Voluntary Aid Detachment page Alfred George Hebblethwaite Medical Personnel - Surgeon Alfred was one of ten children born to George Hirst Hebblethwaite, a wool merchant and his wife Sarah E Hebblethwaite nee Watts. He was born on 19th June 1868 and baptised on 8th September 1869 at Christ the King Church in Battyeford near Mirfield.…
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Gwendoline Bairstow
Women's Land Army page Gwendoline Bairstow Women's Land Army Early Life: Gwendoline was born on the 27th July 1917 and her birth registered in Keighley. Her parents were William and Ethel Bairstow (nee Cooke) and along with her brother Ronald they were living at 17 Worth Street in Keighley. In the 1939 Register William is…
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Lance Corporal Norman Wright
'A' Company, 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.) Service no. 29369. [caption id="attachment_10471" align="alignleft" width="246"] Norman Wright, probably taken before he went off to war.[/caption] Early life: Norman was born in April 1897 and his birth was registered in Keighley. His parents were Henry and Emily Wright and in the 1901 census they…
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Private William Holland Bracewell
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Private William Holland Bracewell Assistant in medical stores, dispenser and stretcher bearer. [caption id="attachment_9915" align="alignleft" width="249"] Private William Holland Bracewell in RAMC uniform.[/caption] Early life: William Holland Bracewell was born in Keighley on 3rd March 1883 and baptised on 4th July that year at St. Peter's Church. His parents…
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VAD Herbert Barras
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Herbert Barras Transport of Wounded, Air Raids and Hospital Orderly Herbert Barras was born on 22nd November 1895 and baptised a month later on 24th December at St. John's Church in Ingrow, Keighley. [caption id="attachment_9910" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Herbert's baptism record[/caption] His father was Charles, originally from Sheffield, and his mother was…
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