William Clark & Iron Puddlers

2 years ago

William CLARK (1852-1902), our Great Great Grandfather, worked as an Iron Puddler in the iron foundries of England and Scotland…

Ronald Hardacre & The Commander of the British Empire

2 years ago

Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood St. James's Palace, London, S.W.L The QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the…

Joseph Henry Hudson & The Lords Feoffees

2 years ago

The Court Leet 1919, July 17th, the day after the Peace Pageant. The Court Leet was a local court set…

Wandless Brothers & The Anzacs

2 years ago

On this Anzac Day, we remember our 4th cousins, Thomas Howson Wandless & Robert 'Bob' Wandless, brothers who were raised…

William Thompson & The Mounted Home Guard

2 years ago

Our Great Grandfather, William THOMPSON (1891-1964), led the charge! “England’s only mounted section of the Home Guard, which nightly patrols…

H Robert Thompson & Vickers Wellington

2 years ago

Sergeant H Robert Thompson, Royal Canadian Air Force, was serving with 14 OTU at RAF Market Harborough, training as a…

Robert Thompson & SS Empire Spring

2 years ago

Leading Signalman Robert Thompson, aged 24, served as one of six Royal Navy staff aboard the CAM Ship, SS Empire…

Thomas Hill & Raindale Mill

2 years ago

In 1966 Raindale Mill was relocated from Raindale, near Pickering, to York and reconstructed stone by stone at the Castle…

Gilbert Hardacre & West African Cocoa Trade

2 years ago

Gilbert Clapham Hardacre (1889-1959), our Great Grand Uncle on the Hudson side of the family, was our first ancestor to…

Geoff Bainbridge & The Cuban Missile Crisis

2 years ago

Flight Lieutenant Geoff Bainbridge (1924-2022) served with the RAF from 1942 for the duration of the war. He ultimately pursued…

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