Trafford

Born on the 18th September 1915, the birth being registered during the
December quarter 1915 in the Bucklow R.D. - ref: 8a/235, the son of George
& Elizabeth Ostick (nee Hamnett).

1921 Census - 7 Orchard Place, Timperley.   Son - aged: 5 - born:
Timperley.   Head of household - George Ostick - Married - aged: 54 - occ:
Hydraulic Packer(Cotton Goods)  for Voss & Delius, Shipping Company. born:
Manchester.    Also - Elizabeth Ostick - Wife - aged: 45 - occ: Home Duties
- born: Hale, Cheshire.   Plus - 4 siblings and his maternal grandmother.:

Attended Timperley C. of E. School and was a Choirboy at the Timperley P.C.
   Employed by the Manchester & Salford Co-operative Society at their
Downing Street Warehouse, Manchester.    Keen on football and played in the
Manchester & District Wednesday League.

Married Margaret Catherine Kenny during the September quarter 1937 in the
Bucklow R.D. - ref: 8a/825.  The couple resided at 1 Kelsall Drive,
Timperley.

1939 National Registration - 1 Kelsall Drive, Altrincham.   William Ostick
- born on the 18th September 1915 - Married - occ: Warehouseman (Foodstuffs
Distributer).   Margaret S. Ostick - born on the 14th November 1914 -
Married - occ: Unpaid Domestic Duties.  There is one redacted record at
this address, which will be their daughter - Margaret V. Kenny born in
1938.

He and Margaret had another child - James A Ostick, born early 1941.

Joined the Army in 1940 and was killed in a motor-cycling accident in the
south of England.   His death was registered in the Worthing R.D.

Death reported in the 21/08/1942 edition of the Sale & Stretford Guardian.

Buried 14/08/1942.    CWGC Headstone.

M.I. - "Unheard, Unseen, but not Forgotten by his Darling Wife Peg".