occupation

Train driver, also served with the
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry

dates

Born: 5 Jun 1898, Chipping Norton,

                        Oxon

Married: 1) Mary Kathleen DUNN, Birkenhead,
                        10 Jan 1927

                2) Dorothy HOGAN, Birkenhead,
                        2 Oct 1932

Died: 20 Jan 1988, Birkenhead, Merseyside

residence

Grew up in Chipping Norton, Oxon; moved to Birkenhead, Merseyside

submitted by

Peter BEDWIN (son)

related faces

Oscar Thomas BEDWIN (father)

Emma Jane BEDWIN, née STEPTOW (mother)

Background information

Oscar Bernard BEDWIN was born and raised in Chipping Norton. His first job was as a shop boy at the International Stores. At the age of 27, he joined the railway and moved to Birkenhead, Merseyside. Later, he drove trains on Mersey Rail, the Liverpool area’s underground railway service.

Oscar married twice: first to Mary Kathleen DUNN on 10 Jan 1927, soon after his move to Merseyside. Sadly, she died on 13 May 1928, only 16 months after their marriage. Nearly four-and-a-half years later, Oscar married Dorothy HOGAN (b. 1899 Birkenhead, d. 14 July 1998 Birkenhead) at St Werburgh’s Church, Birkenhead, on 26 October 1932.

Oscar died on 20 January 1988, aged nearly 90.