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Is this him?
MR. FREDERICK WEST. People in the Cricklewood postal area will miss Mr. Frederick West. a well known postman who died on Sunday at 169 The Broadway, Cricklewood He was 44 years of age and was buried yesterday at Willesden New Cemetery Mr. West died in St Bartholomew's Hospital.
Messrs J Nodes and Co. Willesden Lane undertook the above funeral.
07 August 1931 - Kensington Post - London, London, England
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Hello
My husband's grandfather Alfred Robert Shaw was born on June 8th, 1883, in Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England. His father was John, he was 24 and his mother Amy Croft was 20. Alfred married Evelyn Blanch Swayne and they had four daughters together. Alfred then had an affair and left Evelyn while she was pregnant with their 5th child. He left Evelyn in 1920 and went away with Gertrude Francis Knubley. Evelyn returned to her old home in Porton Wiltshire, where she gave birth to Alfred's 5th child, a son whom Alfred never saw. Alfred changed his name to Frederick West and Gertrude changed her name to Kathleen West presumably so they couldn't be found, they never married as Alfred had never divorced Evelyn. We think that they then went to London were Alfred become a postman. Alfred and Kathleen lived in Broadway, Cricklewood. Frederick and Kathleen had one son together, Peter, who was born on June 8th 1926. On Peter's birth certificate it states that Kathleen's maiden name is Heaps which her mothers maiden name. There was talk of Frederick, Kathleen and Peter all emigrating, I don't know what happened, but I have found out that Kathleen was working on board the ship and died at sea in 1936. Peter was now 10 years old, I don't know what happened to Alfred and Peter at this time, presumably they returned home to England. Alfred (Frederick) is supposed to have died shortly before 1938, leaving Peter aged 10. Alfred's mother died in 1938 and she is supposed to have visited Alfred's grave. Peter was killed aged 18 on May 6th 1945 in Belgium in WW2. On the CWG site it states that Peter was the nephew of Will and Ann Knubley of Liverpool, I wonder if they brought had brought Peter up from the age of 10, having no parents now. The question I would like to know is what year did Alfred die and where is he buried. A long time ago, my husband's uncle told us that Alfred was buried at Willesden cemetery, but we have been and found no grave. This is the last piece of Frederick's jigsaw puzzle and I really want to find this missing piece for my husband, so we can lay his grandfather finally to rest.
Regards
Jane
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