25 Years Ago From the Rugby Advertiser March 14th 1924 DEATH OF CAPT J. A. CALDECOTT One of the last survivors of the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny passed away in the person of Capt. J. A. Caldecott, at Long Lawford, on Thursday week. Capt. Caldecott had been in failing health for two years and his last illness was very…
Thomas Caldicott originally started life as a ribbon manufacturer in Coventry, Warwickshire, working for J. and T.P. Caldicott, but as the silk industry went into decline he became the Assistant Overseer of the Poor for the City. He married Harriet Caldicott in Rugby, Warwickshire in 1864 and the couple had a daughter, Edith Emily. Harriet died in 1872 and Thomas…
Henry Edmund Caldicott was born on 4th October 1872 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England to Frederick Caldicott and Harriet Biggs. He followed in his father’s footsteps and became a master printer. He took over his father’s business, aged just 18, due to Frederick’s tragic death when he took his own life – see Frederick Caldicott b1841 – A Family Torn Apart…