N – Newspaper Worker.
Back to Jobs and Occupations Newspaper Worker Private 15347 Geoffrey Davies, 10 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Oswestry Advertiser working at…
W – Warehouse man, Whitesmith, Window Cleaner.
Back to Jobs and Occupations Wagoner – see Agriculture Worker Warehouse man Driver 653 John Fernyhough, 2/1 Bn Shropshire…
U – Upholsterer.
Back to Jobs and Occupations Upholsterer – see also Cabinet Makers / Furniture Makers Private 6679 L Roberts, 2 Bn Royal…
T – Tailor, Teachers, Timber Merchants….
Back to Jobs and Occupations Tailor Private 7035 Thomas W Trow, 2 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Father a Tailor, Thomas…
S – Shoemaker, Skating Rink, Solicitor and Lawyers
Back to Jobs and Occupations Shoemaker Private 9724 David Jones, 2 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Shop workers see…
R – (Railways), Retail and Shop workers, Roofer……
Back to Jobs and Occupations Railways see to –Railways, Cambrian. LNWR, GWR and others Retail and shop workers Bakers and…
Q – Quarrying.
Back to Jobs and Occupations Q Quarrying Captain Joseph (Thompson) Monkhouse, 6 Bn Durham Light Infantry. manager at quarry at Llangynog….
P – Painter & Decorator, Pattern Maker, Plumber, Police…….
Back to Jobs and Occupations Painter & Decorator Private 19737 George F Jones, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. – house painter served apprentice…
M – Merchant Navy, Miller, Mineral Water Worker……..
Back to Jobs and Occupations Malting Malting was one of the main industries in the town with many malthouses –…
L – Labourer, Local Government, Leather Workers.,
Back to Jobs and Occupations Labourer Labourers in various industries, Unskilled, doing the donkey work that is nowadays done by…
H – Hairdresser, Hotels & Catering, Hudson Bay Company.
Back to Jobs and Occupations Hairdresser Private 7639 Frank Boylin, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Hotels & Catering, Licence…
F – Farmer, Fellmonger……
Back to Jobs and Occupations Farmer Private 2736 GH Douglas Davies, Shropshire Yeomanry 3/1 att. 10 Bn Cheshire Regiment. The Fields…
E – Electrical Engineer, Engineers / fitters.
Back to Jobs and Occupations Electrical Engineer In the 1900s a new industry that was still developing, the first domestic…
D – Decorators, Domestic Service, Drapers, Driver…..
Back to Jobs and Occupations Decorators – see Painters and Decorators Domestic Service Private 12702 Robert Thomas, 7 Bn…
C – Carter, Carpenters, Cabinet Maker, Coal Mining….
Back to Jobs and Occupations Carter – see also Agricultural Workers for Carters and Waggoners Private 33126 Samuel Overton, 6…