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Private Harry Jowett

Private Harry Jowett of the 16th Battalion Prince of Wales' Own West Yorkshire Regiment. Service number 1368. (This was the First Battalion of The Bradford Pals.) [caption id="attachment_10247" align="alignleft" width="188"] Harry Jowett in his British Army uniform. He is wearing the cap badge of the Prince of Wales' Own West Yorkshire Regiment.[/caption] Early life: Harry…
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VAD Edith Cowling

Voluntary Aid Detachment page Edith Cowling Probationer Nurse, Member S.J.A.B. Edith Jane Cowling was the oldest of three children born to Joh Cowling, a brewer's drayman originally from Pateley Bridge, and Annie Cowling nee Withers, from Harbury in Staffordshire. She was born on 12th December 1891 in Keighley. Her younger siblings were Joseph (born 1898)…
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