BISHOP AUCKLAND; J. Linford & Son Ltd.
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Staff Circular No 283; 15th November 1944.
Joseph Lingford and Son Limited.
War Service Circular
The following is a List of Names of Members of our Staff who are
Serving with the Forces in the Present War
Staff; Department; Duties; Date of Joining H.M Forces;
Miss E. Brown;
Welfare Office; Auxiliary Territorial Service; 20th June 1942.
Miss M. Cummings;
Typists Office; Auxiliary Air Force; 6th November 1942.
Miss D. Davies;
Packing Department; Auxiliary Territorial Service; 1st May 1942.
Miss J. Ellerton;
Mail Room Staff; Auxiliary Air Force; 28th May 1942
Miss M. Fairs;
Packages Buying Dept.; Auxiliary Air Force; May 1944
Boy J. Gartland;
Transport Department; Royal Navy; 21st November 1942
Boy. M Golledge;
Transport Department; Royal Navy; 24th October 1942.
Miss M. Hewitt;
Packing Department; Auxiliary Air Force; 22nd September 1942.
Miss J. Hodges;
General Office; Auxiliary Air Force; 10th June 1943.
Mr R. Hutchinson;
Salesman; Royal Navy; August 1943.
Miss M. Lamb;
Packing Department; Womens Land Army; 15th November 1942.
Boy M. Martin;
Transport Department; Royal Navy; 3rd May 1944.
Boy S. Peat;
Despatch Department; Royal Navy; 19th February 1943.
Miss N. Riley;
Packages Buying Department; Auxiliary Air Force; 5th February 1942.
Miss H. Taylor;
Packing Department; Auxiliary Territorial Service; 7th August 1942.
Miss V. Turnbull;
Raw Materials Dept.; Auxiliary Air Force; 13th November 1942.
Mr W. Tipling
Warehouse; Royal Army Service Corps.; May 1944.
Mr. T.W. Todd;
Salesman; Agriculture; 3rd July 1941.
Mr. A. Todhunter;
Transport Department; Royal Army Service Corps.; 1st November 1942
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Details of service by members of the staff and their near relatives
both in the present war and the last war.
This list does not include Netters or their relatives.
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Staff; Department; Relative; Duties; Date of Joining H.M. Forces;
Date of Discharge from H.M. Forces
Miss D. Adlington; Packing Department;
Mr A. Adlington; Father; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mr D. Adlington; Brother; Royal Navy.
Miss D. Allinson; Packing Department;
Mr J. Allinson; Brother; Royal Artillery; July 15th 1940.
Mr R. Allinson; Brother; Royal Marines; 14th September 1943.
Miss M. Atess; Packing Department;
Mr F. Atess; Father; Durham Light Infantry; 1914; 1919
Mr K. Atess; Brother; Royal Army Medical Corps; July 1943.
Miss S. Avery; Café;
Mr T. Avery; Brother; Durham Light Infantry; (Prisoner of War).
Mr W. Avery; Brother; Royal Navy.
Mr J. Avery; Brother; Durham Light Infantry.
Mr W. G. Ayley; Warehouse; 2nd Bedfordshire Regt.; 1914; 1919.
Mr Avery; Son; Lancashire Fusiliers.
Mr J. Bainbridge; Maintenance Dept.; Army; 16th October 1914; February
1920; Royal Ordnance Factory; June 1941 to 1943.
Mr Bainbridge; Son; Army; 3rd September 1939.
Mr G. Baker; Despatch Department;
Mrs Baker; Wife; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss M. Barraclough; Mail Room Staff;
Mr J. Barraclough; Brother; Royal Artillery
Mr T. Barraclough; Do; R.E.M.E. India Command.
Mr R. Barraclough; Do;R.A.F. Italy.
Mr A. Barraclough; Do; Home Guard.
Mrs D. Beattie; Typists Office;
Mr F. Beattie; Husband; Royal Engineers; South East Asia Command;
15th June 1939.
Self; Auxiliary Territorial Service; February 1941; June 1942.
Miss M. Bell; Packing Department;
Mr Bell; Father; Hampshire Regiment; 1914-1919; National Fire
Service.
Miss C. Bell; Sister; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss E. Blades; Packing Department; Part-time Ambulance Service
Mr H. Blenkarn; Despatch Department;
Mr G. Blenkarn; Brother; Kings Royal Rifles; Killed 15th November
1916.
Miss A. Binks; General Office; Girls Training Corps
Mr A.W. Binks; Father; Royal Army Medical Corps and Royal Flying
Corps.; 1915; 1919.
