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VAD Dorothy Jowitt

Voluntary Aid Detachment page Dorothy Jowitt Surgical Nursing Duties Early life: Helen Dorothea Benson was born in Cardinal, Ontario, Canada on 12th January of either 1867 or 1868. Her parents were W.T. (I believe William Thomas) and Helen Benson nee Wilson who were both originally from England. She had one brother, two years her junior,…

6th October 2022

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Dorothy Jowitt, Helen Dorothea Benson, Spencer Street

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Why ‘Men’ of Worth?
When we started researching in 2001, we found only names of men on local memorials and as we felt their sacrifice had ‘worth’ and most of them lived around the river Worth we felt the name was apt. Also, Keighley’s motto is ‘By Worth’, which fits rather neatly with our name. We have since expanded our research to include everyone from Keighley and the Worth Valley who served in wartime and are currently focussing on women in the Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment who were mostly nurses.
We are also researching conscientious objectors from the area.
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