Wells, Herbert
might be:-
Herbert Walter Wells
Born 1893 at Scotton
Son of Walter (a farm labourer from Willoughton) and Emily (nee Neall of Manton)
Family lived on Kirton Road
A Methodist
Married Sarah Elizabeth Shipman of Messingham in 1914
Worked at Lysaghts Steel Works, Scunthorpe in a reserved occupation
Received call up papers in the autumn of 1918
War ended before he could join up
Became a school caretaker
Died 3rd April 1968 aged 74 at the home of daughter Clarice Jackson on Messingham Road, Bottesford
Buried with his wife in Messingham Cemetery
Parents buried in Scotter Cemetery
or
Herbert Wells
Born 1883 at Willoughton
Son of John (an agricultural labourer from Harby) and Eliza (of Cleatham)
As an elderly widower his father married Teresa Elizabeth Larder in 1904
Married his step sister Primrose Violet Larder in 1909
Died 1958 aged 75 in the East Retford registration district
Step mother buried in Scotter Cemetery
Uncle of Herbert (below)
or
Herbert Wells
Born 1899 at Somerby
Son of John (a farm horseman from Manton) and Mary Jane (nee Gilbert of Waltham)
Nephew of Herbert (above)