummer 1890 Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom - abt 1952

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Richard Rigby 1879 St Helens, Lancashire, England

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George Saunders 1845 Bermondsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - abt 1917

Edwin Searle abt 1869 Marylebone, London, England - 1925

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John Tilliduff 25 Feb 1820 76 Lower East Smithfield, St Katherines by the Tower, London, England - 25 Jan 1887

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George Wagland 12 Nov 1873 Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

William Williams 09 Nov 1878 Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 30 Jun 1951

George Wolfenden 18 Jan 1885 Hulme, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 1932

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