Voluntary Aid Detachment page Annie Hill Matron and Commandant [caption id="attachment_8579" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Matron Annie Hill in the centre. Photo courtesy of Keighley Library archives - BK424.[/caption] Ann Elizabeth Hill was born on 9th December 1878 and baptised on 23rd February 1879 in Huddersfield. Her parents were Henry Hill, an upholsterer and later master mattress…
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VAD Annie B. Oughterson
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Annie B. Oughterson T.N. Department Ann Brooker Smith was born in the first quarter of 1879 in Whitehaven, Cumbria to John and Mary Smith. In 1881 Annie and her one-month-old brother John J, along with their mother, lived with Mary’s parents John and Jane Cartmer and brother, also John, at…
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VAD Annie Southwell
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Annie Southwell Nurse and cook, St John's Ambulance Brigade Annie Brown was born 4th March 1877 in Hogsthorpe, Lincolnshire to Edley, a blacksmith, and Emma Brown. In 1881 she lived with her parents and a younger sister, Lizzie. In 1891 she was living with and working as a general servant…
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VAD Mary Ann Brayshaw
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Mary Ann Brayshaw Bed making and ward duties Mary Ann was one of eight children born to William Edwin or Edward and Mary Brayshaw, on 17th April 1878. She was baptised on 31st March 1882 at St. Stephen's Church, Steeton. William worked in a wood bobbin mill throughout his working life,…
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Sergeant Tom Willie Quarmby RAMC
Sergeant Tom Willie Quarmby, Royal Army Medical Corps. Service number: 102988. Early life: Tom Quarmby was born on 4th November 1876 at Slaithwaite, near Huddersfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His parents were Thomas and Emma Quarmby and his birth was registered at Huddersfield. Tom was later baptised on 16th May 1875, at St.…
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