In honour of the WW1 soldiers named on the Keyworth Memorial on Nottingham Road - the 3 new housing estates Nicker Hill, Keyworth Rise and Spinners Croft all take their street names from the soldiers who gave thier lives in World War One. Sadly, there are 6 men whose surnames are not named on these estates which I will be still honouring. These caches are placed in honour of their memories - the fallen soldiers are all local to Keyworth in some way. Many of these families were long established in the small community of Keyworth (787 total population made up of 372 males and 415 female - as in 1911 census summary books).
Ivor Henson was born in 1891 at Keyworth and was the son of William & Ann Henson (nee Eggleston) of Bunny Lane, Keyworth. His father William was born in Bradmore and his mother Ann came from Keyworth. Ivor's siblings were Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Samuel, Edith, Gertrude, Ada & Horace. Ivor was the youngest.
His Fathers parents were William & Mary Henson. His Mothers parents were Samuel & Sarah Eggleston (nee Richards).
In the 1881 & 1891 census William & Ann lived on Bunny Lane where Ivor was 8 months old. By 1901 Ann had remarried to John Towle and with them are Horace and Ivor aged 10. By 1910 Ivor had married Mary Ann Crampton. On the 1911 census Ivor (aged 20) & Mary are living with Ann and John Towle now on Blind Lane off Bunny Lane with a daughter Ethel Ada aged 5 months. They went on to have 3 more children :
Blanche Annie born 30th April 1911, Leslie William born 2nd November 1913 and Gladys Mary born 12th March 1916 they lived at Selby Lane, Keyworth. Following his death his widow Mary Ann was awarded a pension of 26 shillings and 3 pence a week which commenced on 17th September 1917.
Ivor Henson private 24802 enlisted at West Bridgford and served with the 6th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, he died on 9th March 1917 of pneumonia aged 26 years. He was awarded the Victory Medal and British War Medal.
The Cache - This is a straight forward cache placed on Manor Road off Bunny Lane where they lived for many years.
