Voluntary Aid Detachment page Samuel Clough Convoy and Hospital Work [caption id="attachment_10136" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Photo of Samuel Clough taken from a Keighley News publication celebrating the Keighley Borough Jubilee printed on 10 September 1932[/caption] Born on 24th March 1864, Samuel Clough was the fifth of eight children born to Thomas Clough, a worsted manufacturer from…
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VAD Mary Leneghan
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Mary Leneghan T. N. Department Mary Wade was born on 16th September 1870 and baptised on 6th November that year at Christ Church, Oakworth. [caption id="attachment_8930" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Mary Wade's baptism record[/caption] Her parents were Joseph (of Oakworth) and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Wade (of Kildwick/Silsden). Joseph was the first headmaster…
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VAD Mary Talbot
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Mary Talbot General Service Mary Clough was born on 3rd October 1890 to William Clough and Louisa Clough nee Clapham. William was a worsted manufacturer and the Liberal M.P. for Skipton, and the brother of Samuel, one time mayor of Keighley, (Samuel's wife Martha was also a VAD). She had a…
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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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VAD Martha M. Clough
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Martha M. Clough General Service and Donor Martha Mitchell Hattersley was born on 27th June 1862 and baptised 31st August that year at St. Andrew's Church in Keighley. Her parents were Richard Longden and Annie Hattersley nee Smith of South Street. Richard had taken over the family owned textile machinery manufacturing…
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