Joseph Stanley Castledine
At the time of the 1911 Census he was a grocer's assistant.
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Joseph Stanley (known as Stanley) was the son of Thomas William (William) Castledine and his wife Jane (also known as Mary Jane and Jenny).
His father Thomas William was born in about 1859 in Beeston and his mother Jane née Chadwick in about 1866. They were married at the parish church of Beeston St John the Baptist on 12 January 1885 and had fifteen children, seven of whom survived infancy.
Twelve children have been traced, five of whom died young including their first child, William Ernest, who was born in January 1885, baptised 20 January (Beeston St John the Baptist) and died before he was three months old. The other eleven children who have been identified were: Harry b. 1886, Percy b. 1887, Philip Ernest b. 1889 d. 1890, Mary Jane b. 1890m Rose May b. 1892, Ernest b. 1893 d. 1896, Joseph Stanley b. 1895, Tim Douglas b. 1896 d. 1900, Hilda Hannah b. 1901, Harold b. 1902 and Lizzie b. 1905 d. 1905. There are records that Harry, Percy, Philip, Mary Jane and Tim were all baptised at the parish church of St John the Baptist.
The family was living on Derby Street, Beeston, when Percy was baptised in 1887 and William, a railway labourer, his wife and their three surviving children, Harry, Percy and Mary, were recorded at 9 Derby Street on the 1891 Census.
By 1901 William, a general labourer, and his wife had moved to 21 Stoney Street, Beeston, where they were living with four of their five children, Harry and Percy who were both cycle trade labourers, Mary Jane and Stanley, who was six years old. Also in the household was a male lodger. The youngest daughter, Rose May, was living with her grandparents Elijah and Elizabeth Shrewsbury at 15 Union Street, Beeston. Their daughter, Hilda, was born later that year.
The family was living at 10, Stoney Street, Beeston, in 1911. William was employed as a railway contractor labourer. In the household were Percy a lace threader (Leivers lace), Mary a compressor in a leather works, Stanley a grocer's assistant and Hilda and Harold who were school age. Rose May, a lace mender, was recorded living with her grandparents, Elijah and Elizabeth Shrewsbury, on Union Street, Beeston. Harry, the eldest surviving son, had married Amanda Alexander in 1907 and they and her daughter Ivy Alexander were also living in Beeston.
Stanley's father, Thomas William died on 15 November 1922 at his home, 10 Stoney Street, and Thomas's widow, Mary Jane, died in 1928.
Joseph Stanley Castledine enlisted at Nottingham, initially serving in the King's Own Yorkshire Light infantry (23776) but later transferring to the Lancashire Fusiliers.
Stanley landed in France on 3rd December 1915. He died on 19 November 1918 from wounds which he had received in action days before the Armistice, and of bronchial pneumonia. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France (grave reference L.E.9).
He qualified for the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Beeston Gazette and Echo,’Roll of Honour’, 23 & 30 November 1918: ‘Castledine. In loving memory of Pte E (sic) Stanley Castledine, 10th Lancashire Fusiliers, of Beeston, who died from wounds in France on November 19, 1918. ‘The gates of life swing either way, On noiseless hinges night and day, one enters through the open door, One leaves us to return no more. And which is more happier? Which more blest?’ From father, mother, brother, sisters (Beeston).' (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Beeston Gazette and Echo, 30 November 1918: ‘Pte E S Castledine. Yet another of our heroes has made the great sacrfice. Pte E (sic) Castledine having died in France on November 19, 1918, from wounds received a few days prior to the signing of the Armistice. He was a member of the 10th Lancashire Fusiliers, and well-known in Beeston.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Stanley's mother, Mary Jane, 10 Stoney Street, Beeston, was named on the pension ledger record as his next of kin and was awarded a pension of 10 shillings a week with effect from 3 June 1919. The Registers of Soldiers' Effects named his father, Thomas, as his legatee.
Stanley's brother, Percy, a factory lace hand, enlisted on 13 January 1915 and served with the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (22389 Private). He had married Lily Rose at Beeston St John the Baptist in November 1912 and was living in Lenton when he enlisted. Service record: Home 13 Jan 1915-17 Sept 1915 (248d), MEF 18 Sept 1915-27 June 1916 (283d), BEF 28 June 1916-29 Sept 1916 (94d), Home 30 Sept 1916-8 Aug 1917 (373d) Total 2 years 208 days. He suffered from bronchitis and was awarded a disability pension as the condition was attributed to his war service (Silver Badge No. 126155) although his service record was noted, 'Liable to be sent a Statutory order on 8 August 1918 requiring him to present himself for medical re-examination under the Military Service (Review of Exceptions) Act 1917.'
The brothers' sister, Hilda Hannah (also known as Annie), married Denis Spray in 1920. Denis had served in the RAMC (64612 Private) during the war, serving with the BEF from 19 December 1915. Records show that he became blind 'through war service' and was recorded as having 'no occupation - blind' on the 1939 England & Wales Register. He was then living with his parents in Beeston, along with his two children, Hilda (b. 1919) and Denis Stanley (b. 1921).
Beeston Gazette & Echo, ‘Deaths’, 25 November 1922: ‘Castledine. On November 15th, at 10, Stoney Street, Thomas William Castledine, aged 62 years.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
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