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H Robert Thompson & Vickers Wellington

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

4 years ago

Robert Thompson & SS Empire Spring

Leading Signalman Robert Thompson, Royal Navy, c1941 Leading Signalman Robert Thompson, aged 24, served as one of six Royal Navy…

4 years ago

Thomas Hill & Raindale Mill

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

4 years ago

Gilbert Hardacre & West African Cocoa Trade

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

4 years ago

Geoff Bainbridge & The Cuban Missile Crisis

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

4 years ago

Justus Morris & The Sickly Shoat

The New York Times recorded the death of 3rd Great Grandfather, Justus MORRIS (1821-1899), with a humorous obituary, acknowledging his…

4 years ago

Henry Limberger & The Hessians

Johann Heinrich (Henry) LIMBERGER (1755-1835), 5th Great Grandfather on the Morris line, arrived Staten Island, New York, 1776. Henry had…

4 years ago

Ken Bainbridge & The Half Way Sign

"200 hundred miles from London, 200 hundred miles from Edinburgh" announced my grandfather as we drove past the sign in…

4 years ago

Ford Mustang Versus Shuttle Atlantis!

We had never experienced a rocket launch in person. It was the summer of 2011 and, purely by coincidence, we…

4 years ago

John Ogden & The Right Whales

Lancastrian, John OGDEN (1609-1682), was an accomplished stonemason and 10th Great Grandfather on the Morris side of the family. He…

4 years ago

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