Category Archives: Oakworth

VADs Gladys and Evelyn Haggas

Voluntary Aid Detachment page Evelyn and Gladys Haggas Red Cross VAD Canteen workers 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 daughter and used her middle name Gladys throughout…
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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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