Ruth Fell
Ruth Margaret Fell (1943–2019) was born in Ton Pentre to Oliver and Margaret Jones. She had four siblings, Joan, Brian, Alan and Philip. She won a place at Pentre Grammar and could have gone to university. But instead, at sixteen she started a pre-nursing course at Llwynypia college. In 1961...
Ruth Gibson
Ruth Gibson (1929 – 2014) was born Ruth Brooks on 25 October in Biddulph Moor in North Staffordshire, the eldest of two children. She had to leave school at fourteen and went to work in Lewis’s as a clerk in the finance department. Ruth began to train as a nurse...
Sharon Berry
Sharon Louise Berry (1971 – 2019) was born to Val and Rod at Hillingdon Hospital. She grew up in Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, where she met her lifelong friend, Michelle. At 16, she left school to start work at a local estate agent. Sharon moved to Princes Risborough at 21, where she...
Sheila Ann Sowter
Sheila Sowter (1936-2018) was born on 7 August in Derby. She was an only child after an older sibling died in infancy. After growing up in Essex, Sheila won a place at Cambridge University where she completed a degree in natural sciences. She went on to gain a mathematics degree...
Sheila Winifred Williams
Sheila Winifred Williams (1944 – 2024), was born in Halifax on 23rd March 1944, the first child of Kenneth and Teresa Critchley, followed by her brother Peter and sister Wendy. After her father died just before Sheila’s sixth birthday and after her mother had married Horace Cairns, Sheila became the eldest...
Shirley Borsberry
Shirley Joy Borsberry (1953-2018) Daughter of Joyce and Eric. Sister to Jean and Diane. Former wife to Spencer. Wife to David. Mother of David and Paul. Step mother to Vicki and Lee. Aunt to Marcus, Rachael, Adam and James. Grandmother to twins Amber and Rowan, to Myles and Taylor, and...
Shirley Simmonds
Shirley Simmonds (1936-2018) was born on 18 May 1936 and grew up in Thongsbridge. After leaving school she trained as a teacher at Goldsmith’s College, London and whilst there she developed a love of the theatre which drew her back to London many times. As well as working as a...
Simon Byles
Simon Byles (1998 – 2018) was born in May 1998, the third of four children. He began an apprenticeship training to become a mechanic and then, after he left the apprenticeship, worked at an Argos Distribution Centre. He loved music, fixing cars, and spending time with his friends and family.
Simon Hilditch
Simon John Hilditch (1957 – 2019) was born on 14th January 1957 in Oldham, Lancashire, to parents Eric and Trudi. The stand-out aspect of Simon’s personality was his quick wit and sense of humour. This was despite his diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, which came only a year after he and...
Simon Major
Simon William Major (1946 – 2018) Son of William and Olga. Brother to Veronica. Husband to Jan. Father of Katia, Laura, Sam and Bethany. Uncle to Joanna, Tom, Sharon and Simon. Great Uncle to Georgia and Mia. Simon was born in Nottingham. He lectured in Social Studies at Walsall and...
Stephanie (Steph) Jane Rowley
Stephanie (Steph) Jane Rowley (1967 – 2021) was the youngest sister of Ray, Carol and Donna. Working for many years in banking, Steph took a part-time degree in Psychology and volunteered at Wakefield Prison. Following her Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology Steph spent ten years in this field, initially focussing...
Stephen Burton
Stephen Robert Lloyd Burton (1956 – 2020) was born Stephen Peacock on 13 September 1956, in Kings Lynn. He lived there with his mother, Crystal, and his grandparents until he was seven. His mother married George Burton, who adopted Steve. They moved to Downham Market where Steve’s half-brother, Howard, was...
Stephen Hazell
Stephen Hazell (1942 – 2019) was born on 22nd January 1942 in Paignton. He had three older siblings, Maurice, Julian and Judith. When he was still a baby his father was killed in the war and so Stephen was raised by his grandparents. He went to King Edward VI Grammar...
Stephen Merrett
Stephen Merrett (1939-2018) was born on 7 June in London’s East End. He was an only child. An exceptionally intelligent boy – after school he joined the RAF but he left after two years. He instead chose to study Philosophy and Economics at Bristol University. He later gained a master’s...
Stephen Riches
Stephen Frederick Riches (1958 – 2019) was born in Kent to Ruth and John Riches. He had three older brothers, Robert, David and Colin. In 1960, the family moved to Lound in Lincolnshire, where Stephen went to the local primary school. In 1968 they moved to Ringshall in Suffolk and...
Stephen Robert Ledbetter
Stephen Robert Ledbetter was born on 5th December 1953 in Birmingham, to Eileen, a housewife, and George who was a supervisor in insurance. Stephen’s brother Andrew was born in 1955 and the family moved to the southern outskirts of Leicester. Stephen went to Wigston Grammar school and on to study...
Stephen Whitham
Stephen Witham (1954 – 2017) was born on 23 February, the third of four brothers. He enjoyed motorcycling and loved dogs. Stephen married wife Carol at Witney Register Office and they had two daughters, Shenda and Louise, a son called Steven Junior, and thirteen grandchildren.
Stuart Jones
Stuart Jones (1966-2018) was born in Maesteg, the only child of Dewi and Gwynneth. He grew up in Nantyffyllon, attending the primary school there. Stuart left school at sixteen and gained his HGV and PSV licences. He lived in Cornwall, a place he loved as a boy, working as a...
Stuart Wilson
Stuart Wilson (1951-2018) was born in Sunderland along with twin brother Ian. The twins were followed by brothers Brian, Andrew and Peter. The family later moved to Leeds. Stuart studied at Falmouth School of Art and Design and graduated with a Fine Arts Degree in Painting. He then took a...
Sudha Young
Sudha Young was born on 5th November 1935 to Hiralal and Kalavati Topiwala. She was born and raised in Kenya, where her father worked as a GP. She had five younger siblings, Hansa, Mina, Panna, Harshad and Surbhi. After two years in pre-medical school, she was awarded a place at...
Sue Steward
Sue Steward (1946 – 2017) was born in Stathern, Leicestershire on 19 September, one of three children. She studied at the University of Liverpool and then began teaching biology. She later switched to the music industry and started out working in the mail order department of Virgin Records before becoming...
Susan (Sue) Mary Adams
Susan Mary Adams (1948 – 2021), Sue, was born in Bilston, West Midlands on 28th December 1948 to Jack and Nell Brown. The family initially lived in Ettingshall with Sue’s grandparents before the family moved to Finchfield. Sue, an only child, went to Westacre Infants and Regis Secondary schools. She...
Susan Morris
Susan Jane Morris (1959-2019) was born in North Cheam, the first child of Margaret and Peter Monery. She had two siblings, Dave and Carolyn. Susan went to Langley Park Girl’s School. She left school as soon as she could and after working at the Bank of England, and at the...
Sydney Buckland
Sydney Buckland (1917 – 2016) was born on 31 December in Bermondsey, the only son among eight children. Before World War II, he worked as an engineer and then during the war he worked as a tank driver. Afterwards, Sydney made tools for the British Syphon company. He enjoyed playing...
