Fred's Story.
Born 1889 to Harriet and William Antrobus at Rock Savage Runcorn.
In 1891 census he is living with 2 sisters and 2 brothers, Thomas William and Samuel. Their father William is working in a quarry.
In 1911 the family are living at 26 Granville Street and Fred is a chemical labourer with his parents and 1 brother and 2 sisters.
He married Harriet Hills who was born in Ashford Kent in July 1918, and she does not appear to have lived in Runcorn as on the pension records she is listed as living in Hill House, Childerditch , Brentwood , Romford.
Runcorn Weekly News - Friday 20 December 1918
THIRD SON KILLED. Mrs. Antrobus, of Lowe's court, King street, is deserving of every symphathy in the further loss she hoe sustained in the death in action of her third son, Which occrued only a week before the cessation of hostilities:. Private Fred Antrobus, of the Irish Guards. officially notified as killed on November 5th was 26 years of age, and joined up three years ago. He was drafted out to France, and came home wounded and was in this country eighteen months before going out again as recently as October 30th. His brother Private Sam Antrobus was killed in action in 1916 and another brother, Private Tom Antrobus was killed in September of this year. And thus the mother has given all her sons or her country, not one remaining to her. Private Fred Antrobus had only been married for 6 months. He was employed at the Liverpool Gas Works and in his boyhood attended the Weston Church day schools and also St Johns Church Weston.
His two brothers are
Thomas William Antrobus Reg No 3703 South Lancashire Regiment KIA September 1918
Samuel Antrobus W834, 13th Cheshire Regiment KIA 7th July 1916
Compiled by Graeme Ainsworth