William Spooner Oakden

When William Spooner Oakden was born on 17 August 1890 in Hatton, Derbyshire, his father, Thomas, was 34 and his mother, Martha, was 31. 

He married Margaret Stanley in 1921. They had two children during their marriage. 

He was a Lance Corporal in the North Staffs Regiment and served in WW1 at Flanders. He was in Tutbury Home Guard in WWII. 

He began his career as a Rate Collector's Clerk and later became accountant at Nestle in Tutbury. 

He died in 1963 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, at the age of 73.