Their parents had all been born and raised in Tollerton, North Yorkshire, weaving a deep ancestral footprint into the local…
Charles Henry Bainbridge (1886–1942) was a farm labourer who served during WWI and despite the odds, survived to return home to…
Driven by a mix of patriotic duty, adventure, and a desire to escape the exhausting demands of farm labour, Henry…
Sapper Henry Dunnington (1886–1918) was a skilled civilian bricklayer from North Yorkshire who deployed his trade on the front lines…
Elizabeth 'Betty' BOWNESS (1825-1870)1, our 3rd Great Grandmother, was born in Seaton, Cumberland, to Mary ADDISON & William BOWNESS, the…
The life of Augustus McDonald offers a captivating window into the courage and endurance of the British working class during an era…
Today, on 25th September, we remember Lance Corporal Anthony Wear, a volunteer soldier who sacrificed his life on the opening…
Anthony FUSSEY (1784–1860), our 4th Great Grandfather, was a resilient agricultural labourer whose life was rooted entirely in the Holderness…
Second Lieutenant James Albert Edgar was a highly decorated British Army officer of the First World War. Serving originally as an…
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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