William Edward Chamberlain was born in Rushden on the 14th January 1898, the son of Charles and Caroline. He was their first child with subsequent births of Frances, commonly known as Cis, in 1899 and Joseph in 1904. For reasons unknown he was always referred to by his middle name of Edward throughout his short life which was curtailed by events on the...
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