North Yorkshire

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

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

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

John Henry Bainbridge & The Grocers

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

5 years ago

Elizabeth Ann Headley & Domestic Service

Our 3rd Great Grandmother, Elizabeth Ann HEADLEY, was born 1863 in Huby, Yorkshire, to parents Isabella MENNELL & John HEADLEY,…

5 years ago

Charles Bainbridge & Railway Platelayers

Our Great Great Grandfather, Charles BAINBRIDGE, was born March 1861 at Sutton Grange, Sutton on the Forest, second child to…

5 years ago

Jane Scott & The Big C

Our 2nd Great Grandmother, Jane SCOTT, was born 1828 in Sutton on the Forest to parents Anne TAYLOR, originally from…

5 years ago

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