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7 December 1917: Pte James Shuttleworth
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James Shuttleworth was born at Cowling, Yorkshire on 10 October 1878, the son of John (a worsted weaver) and Ann. He was one of 13 children, 10 of whom lived beyond childhood (two brothers, Christopher and Gladstone died in their first year. William died when he was 8). James attended Cowling Infant School then went to work as a cotton weaver i...
12 February 1917: L/Cpl Robert Spencer
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Robert was born in Skipton in 1895. He was the eldest of five Peter and Martha Spencer. Before the war he was a warp dryer in a cotton mill. His father Peter was a 'stationary engineman' in a limestone quarry - according to the 1911 England Census. His brother Edgar (three years younger) served in the war from 1916. He also had sisters Annie, Do...
4 May 1915: Capt Godfrey Henry Ermen
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Gordfrey was born at Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire in 1877. His father Francis Ermen was a cotton manufacturer born in Germany, His mother Johanna was also born in Germany. Both parents were 'naturalised British subjects' at the time of the 1881 Census. At the 1881 Census parents and two children, Walter (5) and Godfrey (3) lived at 76 Dumpli...
15 May 1918: L.Sgt John Gregson
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John Gregson was born in Wellington, Shropshire in 1880. At the 1901 Census John, age 21 was living with his 21 year old wife Gertrude at 1 Hughes Street, Wrexham A decade later he has two children and is living at 1 Mount Street, Wrexham with his wife, son, daughter and father in law. John enlisted into his local territorial battalion in the ea...
12 January 1916: Pte Arthur Swindlehurst
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Arthur was the son of Edward Swindlehurst (a train driver) and Hannah Maria Swindlehurst. In 1901, age 10, Arthur lived at home with his parents and siblings Amy (19), Edward (16), Thomas (10) and Alfred (8). His older siblings worked in a local mill. In 1911, age 20, Arthur was still at home with Amy, Thomas, Alfred and Alice. Arthur was a sho...
27 February 1918 : Pte Henry Parrington
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Henry Parrington was born in Skipton, October in 1893, the son of William ( a coal merchant) and Grace (née Hayed). The family lived at 26 Rowland Street, Skipton. At the 1901 Census, age 7, Henry was living with his parents, his 66 year maternal grandfather John Hayes and his three siblings Johnny (1), Thomas (4) and Mary (12). At the 1911 Ce...
Ep. 67 – Kriegsgefangen in Skipton – Anne Buckley
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Anne Buckley, Lecturer in Translation Studies and German at Leeds University, talks about translating memoirs of a group of German officers imprisoned in Skipton in World War I. Your browser does not support the audio element.