Rates of Pay and House Rents 1914
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:32 am
Having been researching my great grandfather who served in the Royal Engineers during WW1, and finding that they were paid a lot less than in civilian life, I was curious as to what he might have earned as a moulder.
The census and other records has him as an artisan moulder, an iron moulder, and a gas stove moulder.
As far as I can make out a soldier in WW1 earned a basic wage of one shilling a day.
It would be also interesting to know what they paid in rent - they lived in a four room terraced house. My gr grandfather and gr grandmother had 6 kids, and by the time of the war the eldest child was 13 years old and the youngest just a few months, so she probably had a heard time making ends meet!
Does anyone have any knowledge of pay etc, or of any websites?
Thanks
The census and other records has him as an artisan moulder, an iron moulder, and a gas stove moulder.
As far as I can make out a soldier in WW1 earned a basic wage of one shilling a day.
It would be also interesting to know what they paid in rent - they lived in a four room terraced house. My gr grandfather and gr grandmother had 6 kids, and by the time of the war the eldest child was 13 years old and the youngest just a few months, so she probably had a heard time making ends meet!
Does anyone have any knowledge of pay etc, or of any websites?
Thanks
