Talbot Vivian Wayman Roberts – Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Captain Talbot Vivian Wayman Roberts – Royal Army Ordnance Corps Talbot Vivian Wayman Roberts Early Life and Family Background Talbot Vivian Wayman Roberts was born in 1881 in Warrington, Lancashire , the son of John Wayman Roberts and Matilda Janie Curtin . John Wayman Roberts and Matilda Janie Curtin marriage certificate parish church of Walton‑on‑the‑Hill, Everton His parents had married in 1878 at the parish church of Walton‑on‑the‑Hill, Everton , establishing a family rooted in the industrial and civic life of late‑Victorian Lancashire. Although no census returns survive that record Talbot directly, his early years were shaped by this Warrington household and by the military traditions already present within his wider family. A Family Steeped in Military Service The Warrington Guardian article reveals that Talbot’s father, Quartermaster‑Sergeant J. W. Roberts , enjoyed a long and distinguished military career that profoundly shaped the environment in which Talbot was rai...