Sydney Leonard Yates

[Margaret in Burton]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as

Sydney Leonard Yates (Sid)

Date and place of birth

9 December 1904 at 12 Goodman Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire

Names of parents

Thomas Henry Yates and Ann Birch

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any - and any divorces

4 July 1925 at United Methodist Church, Victoria Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire to Mary Ellen Barks

Occupation(s) - if any

Lorry Driver for Pratt and Co and later for Esso (also a part time Sunday School Teacher)

Military service - if any

None - Reserved Occupation in WW2

Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on, if applicable.

1904 – 12 Goodman Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
1911 – 181 Waterloo Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
1925 – 1930 – 111 Byrkley Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
1930 – 1936 – 108 Byrkley Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
1936 – 1984 – 19 Postern Road, Tatenhill, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire

Date, place and cause of death

24 October 1984 at The Geoffrey Hodges Ward, Burton Hospital Centre, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire – cause - Bronchopnumonia, Hemiplegia, Congestive Cardiac Failure and Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease

Date and place of burial / cremation.

31 October 1984 at St Michael and All Angels, Tatenhill, Staffordshire

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable

Various legacies but the house to be sold and split between his five children

Memorial inscription - if any

Yes



Grandad's Pratt's lorry in a parade