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Tom was on the last plane out of Jersey before the German invasion on 30th June 1940.

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1941, corporal Ashworth, 631234, in Northern Ireland.

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17.7.1917 - 14.10.1980

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17.7.1917 - 14.10.1980

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25.6.1916 - 28.3.1979. He served in Burma and the Falklands.

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25.6.1916 - 28.3.1979. He served in Burma and the Falklands.

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For original picture see ALC02142. The lad watching in a cap was Harry Victor Barker, Alan Brook’s mum’s dad. He was so fired up by watching these recruits that he subsequently signed up himself, lying about his age to do so. He went to France and…

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John Braithwaite, father of David, lived on Albert Street Mytholmroyd.

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Lived at Station House, Hebden Bridge. Roy drove a delivery van for British Rail.

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Recruits lined up near Stubbing Wharf before marching to Eastwood Station for the train to Halifax.

The Stubbing Wharf Hotel was built by the Foster family in 1800 and by 1810 was serving both the canal and the road. In 1900 the hotel was enlarged…

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see ALC01498 for text on back of postcard, send from 'TG' to Mr Geo Greenwood, of Pecket Well.

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JW Harwood, Willie Burrop, Albert Wadsworth, see ALC01499 for text on back of postcard

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Taken on Calder Holmes park with Watson's Hatchery in the background, also the Manse, which has since been demolished and houses built on the site.

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L - R: Phyllis Brown, Harold Brown, Herbert Dan, his wife. Father-in-law George McLean
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