Voluntary Aid Detachment page VAD John Housley Transporting Wounded and Ambulance Duty John Francis Housley was born on 5th May 1883 near Preston in Lancashire. He was the son of Valentine Housley from Bracken Hill near Wakefield, and Emma Housley nee Smart, from Old Shoreham in Sussex. He had three older sisters - Mabel Jane,…
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VADs Gladys and Evelyn Haggas
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Evelyn and Gladys Haggas Red Cross VAD Canteen workers [caption id="attachment_12369" align="alignleft" width="300"] Evelyn and Gladys Haggas.[/caption] Early life: Herbert Haggas was one of the well-known Haggas wool manufacturers. He and his wife Emily (nee Hattersley) had three daughters – Alice Gertrude, Edyth Gladys, and Evelyn Mary. Edyth was the second…
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Canadian War Memorial, Oakworth 2022
Today was the 78th anniversary of the crash of Royal Air Force Wellington Bomber BK387 on a hillside above Oakworth on 2nd January 1944.The crew were on a training flight from Ossington Airfield in Lincolnshire, which resulted in the total loss of the aircraft and all six members of the crew, who were all from…
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Laban Feather
Corporal Laban Feather, 2/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regt. Service number 265899. [caption id="attachment_4953" align="alignnone" width="207"] Corporal Laban Feather[/caption] Laban was born on January 24, 1890 and his birth was rgeistered in Keighley in the first quarter of the year. Parents Charles and Margaret Feather. He was baptised in Oakworth on March 2…
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Norman Feather
Private Norman Feather, 42380 - 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, later 76798 - 2nd Battalion Tank Corps. [caption id="attachment_4942" align="alignnone" width="241"] Private Norman Feather[/caption] Norman was born on 3rd September 1896, one of eight children born to Charles and Margaret (Maggie) Feather, they lived at Low Bank, Oakworth. He was baptised in Oakworth on 20th May…
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