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22 June 1916 : 2nd Lieut. Trevor Allington Crosland

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Youngest son of Thomas (a woollen cloth manufacturer) and Charlotte (née Sykes) Age 4 at the 1901 Census Trevor was living at Boulby Grange, Huddersfield with his parents, older brother by 16 years, nurse, housemaid and cook.  Trevor was educated at Harrow School, and at the time of the 1911 Census he was unwell and in the School Sanatorium, an…


The Welsh Walter Mitty

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ was a short story by James Thurber about a very ordinary person who in his daydreams has the most amazing fantasies. Marietta Crichton Stuart’s grandfather was killed in the First World war whilst commanding the Welch Regiment. While researching his history she came across the character of Percy Shuttlewood, who se…