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11 August 1916 : Pte John Hinchcliffe

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Son of Albert and Elizabeth After his early education at Mirfield Parish Church School, he won a scholarship for the Mirfield Grammar School. On leaving the Grammar School he went to Ravensthorpe National School as an assistant teacher and subsequently moved to York for his formal teacher training. After graduating from York, John took up a …


23 December 1915 : Nurse Ada Stanley

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Her parents were William (agricultural labourer) and Harriet Stanley. Ada was the youngest of nine children.  Age 31 at the 1901 Census, Ada, a spinster, was living at 2 Lavender Villas, Fairfield. She was working as a 'district nurse'.    By the 1911 Census, she was living in '2 rooms' at 2 Kershaw Street, Failsworth and still single and  wor…