Our main D-Day 80 page 223 Field Ambulance. Royal Army Medical Corps. [caption id="attachment_12288" align="alignleft" width="180"] Jack Hepworth.[/caption] Jack's D-Day experiences: (written by his comrade, Jim Wisewell) Preparation and training: Jack was a member of the 223 Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. which he had joined in the winter of 1940-1, when it was building up it's…
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VAD Dr. Alfred George Hebblethwaite
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Alfred George Hebblethwaite Medical Personnel - Surgeon Alfred was one of ten children born to George Hirst Hebblethwaite, a wool merchant and his wife Sarah E Hebblethwaite nee Watts. He was born on 19th June 1868 and baptised on 8th September 1869 at Christ the King Church in Battyeford near Mirfield.…
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Dr. Hugh Stewart Brander
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Dr. Hugh Stewart Brander Surgeon, RAMC [caption id="attachment_10038" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Dr. Brander is second from the right, alongside other Morton Banks staff. Photo courtesy of Keighley Library archives - BK424.[/caption] Early life: Hugh Stewart Brander was born on 29th February 1880 in Auchindoun in Banffshire, Scotland. His father was John Brander,…
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Private William Holland Bracewell
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Private William Holland Bracewell Assistant in medical stores, dispenser and stretcher bearer. [caption id="attachment_9915" align="alignleft" width="249"] Private William Holland Bracewell in RAMC uniform.[/caption] Early life: William Holland Bracewell was born in Keighley on 3rd March 1883 and baptised on 4th July that year at St. Peter's Church. His parents…
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