Our next Help Desk day is on Wednesday 29th April 10.00am - 2.00pm pm at Sprotbrough Library. You will have free access to Ancestry and Find My Past websites plus access to the 1921 census. So do come along and bring a friend. Do remember to bring your library card. #genealogy #familyhistory

3. He was the first Catholic Chaplin to be killed in WW1. He was killed on 25th April 1915 Turkey, aged 40. He is buried at V beach Cemetery.
He was awarded the Military Cross, but most felt that he deserved the Victoria Cross. This was refused because he disobeyed orders. #WW1 #gallpoli

2. Father Finn was a Carmelite Priest based at the Presbytery, Houghton Sancton, Yorkshire, and volunteered for service in the Army Chaplaincy service in WW1.
He was attached to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers when they returned from Madras, India on 21st December 1914.

1. Men from Yorkshire who served in Gallipoli: William Joseph Finn was born in 1875, Hull, Yorkshire. He was the son of Austin Finn and Catherine Conly of Tipperary, Ireland.
William Joseph Finn was ordained at Middlesborough Cathedral on 5th August 1900. #WW1

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3. She died at the Poor Law Infirmary, Berkshire. The cause of death was Phthisis Pulmonalis.
Winifred was buried with full military honours at St. Margaret Churchyard, Hinton Waldrist, Oxfordshire.
Group photo is of Winifred in France. #WW1 #QMAAC

2. Winifred joined the Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps. (QMAAC) Rank Worker. Service No. 42271. She was a signaller and had served in France.
Worker Winifred Edith Absalom died while serving her country on 4th March 1919 aged 24. #WW1 #QMAAC

1. Women at War: Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. (QMAAC)
We remember Worker Winifred Edith Absalom.
Winifred Edith Absalom was born in 1894, Faringdon, Berkshire. She was the daughter of Alfred Absalom and Elizabeth Dandridge. #WW1 #QMAAC

3. On the 8th May 1945 Warrant Officer Class II died as a result of an accident while on active service on 8th May 1945, Lancashire, aged 26, the very day WW2 ended in Europe (VE Day) She is buried at Castleford New Cemetery. #WW2 #ATS #yorkshire

2. In 1942 Doris married George Newell Smith of Castleford, in Windsor.
Doris joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Rank Warrant Officer Class II. Service No. W/40819. #ATS #WW2

1. Women who served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS)
Today we remember Warrant Officer Clas II Doris Newell Smith.
Doris Womersley was born on 5th July 1918, Wakefield, Yorkshire. She was the daughter of Henry Womersley and Alice Stephenson. #ATS #WW2

2. Ronald joined the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI). Rank Private. Regimental No. 14590726.
Private Ronald Atkins died on 15th June 1944 during the Normandy Campaign aged 19. He is buried at Bayeux Cemetery, Calvados, Normandy, France. #KOYLI #yorkshire #WW2

1. Mexborough War Memorial: Commemorating the men who served in WW2.
Ronald Atkins was born in 1925, Doncaster, Yorkshire. He was the son of John Edward Atkins and Clara Parkins of Mexborough. #WW2

2. He came up to the St. Leger races, he wasn’t just interested in the Filly’s on the racecourse.
This was the other side to the literary phenomenom, who championed social reform, survived a rail crash and kept a pet Raven named ‘Grip’.
Registration is now open via our website. #ddfhs #history

1. Our next Hybrid Members Meeting will be on Wednesday 29th April at the Earl of Doncaster Hotel, 7.30pm - 9.00pm. The talk will be about Charles Dickens – He Was Old Enough to be Her Father by Mike O’Brien
So you think you know all about this man? #history

5. Some young soldiers did lie about their age in order for them to join the army. However, it is worth noting that he was in the regular army at the time of his death. #WW1 #yorkshire #shotatdawn

4. On 7 November 2006, the UK government announced retrospective pardons for all British personnel executed during the Great War.
There seems to be a discrepancy about his age as he was almost 21 when he was executed. But the information from the CWGC have him down as 19. #WW1 #shotatdawn

3. His battalion had seen heavy fighting & suffered huge casualties in the Ypres Salient. He was undefended at trial, where he was given a good character, but said to have lost his nerve. #WW1 #shotatdawn

2. George joined the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) 2nd Battalion. Rank Private. Regimental No. 3/1433.
Private George Ernest Roe was executed by a firing squad for desertion on 11th June 1915 aged 19. He is buried at Perth Cemetery China Wall, Belgium.

1. Series of men who were executed for desertion in WWI:
George Ernest Roe was born in 1894, Sheffield, Yorkshire. He was the son of John L Roe and Mary Wells.
In 1911 Geoge’s occupation was a Labourer aged 17. He lived with his family at 16 Alfred Road, Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire. #WW1

4. She served in the searchlight battery with her named listed on the Totley War memorial, Sheffield.
It is highly likely she was involved in vital anti-aircraft defence duties. #ATS #WW2 #yorkshire

3. Lance Corporal Mary Edna Wilkin died on 7th October 1943 at Bromley (Air Raid V) aged 20. She is buried at Abbey Lane Cemetery, Sheffield, Yorkshire. #ATs #WW2 #yorkshire

2. In 1939 Mary’s occupation was a Laundry Hand and she lived with her family in Sheffield. Yorkshire.
Mary joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). Regiment H.A.A Royal Artillery 537 Battery. Rank Lance Corporal. Regimental No. W/127423. #WW2 #ATS #yorkshire

1. Women who served in the ATS WW2.
We remember Lance Corporal Mary Edna Wilkin.
Mary Edna Wilkin was born in 1922. She was the daughter of Ernest Henry Wilkin and Elsie Berresford. #WW2 #ATS #yorkshire

3. Thomas enlisted in Doncaster in the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) 1st/5th Battalion. Rank Private. Regimental No. 1876.
On 16th July 1915 Private Thomas Fletcher Featon was killed in action aged 19. He is buried at Talana Farm Cemetery, Belgium. #KOYLI #doncasterplantworks

2. In 1911 Thomas’s occupation was a Brick Labourer aged 14 and he lived with his family at 11 Kenyon Street, Thorne, Doncaster. He then started work at the Doncaster Plant on 23rd June 1914 as a Labourer.
The family then moved to Hexthorpe. #doncasterplantworks

1. Men who had military links and worked at the Doncaster Plant:
Thomas Fletcher Featon was born in 1897, Brayton, Yorkshire. He was the son of John Fletcher Featon and Margaret Elizabeth Williamson. #doncasterplantworks

2. In 1911 Lilian lived with her family in Thirsk, Yorkshire. In 1919 Lilian lived at 5 Jubilee Terrace, York.
Lilian worked at the Barnbow Factory and died on 11th December 1916 in Leeds Infirmary after being injured in the explosion at Barnbow aged 19. #barnbowlasses

1. Remembering the Barnbow lasses that died in the explosion at the Barnbow Factory.
Today we remember Lilian Eva Ellis. Lilian Eva Ellis was born in 1897, Bloxwich, Walsall, Staffordshire. She was the daughter of Alfred Ellis and Margaret Ann Robinson.

3. On the 14th November 1915 Private Edward Found was killed in action, Gallipoli aged 36. He is buried at Hill 10 Cemetery, Canakkale, Turkey. #WW1 #gallipoli #yorkshire