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That was so helpful and yes, I would love to see some photos as I have only got two - the one on the gate and the one of my Dad and Auntie Margaret as babies. I feel very emotional finding out that there are still other people remembering my Grandad. My father, George, was an amazing man who was very generous to others, and very undemanding for himself. He continued to work in FE in the cambridge area and was eventually Principal of Young Street Further Education Centre. He set up and ran a local athletics club (Coleridge) and this later merged with Cambridge City to become Cambridge and Coleridge AC. He was still coaching youngsters right up until his death.
My sister Ann became an historian and wrote several books including the Sack of Rome before she sadly died during one of her research trips to Italy.
My father did not talk much about his family as he was a very private person, but we did visit Trowbridge quite often, and I remember being taken to visit the relatives in West Lavington. I thought that he told me there were Welsh connections to the family. Grandad Hibberd and my father shared a love of gardening and growing vegetables.
I continued to receive the Young Soldier and later War Cry until my Grandfather's death.

william (Bill) was my grandfather and I loved him dearly - I remember traveling with him when I was tiny to deliver coal on the the horse and cart. My father was the brother of Margaret and he was george william. My grandad is fondly remembered by the elderly members of the Salvation Army Citadel in Trowbridge. One of the members told me that he had bought her first ever icecream when she had taken the wheelbarrow down for some coal. She said the icecream was chocolate and was sold by italian vendor on a bicycle.
My father was the son of the first wife and I was told she died of leukemia. She was a very beautiful woman, and I also have a picture of my dad in what looks like girls clothes with sister margaret.
Grandad was a kind and gentle man who loved his garden and his vegetables. If anyone is interested, or knows more, I would love to hear more about him.