Leonard Victor George Willmott

ID# 21432, b. 18 November 1887, d. about November 1962
Pedigree
Leonard Victor George Willmott was also recorded as Len Wilmott.
He was also recorded as Leonard V G Willmott.
Note: 
 
A family member recalls: 'Len had brothers who were pretty wild and were well known in Plymouth for motor bikes, wild parties etc. '

Birth:
Leonard Victor George Willmott was born on 18 November 1887 at Hoylake nr Liverpool, Cheshire, England, 
 
Hoylake is now in Merseyside.

The 1939 Register shows a birth date of 18 Nov 1888, but it is not unusual for the Register to be 1 year off. As the birth was registered 1Q 1887, I am assuming the above birth date until corrected by a family member!


Leonard Victor George Willmott was the son of Frederick Willmott and Laura Ann Elliott.


Marriage:
Leonard Victor George Willmott married Florence Elizabeth May, daughter of William Gidley May and Florence Sarah Smith, about May 1910 at Plymouth R.D., Devon, England, 
  
Name: WILLMOTT, Leonard Victor G
Name: MAY, Florence
Registration district:  Plymouth     County: Devon
Year of registration: 1910          Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Volume no:  5B          Page no:  558.


Military Service:
Leonard Victor George Willmott began military service in 1914 
 
Len was in the army service corp & later transfered to the corp of transport. He was in France for most of WW1.


End of Military Service:
Leonard Victor George Willmott ended military service about 1919 
 .


Step-Relationship:
Leonard Victor George Willmott became the step-father of Irene Elsie Eva Wilmott; about 1919 
 .



Death:
Leonard Victor George Willmott died about November 1962 at Plymouth R.D., Devon, England, 
 
recorded as Leonard V G Willmott, aged 73.

Leonard Victor George Willmott appeared in the 1891 census at
Colebrook, Plympton St Mary, Devon, England.
On 5 April 1891:-

WILLMOTT, Frederick      Head   Mar    40    Coal Merchant         Plympton St Mary, Devon
WILLMOTT, Laura A        Wife   Mar    40    Dressmaker            Totnes, Devon
WILLMOTT, William F      Son    Sngl   13    Scholar               Newton Abbot, Devon
WILLMOTT, Sidney S       Son    Sngl   12    Scholar               Newton Abbot, Devon
WILLMOTT, Beatrice L     Dau    Sngl   10    Scholar               Plymouth, Devon
WILLMOTT, Stanley Jno    Son    Sngl    7    Scholar               Swindon, Wiltshire
WILLMOTT, Lilly F        Dau    Sngl    5    Scholar               Hoylake, Cheshire
WILLMOTT, Leonard V G    Son    Sngl    3    Scholar               Hoylake, Cheshire
WILLMOTT, Mable E L      Dau    Sngl    8mo  -                     Plympton St Mary, Devon

Address: Colebrook, Plympton St Mary, Devon
Registration district: Plympton St Mary
Archive reference: RG12   Piece number: 1722   Folio: 64   Page: 22.
Leonard Victor George Willmott appeared in the 1901 census at
9 Chaddlewood Avenue, Plymouth, Devon, England.
On 31 March 1901:-

WILLMOTT, Frederick      Head   Mar    50    Colliery Agent        Plympton, Devon
WILLMOTT, Laura Ann      Wife   Mar    50    Dress Maker           Modbury, Devon
WILLMOTT, Stanley J      Son    Sngl   18    Van Driver            Swindon, Wiltshire
WILLMOTT, Lily F         Dau    Sngl   15    -                     Hoylake, Cheshire
WILLMOTT, Leonard V G    Son    Sngl   13    -                     Hoylake, Cheshire
WILLMOTT, Mable E L      Dau    -      10    -                     Plympton, Devon, England 
//
Giles family
//
WILLMOTT, William F      Head   Mar    23   Able Seaman H M Navy   Newton Abbot, Devon
WILLMOTT, Eva            Wife   Mar    24   -                      Duloc, Cornwall

Address: 9 Chaddlewood Avenue, Plymouth, Devon
Municipal ward: Laira   Registration district: Plymouth
Archive reference RG13   Piece number: 2095   Folio: 84   Page: 17.
Leonard Victor George Willmott appeared in the 1911 census at
57 Gilfack Street, St Bargoed, Glamorganshire, Wales.
On 2 April 1911:-

WILLMOTT, Leonard G   Head    Mar 1 yr  24    Insurance Representative    Liverpool
WILLMOTT, Florence    Wife    Mar       21    House Duties                Devonport
BOARD, Jack           Lodger  Sngl      27    Assurance Agent             Cardiff

RG number: RG14      Piece: 32417   Reference: RG14PN32417 RG78PN1854 RD590 SD1 ED16 SN378
Registration District: Merthyr Tydfil   Sub District: Gelligaer
Enumeration District: 16   Parish: Gelligaer
Address: 57 Gilfack St, Bargoed, Glamorganshire.
Leonard Victor George Willmott appeared in the 1939 register at
102 Beaumont Road, Plymouth C.B., Devon, England.
In September 1939:-

WILLMOTT, Leonard G     18 Nov 1888   Married    Motor Fitter
WILLMOTT, Florence (E)  05 Jan 1892   Married    Unpaid Domestic Duties
3 more person records which are officially closed
Schedule No. 23
Ref: RG101/6791G/003/16 Letter Code: WEKY.


Children of Leonard Victor George Willmott and Florence Elizabeth May

Irene Elsie Eva Wilmott

ID# 21433, b. 9 July 1917
Pedigree
Irene Elsie Eva Wilmott was also recorded as Irene Willmott.
From about May 1940, her married name was Bennett.
Irene Willmott
c.1945

Birth:
Irene Elsie Eva Wilmott was born on 9 July 1917 
 
Florence Elizabeth May/Dollin spent part of WW1 in Birmingham working in a munitions factory, where she met Reginald Douglas Hartwell and they had a child, Irene Esie Eva born 9 July 1917. - family member.


Irene Elsie Eva Wilmott was the daughter of Reginald Douglas Hartwell and Florence Elizabeth May.

Step-Relationship:
Irene Elsie Eva Wilmott became the step-daughter of Leonard Victor George Willmott; about 1919 
 .



Marriage:
Irene Elsie Eva Wilmott married Cyril G Bennett about May 1940 at Plymouth R.D., Devon, England, 
 . 

 Irene Elsie Eva Wilmott was living in May 2018; age 101.






Cyril G Bennett


ID# 21434, b. about 1917


Pedigree


  

Birth: 
Cyril G Bennett was born about 1917 
 . 
 
 
  

Marriage: 
Cyril G Bennett married Irene Elsie Eva Wilmott, daughter of Reginald Douglas Hartwell and Florence Elizabeth May, about May 1940 at Plymouth R.D., Devon, England, 
 .