Ordinary Signalman Wilfred Clarkson, Royal Navy. Service number J/50306. (trained at Chatham) Formerly 4361, a Private in the 3/6 Battalion, West Riding Regiment. [caption id="attachment_12524" align="alignleft" width="203"] Ordinary Signalman Wilfred Clarkson.[/caption] Early life: 1899: Birth on May 10. Registered in Skipton in the second quarter of the year. Parents Walter and Annie Clarkson. 1901: Census.…
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Cook William Ratcliffe
Our main D-Day 80 page [caption id="attachment_12280" align="alignleft" width="184"] Cook William Ratcliffe.[/caption] Early Life: William was one of three children born to Thomas and Merenia Ratcliffe (nee Astle). The youngest child and only boy, he was born in 1924 with two older sisters Eva Alice(born 1919) and Elsie May(born 1921). Educated at Holycroft Council School…
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