England

Ronald Hardacre & The Commander of the British Empire

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

3 years ago

Joseph Henry Hudson & The Lords Feoffees

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

3 years ago

William Thompson & The Mounted Home Guard

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

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

Robert Thompson & SS Empire Spring

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

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 years ago

Adelaide Edgar & The Last Onion

Adelaide EDGAR, our great grandmother, was the tenth of twelve children, born 2 August 1888, to John Thomas ONIONS and…

4 years ago

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