William Grenville Fletcher

Brief Life History of William Grenville

When William Grenville Fletcher was born on 4 October 1910, in Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Fletcher, was 32 and his mother, Eliza Cliff, was 11907. He married Violet Griffiths in 1935, in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Basford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died on 4 July 1992, in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

William Grenville Fletcher
1910–1992
Violet Griffiths
1910–1990
Marriage: 1935

Sources (6)

  • William G Fletcher in household of John Fletcher, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
  • William G Fletcher, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Fletcher, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

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World Events (8)

1914

Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.

1914 · Britain Enters the Great War

After Germany declared war Russia, Britain entered The Great War and declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914. The war ended on November 11, 1918, as Germany signed an armistice that brought fighting to a halt.

1939 · Britain Enters World War II

Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for an arrowsmith, from Middle English fleccher, Old French flechier, flecher ‘fletcher’, for someone who made or sold arrows for bows. This surname has sometimes been confused with Flesher .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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