Ordinary Signalman Wilfred Clarkson, Royal Navy. Service number J/50306. (trained at Chatham) Formerly 4361, a Private in the 3/6 Battalion, West Riding Regiment. [caption id="attachment_12524" align="alignleft" width="203"] Ordinary Signalman Wilfred Clarkson.[/caption] Early life: 1899: Birth on May 10. Registered in Skipton in the second quarter of the year. Parents Walter and Annie Clarkson. 1901: Census.…
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VAD George Burden
Voluntary Aid Detachment page George Burden Transport of Wounded Soldiers and Hospital Orderly As the information obtained on VAD records rarely gives an age or date of birth, in this case I have not established whether the man concerned is father or son - both are named George, and when his service started in 1916,…
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VAD Fanny Roberts
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Fanny Roberts Nursing Sister, St. John's Ambulance Brigade Born on the 4th May 1893, Fanny was the only child of Joseph Roberts of Addingham and Mary Sarah Roberts nee Horn, from Silsden. She was baptised on 25th June 1893 at St. James' Church in Silsden. [caption id="attachment_9725" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The baptism…
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VAD Margaret C. Glew
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Margaret C. Glew Trainee Nurse Margaret Caroline Barrett was born on 5th January 1890 to Jonas and Annie Barrett nee Wilson, who had married in August 1889 in Austwick, North Yorkshire. Jonas was from Silsden and Annie was from Austwick. Margaret was baptised on 4th May 1890 at St. James' Church…
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VAD Emma Scaife
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Emma Scaife Nursing Sister, Bed making and any ward duties Emma was born on 5th December 1894 to Joe and Margaret Jane Scaife, nee Scott. She was baptised on 24th February 1895 at St. Peter's Church in Addingham. [caption id="attachment_9339" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Emma Scaife's baptism record[/caption] Joe was a gardener…
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