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VAD Mary Longsdon

Voluntary Aid Detachment page Mary Longsdon Assistant Nurse, Surgical Nursing Duties Early life: Mary Frances Longsdon was born on 12th March 1896 and baptised on 13th April that year at St. Andrew's Church in Keighley. [caption id="attachment_9303" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Mary's baptism record[/caption] Her parents were Henry Crofts Longsdon, a machine maker originally from Seacroft, and…

6th October 2022

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Keighley, War Hospital, Women

Mary Longsdon, War Hospital

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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.
Our Project researches local people from Keighley and the Worth Valley who served the country in wartime. Our earliest records are of soldiers who fought before the Battle of Waterloo!
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