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VAD Jean Campbell

Voluntary Aid Detachment page VAD Jean Campbell Surgical Nursing Duties [caption id="attachment_12757" align="aligncenter" width="227"] Jean Sinclair Campbell, taken while on duty at St. Luke's Auxiliary Hospital. Photo kindly provided by Jean's great great niece, Ruth Kirkby[/caption] Jean Sinclair Campbell was the youngest of four daughters of Henry Johnstone Campbell and Mary Campbell nee Sonnenschein, both…
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VAD Fred Parker

Voluntary Aid Detachment page VAD Fred Parker Convoy and orderly duty Born on 21st March 1878, Fred was the oldest child of West Parker, a mechanic, and Mary Parker nee Hird, both of Haworth. He was baptised at St Michael and All Angels Church in Haworth on 30th May 1880. [caption id="attachment_12741" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Fred…
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Haworth, War Hospital
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VAD Archibald Raymond West

Voluntary Aid Detachment page VAD Archibald Raymond West Convoys, sick nursing and air raids Born on 5th March 1899, Archibald was one of ten children born to John West, a house painter, and Annie West nee Kimber, both from Kent. He was baptised on 21st May at St Michael's in Buslingthorpe near Leeds. [caption id="attachment_12394"…
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Keighley, War Hospital
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Driver James William Orton

Our main D-Day 80 page Driver. Royal Army Service Corps. 398 (Airborne) Composite Company. No. T/4623236. [caption id="attachment_12302" align="alignleft" width="202"] Driver James William Orton[/caption] Early life: James William Orton was born on 10th April 1912 in Middlesborough, to James William Orton and Elizabeth Orton nee Waterfield who had married the previous year. They do not…
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Commemoration, D-Day 80, Keighley
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