Walter John LOMAS, 19202002 (aged 81 years)

Name
Walter John /LOMAS/
Name
Walter
Type of name
also known as
Birth
Census
1921 (aged 0)
Burial of a paternal grandmother
Death of a paternal grandmother
Census
1939 (aged 18 years)
Death of a mother
Burial of a mother
Death of a father
Burial of a father
Family Photo
Family Photo
Obituary
Death
18 February 2002 (aged 81 years)
Burial
22 February 2002 (4 days after death)
Family with parents
father
18881973
Birth: 13 June 1888 34 34 Derby
Death: 30 October 1973Derby
mother
18901966
Birth: 26 June 1890Derby
Death: 18 October 1966Long Eaton, Derbyshire
Marriage Marriage17 June 1914Derby
20 months
elder sister
19162002
Birth: 16 February 1916 27 25 Derby
Death: 10 September 2002Breaston, Derbyshire
4 years
himself
19202002
Birth: 10 March 1920 31 29 Derby
Death: 18 February 2002Derby
Family with Edith Muriel GOODALL
himself
19202002
Birth: 10 March 1920 31 29 Derby
Death: 18 February 2002Derby
wife
19202014
Birth: 12 August 1920Newton, Derbyshire
Death: 16 June 2014Nottingham
son
Private
son
Private
Shared note

Walter Lomas was born on 10 Mar 1920 in Derby. He died on 18 Feb 2002 in Derby. Curiously, he was born and died at the same place, the Nightingale Hospice, 117A London Road, Derby, DE1 2QS. He was cremated at Markeaton Crematorium, Derby. As a youngster, Walter was a very good sportsman and could have, in other times, become a professional footballer. Looking through old school magazines from St James School in Derby, he was compared to Sammy Crooks, a legendary winger of that time. In 1931, he won a scholarship to Bemrose School in Derby, and, looking through those magazines, year after year he won the 100 and 220 yards sprint, was captain of the football team, vice-captain of the cricket team. Various top teams of the day, including Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers, were shown the door by his father: being a footballer was just too risky a occupation in the 30s. So he went to work for the Post Office, before volunteering for the RAF in 1940. He spent the last 3 years of the war in India, fortunately having more battles with the heat, mosquitoes and cricketing opponents than with the Japanese. Before going to India, he married Muriel Goodall in 1943. Back from the war, he eventually joined the Ministry of Labour in Derby, a job that he hated. After he retired in 1980, he continued with his life-long hobby of collecting postcards, and also added the hobby of researching his family name, and he and Muriel toured all over England doing this.