3. For 2 months thereafter, he masqueraded as a senior NCO or officer & fraudulently cashed several cheques. When arrested in Amiens in January 1917, he was found to be wearing the ribbons of the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Conduct Medal & the Military Medal. At trial, he claimed that when on leave he had been wounded in the head & taken to a French hospital but was unable to support his account with details & witnesses — & 2 doctors found against him as to the wound he claimed. #WW1

2. On 6th April 1917 Sergeant George Edward Gleadow was executed for desertion aged 32 and is buried in the Berlencourt Communal Cemetery, France.
43359 Serjeant George E. Gleadow, 10th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), executed for desertion 6th April 1917. Son of Mrs. Rebecca Gleadow, of 22, Ladysmith Road, Great Grimsby, Lincs. The sergeant went missing in October 1916 when his unit was operating on the Somme. #WW1

1. Series of men who were executed for desertion in WWI:
George Edwin Gleadow was born in 1885, Sculcoates, Yorkshire. He was the son of William Gleadow and Rebecca Keyworth.
In 1911 it shows that George first joined the East Yorkshire Regiment aged 26. Rank Private. Service No. 8275. He then joined the West Yorkshire Regiment, Prince of Wales Own, 1st Battalion. Rank Sergeant. Service No. 43359. #WW1

3. She is buried at Knowle Parish Churchyard, Solihull, West Midlands.
She was awarded the A R R C (Associate Royal Red Cross). #WW1 #QAIMNS

2. 1916 service British Army Staff Nurse Territorial Force Nursing Service 30 Stationary Hospital, Salonika. Rank Staff Nurse, July 1916 - 1st October 1917. Also, in 1916 Edith was hospitalised with dysentery, enteritis, malaria, severe infection contracted while on duty at Salonika.
On 1st March 1918 Edith died of war related sickness in 4th Southern General Hospital, Devon of dysentery and malaria contracted while on duty aged 42. #WW1 #QAIMNS

1. Nurses who served in the Queen's Alexandria Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS):
Edith Mary Cammack was born in 1875, Spalding, Lincolnshire. She was the daughter of George Cammack and Martha Doughty.
In 1901 Edith worked at the Warneford Hospital as a Nursery Staff aged 25. 1911 Edith was working at the Wallingford Union Workhouse, Wantage Road, Wallingford as a Temporary Assistant Nurse aged 35.
In 1914 Edith joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service. #WW1 #QAIMNS

2. William George Danby joined the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Rank Private. Service No. 18349. 6th Battalion.
On 3rd December 1915 Private William George Danby died of wounds received in action, Leper, West Vlaanderen, Belgium, aged 20. He is buried at Vlamertinge Military Cemetery, Belgium. #KOYLI #WW1

1. Continuing the series of men who worked at The Doncaster "Plant" and served in the military:
William George Danby was born in 1895, Bolton, Lancashire. He was the son of William Danby and Emily Henrick.
In 1901 the family lived at 164 Cleveland street, Doncaster. In 1911 William’s occupation was an Apprentice Engine Fitter Locomotive Department Railway he was aged 16 and he lived with his family at 13 Ramsden Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster. #Doncasterplant

Today 19th June 2025 we had the unveiling the Gresley Plaque and Interpretation Board at Doncaster Railway station. A very successful day. Today would have been Sir Nigel Gresley's 149th birthday. Thanks to all those involved especially the Gresley Committee, Bill Mchugh MBE Ann-Marie Loversall Doncaster Council, Philip Benham MBE and Chris Clark Ed Turn , Steve Kimber Doncaster David Ingleby and last not but least myself Marion Baxter & Keith Crouter. #sirnigelgresley

Just finished this diamond art of a WW1 soldier I would think saying goodbye to his companion. This is for a raffle prize for our Family History Fair. #art #history

Our Next Help Desk Day is on Wednesday 25th June 10.00am - 2.00pm at Sprotbrough Library You will be able to access Find My Past and Ancestry websites for free plus the 1921 census for free. Volunteers from the society will be on hand to help and advise you. It is open to anyone and it is free so do come along and bring a friend. #familyhistory #genealogy

3. and because she'd done all her housework before the last bus left for the factory. Apparently families were instructed to bury their dead in individual services on different days so that their deaths would not be linked to a single tragedy.#barnbowgirls

2. Eliza went to work in the Barnbow Munitions Factory in 1916. She died on 5th December 1916 as a result of a munitions explosion, Leeds Infirmary, Yorkshire, aged 40.
According to family shared by Eliza Grant's descendant on the Great WarEliza was just entering the Barnbow factory when the explosion occurred. December 5, 1916, was meant to be her day off, but she went in to work on the suggestion of a friend, #barnbowgirls

1. Continuing the series of the women and girls that were killed at Barnbow Munitions Factory, Leeds::
Eliza Grant (nee Hammond) was born in 1876, Castleford, Yorkshire. She was the daughter of Alfred Hammond and Ada Dawson.
She married Clayton Dixon Grant on 22nd May 1899, Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire. In 1911 Eliza lived with her husband and children at 53 William Street, Alberton Bywater Lock Lane, Castleford, Yorkshire.
#WW1 #barnbowgirls

4. His son has put his father’s writings as a tribute to that unwritten biography A Schoolmaster’s War by Harry Ree. SOE

3. In July 1944 Harry escaped having been shot four times from Spain and returned back to the UK. He then served in the SOE at their headquarters in London. Harry Alfred Ree was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), Medaille de la Resistance Française, Croix de Guerre, and the OBE.
Harry was thinking about writing a book about his own life however a month later he died of a heart attack on 15th May 1991, Ewecross, North Yorkshire aged 76. #WW2 #SOE

2. In 1943 he parachuted into France using the code name Stockbroker and joined the acrobat network. Hi mission was to coordinate with the French Resistance. Organizing parachute drops of arms and explosives and carrying out sabotage operations. He participated in sabotage operations including hand to hand combat with a German Officer of the German military police. Eventually Harry was interned in Switzerland and Spain from December 1943 to July 1944. #WW2 #SOE

1. A series of Men & Women at War: Special Operations Executive (SOE):
Harry Alfred Ree was born on 15th October 1914, Chorlton, Lancashire. He was the son of Dr. Alfred Ree a chemist who was from a Danish Jewish family, and Lavinia Elisabeth Dimmick who was American born.
In 1937 he became a teacher at Bradford Grammar School. In 1940 he volunteered for the Special Operations Executive (SOE). He was commissioned as Captain in the Intelligence Corp. #WW2 #SOE

4. She was wearing a Staithes fisher bonnet at the time.... Mr E Bury, works manager, stated they could not account for the girl having been run over. He thought that the bonnet she was wearing would have something to do with her not seeing the approach of the engine and truck.#WW1 #forgottenwomenoftheempire

3. The story of a distressing accident at Skinningrove Ironworks by which a young Staithes woman was decapitated, was told at an inquest at Bretton on Saturday, on Maud Armstrong, seventeen, a labourer engaged to assist the fitters. A verdict of Accidentally killed whilst following her employment was returned. #WW1 #forgottenwomenoftheempire