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Maud & William Fellows victims of Zepplin raids 1916

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Maud Fellows
DOB 1892
DOD 12-2-1916 from septicaemia (Wolverhampton 6b 712)

1916 living with brother 32 Daisy st Coseley / Bilston
1911?

1901 ?

William Fellows
DOB 1893
DOD 31-1-1916

1916 33 castle st Coseley
1911 ?

1901 ?


Thanks to Derek Nicholls & Tipton civic society for the information taken from the great Zepplin raids booklet.
Despite Maud & William sharing the same surname they were unrelated although they were sweethearts and planned to marry
William lived at 33 castle st Coseley
Maud lived with her brother 45 Daisy St on the boarder of Coseley & Bilston.
William 23 was a stoker previously worked a delivery man for Wardells Mineral Waters
Maud 24 had worked in a butchers shop before becoming a domestic servant.
Their deaths were told at an inquest 15/2/1916
After evidence of identification given by her brother the coroners court heard evidence from Dr Hannah Morland at Wolverhampton general hospital. She described Maud was admitted with severe wounds to her groin, a compound fracture and wounds to back and left foot she died at 4.45 12-2-1916 from septicaemia.
The final witness Arnold Wolverson said at about 8-10 pm he was at work as a sheet roller at Brittania iron & Steel when he heard an explosion.
He heard a voice calling for help, and he went to investigate. He saw 2 bodies on the towpath next to the pumping station.
William Fellows was dead but Maud was alive.
Whilst in hospital Maud was visited by her brother willia, she had described that she heard something "like thunder & lightening" and that she and William had tried to find shelter against the wall of the pump house.
GP Dr Waddell who assisted said the bomb had caused considerable damage to the pump house and there was a hole some five feet deep in the towpath about eight feet from the bodies were found.
In 1994 a plaque on the wall of the pump house was unveiled, unfortunately the name Frederick rather than William Fellows was included on the inscription.






William Fellows

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1911. 32 Brierley Lane, Bradley, Daisy Bank Nr Bilston.
Louisa Paul 48.
Maud Fellows 20. General Servant. Coseley.
John Townsend 33.

1911. 7 Canal St, Coseley Nr Bilston.
William Fellows 50. Coal miner.
Sarah Fellows 49.
Samuel Fellows 20.
William Fellows 18. Waggonner, Mineral water company.
Leonard Fellows 17.
Pheobe Alice Fellows 15.
Fanny Fellows 12.
Joseph Fellows 10.
Isiah Fellows 2.

All born Coseley.

1901. 39 Castle Street, Sedgley.
William Follows 40. Coal miner.
Sarah Follows 39.
Maria Follows 13.
William Follows 9.
Leonard Follows 7.
Phebe Follows 4.
Fanny Follows 2.

All born Sedgley.

West Midlands Marriage indexes for the years: 1884.
FELLOWS William. PRICE Sarah. Sedgley, All Saints. Dudley Register Office. 216/016/423.

1891. 10 Cambridge St, Bilston.
William Fellows 36. Bricklayer.
Sarah Fellows 31.
Phoebe Fellows 12.
Jane A Fellows 7.
Edith Fellows 6.
Lilly Fellows 3.
William Fellows 1.
Maud G Fellows 10 Weeks.

All born Bilston.

No Maud with them,

1901. 1 Hill Street, Bilston.
Wm Fellows 44. Bricklayer.
Sarah Fellows 40.
Lilly Fellows 14.
Willie Fellows 11.
Gertrude Fellows 9.
Albert Fellows 4.

All born Bilston.

1911.
William Fellows 55. Widow, Bricklayer. Sedgley. married 32 years.
Edith Fellows 26.. Bilston.
Albert Fellows 18. Bilston.
David Wasley 20. Boarder.

mjay wrote:Whilst in hospital Maud was visited by her brother willia,

There is another Maud with brother William,

1901. Sedgley.
John Fellows 46. iron roller.
Elizabeth Fellows 43.
Alfred Fellows 21.
William Fellows 19.
Thomas J Fellows 17.
Walter Fellows 13.
Elizabeth L Fellows 11.
Maud E Fellows 10.
Emily Fellows 6.
Eli E Fellows 3.
Joseph Fellows 1.

All born Sedgley.

1891. Sedgley.
John Fellows 37. ? worker. Sodam, Staffs.
Elizabeth Fellows 33. Coseley.
Samuel Fellows 13.
Alfred Fellows 11.
William H Fellows 5.
John L Fellows 6.
Walter Fellows 4.
Elizabeth L Fellows 2.
Ethel M Fellows 4/12.

Others born Daisey Bank, Staffs.

Births Mar 1891.
Fellows Ethel Maud. Dudley. 6c. 71.

1911. 13 Ash Street, Daisy Bank Nr Bilston, Bradley, Coseley.
Elizabeth Fellowes 53. Widow, Coseley, Bilston. married 35 years.
William Henry Fellowes 27.
Walter Fellowes 23.
Elizabeth Louisa Fellowes 21.
Emily Fellowes 17.
Eli Ernest Fellowes 13.
Joseph Fellowes 11.

Others born Daisy Bank, Coseley, Bilston.

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