Green Howards

Private Percy Newton Addyman

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9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’ Own) Regimental number 266382. Formerly 17780, West Riding Regiment. Early life: Percy’s mother Margaret had a complicated life even before Percy was born. Her maiden name was Margaret Cooper and she married James Newton on the 29th of April 1871 at Melbecks, Grinton in Yorkshire. She was … Read more

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Lance Sergeant Norman Wilson Webster

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Lance Sergeant. 7th Battalion, Green Howards. Army service number 4396068. Early life: Norman was born in Hoyland about five miles South of Barnsley on 16th April 1915. His parents were Wilson Webster and Maud Mary Webster née Powell, who had been married in Barnsley a couple of years earlier in 1913. In the 1921 census … Read more

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