Walter Robert Pomfrey was born in 1879 in Lowestoft and was the son of Edmund Pomfrey (1843) and Mary Timbers. In 1881 he was living at 2 County Villas in Lowestoft. In 1891 he was living at 4 Sydney Cottages, County Villas in Lowestoft. In 1901 he was a bookshop assistant and was living at 3 Arthur Street, Jarrow, Durham. He married Hannah Woodhouse, the war widow of Alfred Stewart, on 3rd November 1919 in St Mark's, Jarrow. He probably died in the Ealing RD in 1957.

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• 1. 1881 Census. W Arnold Road, 2 County Villa, Lowestoft. Walter R Pomfrey. Son. Age 2. Born Lowestoft. • 2. 1891 Census. County Villas (4 Sydney Cottages), Lowestoft. Walter Pomfrey. Age 11. Scholar. Born Lowestoft. • 3. Birth Registers. Pomfrey, Walter Robert. Mar. 1879. 4a. 797. Mutford. • 4. 1901 Census. 3 Arthur Street, Jarrow, Durham. Walter Pomfrey. Book Shop Assistant. Age 21. Born Lowestoft. • 5. Marriages, St Mark's, Jarrow. Walter Pomfrey & Hannah Stewart, 3rd November 1919. • 6. Marriage Registers. Pomfrey, Walter & Stewart, Hannah. Dec. 1919. 10a. 1909. South Shields. • 7. Death Registers. Sep. 1957. Pomfrey, Walter. Ealing. 5e.66. Age 78.