The Tollerton Cousins: A Lost Generation

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Their parents had all been born and raised in Tollerton, North Yorkshire, weaving a deep ancestral footprint into the local…

Charles Henry Bainbridge & The Salonika Front

1 week ago

Charles Henry Bainbridge (1886–1942) was a farm labourer who served during WWI and despite the odds, survived to return home to…

Henry Scatchard & The Five Battalions

2 weeks ago

Driven by a mix of patriotic duty, adventure, and a desire to escape the exhausting demands of farm labour, Henry…

Henry Dunnington & Royal Engineers

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Sapper Henry Dunnington (1886–1918) was a skilled civilian bricklayer from North Yorkshire who deployed his trade on the front lines…

John Henry Bainbridge & The Grocers

6 years ago

John Henry, our Great Grandfather, was the youngest of five siblings, born 2 March 1892 in Tollerton, to Elizabeth Ann…

Betty Bowness & Her Six Fatherless Children

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Elizabeth 'Betty' BOWNESS (1825-1870)1, our 3rd Great Grandmother, was born in Seaton, Cumberland, to Mary ADDISON & William BOWNESS, the…

Augustus McDonald & Royal Flying Corp

1 month ago

The life of Augustus McDonald offers a captivating window into the courage and endurance of the British working class during an era…

Anthony Wear & The Black Watch

2 months ago

Today, 25th September, we remember Lance Corporal Anthony Wear, a volunteer soldier who sacrificed his life on the opening day…

Anthony Fussey & The Twenty Perches

2 months ago

Anthony FUSSEY (1784–1860), our 4th Great Grandfather, was a resilient agricultural laborer whose life was rooted entirely in the Holderness…

James Albert Edgar & The Kings Royal Rifle Company

3 months ago

Second Lieutenant James Albert Edgar was a highly decorated British Army officer of the First World War. Serving originally as an…

Edward Doty, Duelling Daggers, Defiance, & Dishonesty

4 months ago

Before launching into decades of dysfunction in the new world, the story of our 9th Great Grandfather, Edward DOTY, begins in…

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