Women's Land Army page Gwendoline Bairstow Women's Land Army Early Life: Gwendoline was born on the 27th July 1917 to William and Ethel Bairstow (nee Cooke) in Keighley, West Yorkshire. Her father is a joiner and carpenter and her mother is a Burler and Mender. From 1935-37 the family are living at 10 Mill Hill,…
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Signalman Wilfred Clarkson
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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Private John William Sugden
This man is a candidate for addition to Keighley's Supplementary Volume under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Click here to go to the Main page Supported by the National Lottery's Heritage Fund, our project intends to submit about 120 names for peer review to…
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Private Cain Rothera MM
This man is a candidate for addition to Keighley's Supplementary Volume under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Click here to go to the Main page Supported by the National Lottery's Heritage Fund, our project intends to submit about 120 names for peer review to…
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Private Charles Edward Houldsworth
This man is a candidate for addition to Keighley's Supplementary Volume under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Click here to go to the Main page Supported by the National Lottery's Heritage Fund, our project intends to submit about 120 names for peer review to…
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