A picture appears in the Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucester Graphic on the 16 June 1917 and written below it is the following

Inspector APPERLEY

Of Cheltenham Post Office, who retired on Saturday, June 11th under the age limit after 34 years' Post Office service, twelve of which hass been spent in Cheltenham.

An official farewell was given him in the postmen's room. Mr Freeling, Postmaster presiding

Inspector APPERLEY has spent a varied career, working in a Dean Forest coal mine for six years as a boy, afterwards joining the Army, serving in India, Cyprus and Egypt, where he saw active service.

Name: James Apperley
Age in 1911: 54
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Kempley, Gloucestershire
Civil parish: Cheltenham
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Street Address: 29 Alstone Avenue, Cheltenham
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Asst Inspector Of Postman
Registration district: Cheltenham
Registration District Number: 333
Sub-registration district: Cheltenham

1861
Joseph Apperley abt 1821 Kempley, Gloucestershire, England Head Kempley, Gloucestershire
Eliza Apperley abt 1834 Liverpool Wife Kempley, Gloucestershire
Joseph Apperley abt 1856 Linton, Herefordshire, England Son Kempley, Gloucestershire
James Apperley abt 1857 Kempley, Gloucestershire, England Son Kempley, Gloucestershire
Martha Apperley abt 1859 Kempley, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Kempley, Gloucestershire
Cathrine Apperley abt 1860 Kempley, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Kempley, Gloucestershire

Inspector APPERLEY

Of Cheltenham Post Office, who retired on Saturday, June 11th under the age limit after 34 years' Post Office service, twelve of which hass been spent in Cheltenham.

An official farewell was given him in the postmen's room. Mr Freeling, Postmaster presiding

Inspector APPERLEY has spent a varied career, working in a Dean Forest coal mine for six years as a boy, afterwards joining the Army, serving in India, Cyprus and Egypt, where he saw active service.