Voluntary Aid Detachment page International Women’s Day Nurse, Voluntary Aid Detachment, St. John Ambulance Brigade. Early life: Isabella was born on the 17th of January 1886 and her birth was registered in the first quarter of the year in Keighley. Her parents were Richard and Martha Ellen Waller. She was baptised on the 6th … Read more
Local war memorials page St Paul’s Church was on Parkwood Street. This memorial is on permanent display at St Andrew’s Church in Keighley. It was brought to this church sometime after St Paul’s Church was demolished in the 1970s. St Paul’s Church was situated on Parkwood Street in Keighley and the men named on the … Read more
Local war memorials page St Anne’s is the Roman Catholic Church on North Street, Keighley. Their beautiful war memorial is on permanent display in the entrance to the church. It is made from salmon pink alabaster and light grey bath stone with the lettering picked out in gold. It was dedicated on 15th July 1919 … Read more
Local war memorials page St. Mark’s Church war memorial, Utley The war memorial plaque is associated with the stained glass memorial windows immediately above it on the same wall of the church. (no photo available.) Imperial War Museum information: ST MARKS PARISHIONERS – WW1. UKNIWM Ref: 28805 Address ST MARKS CHURCH, GREEN HEAD RD, UTLEY, … Read more
Local war memorials page Morton War Memorial Institute and the bronze memorial panels See also: Parish of Morton Roll of Honour Morton War Memorial Institute building The inscription above the front door, which says ‘Memorial Institute Morton.’ This building has three fake resin ‘bronze’ war memorial panels mounted on the front wall which faces the … Read more
Air Gunner. Rank: Sergeant. Service No. 2129. Early life: Emery was born on October 1, 1916 at Fisher Branch, Manitoba. His parents were Alderic and Rose Savage and he had three brothers Leo, George and Victor and one sister Cecile. He was baptised at the Immaculate Conception’s Church at Festier Branch, Manitoba, as ‘Joseph Henry … Read more
Air Gunner. Rank: Sergeant. Service No. R190343. Early life: Air Gunner – Norman Willard Crawford Sergeant. Service No. R190343. Norman was born on August 29, 1922 at New Brunswick. His parents: Walter Raymond Crawford and Ada Mae Wilson. Little is known of his early life but he attended school from 1929 to 1937 achieving grade … Read more
Air Bomber. Rank: Warrant Officer, Class 2. Service No. R137946. Early life: James was born on October 26, 1918 at Sackville, New Brunswick. Resident at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. His parents were Guy and Etta Dalling. Nothing is known of his early life apart from having one brother, but from April, 1937 until November 1941 … Read more
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. Rank: Warrant Officer, Class 2. Service no. R119823. Early life: Jack was born on November 30, 1919, at Ninette, Manitoba. His parents were Harry and Norah Henfrey, they lived at 709, 4th Avenue South, in Kenora, Ontario. Jack had two brothers and two sisters and in the years before his enlistment he … Read more
Navigator. Flying Officer. Service no. J25563. Early life: James was born on July 17, 1919 to parents Daniel and Mary McHenry of Lonsdale in Ontario. He was baptised three days later at St Mary’s Church in Marysville. He was one of five children but his sister Margaret aged five, and brother Joseph aged two, died … Read more