Carleton Rode First World War Archive
James Samuel Brown, known as Jimmie, was born in the village on 26th October 1895. His father, John, was a farm labourer who despite being born in Chester le Street, Durham, came from Norfolk farm labouring stock and his family returned to the area shortly afterwards. John married Alice (nee Briggs) from Carleton Rode in 1890. By 1901 the family were living in … Continue ReadingJames Brown
Leonard Horace Foster was born in Carleton Rode on the 14th April 1890. His parents were Horace, a horseman on a farm, and Ellen Page (both were born in the village). On the 1911 Census, it records 12 children, 5 of whom have died. Known siblings include Alice, Herbert, Agnes, Bessie, Dorothy, Reginald James, May and Walter. (There is a Clara Foster admitted … Continue ReadingLeonard Foster