Miss N. Booth; Ledger Department;
Mrs Booth; Mother; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss F. Bradley; Ledger Department;
Mr Bradley; Father; Durham Light Infantry; 1914-1918.
Miss R. Brownlow; Mail Department;
Mr J.T. Brownlow; Father; Duke of Wellingtons Regiment 1916-1918.
Mr K. Brownlow - Brother - Air Training Corps.
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Staff; Department; Relative; Duties; Date of Joining H.M. Forces;
Date of Discharge from H.M. Forces
Miss J. Barnett; Ledger Department;
Mr Barnett; Father; Army; 1914-1918.
Mr W. Butler; Warehouse;
Mr W. Butler; Son; Royal Air Force; 1939.
Miss N. Butler; Daughter; Womens Voluntary Service.
Miss J. Carroll; Telephonist;
Mr A. Carroll; Father; Durham Light Infantry; 1914-1919;
Special Constable.
Miss C. Caygill; Ledger Department;
Mr S. Caygill; Father; A.R.P. Wardem
Mr E. Caygill; Brother; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss E. Corner; Packing Department;
Mr H. Corner; Brother; Royal Air Force.
Mr R. Clough; Salesman; Special Constable 1914/18
Mr. S. Clough; Son; Food controller; Captain A.R.P. Service and
Chief Billeting Officer for Bellingham R.D.C.
Miss G. Coates; Typists Office; Girls Training Corps.
Miss B. Coatesworth; Packing Department;
Mr W. Coatesworth; Father; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mr J. Coatesworth; Brother; Royal Air Force.
Mr J. Coatesworth; Brother; Highland Division.
Mr A. Colegrove; Transport; Royal Artillery; 1939; 1943.
Mr Colegrove; Father; Army 1914; Killed 1918
Miss E. Cousins; Welfare Department; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mr Cousins; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss J. Cross; Café;
Mr A. Cross; Brother; Green Howards; October 1939; October 1942.
Mr W. Crosson; Warehouse.
Mrs A Crosson; Wife; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mr M. Crosson; Son; Royal Air Force; India; 1941.
Miss O. Davies; Packing Department;
Mr J. Davies; Father; A.R.P. Warden.
Mr R. Davison; Salesman; A.R.P. Warden.
Miss A. Dent; Typists Office; Girls Training Corps.
Mr T.E. Dent; Aircraft Factory.
Mr J. Dinsley; Warehouse; Durham Light Infantry; 1939-1941
Mrs M. Dinsley; Wife; Nursing; 1939-1944.
Mr J. W. Dinsley; Brother; Army; 1939; Killed 1940.
Mrs Dowson; Cleaner; Womens Land Army; 1917-1918.
Mr Dowson; Husband; Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Mr J. H. Dunn; Secretary; A.R.P. Warden.
Mr H. Dunning; Warehouse; Garrison Artillery.
Mr A. Dunning; Royal Navy.
Miss I. Eales; Packing Department;
Miss O. Eales; Sister; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss J. Eales; Father (sic); Royal Ordnance Factory; A.R.P. Warden
Miss M. Eales; Packing Department;
Mr J. Eales; Father; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss M. Eales; Sister; Royal Ordnance Factory.
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Staff; Department; Relative; Duties; Date of Joining H.M. Forces;
Date of Discharge from H.M. Forces
Miss E.C. Farr; Office;
Mr E. Farr; Father; Royal Army Vetinary (sic) Corps; 1916-1919;
Part-time National Fire Service
Mr A. Fisher; Salesman; Part-time A.R.P.
Miss E. Forbes; Packing Department;
Mrs. E. Cuthbertson; Sister; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mrs. Francis; Café;
Mr Marr; Father; Royal Engineers; 1914-1918.
Mr Marr; Brother; Royal Engineers; 1914-1918.
Mr Marr; Brother; Royal Air Force; 1939.
Mr W. French; Transport; Army; 1914-1918; Home Guard.
Mr J. French; Son; Royal Army Service Corps; 1940; Discharged 1942.
Mr S. French; Son; Royal Air Force; 1939.
Mr J. French; Son; Royal Air Force; 1941.
Mrs A. Fantarrow; Daughter; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mr A. Gibson; Transport Department; Royal Field Artillery; 1914-1919.
Mr W. Gibson; Son; Home Guard; Royal Navy.
Miss M. Gill; Welfare Department;
Mr J. Gill; Father; Durham Light Infantry 1916-1918; Home Guard
Mr J. Goldsborough; Warehouse; Royal Air Force; 28th August 1939;
December 1939.
Mr L. Goldsborough; Brother; Tank Factory.
Mr A. Gornall; Office; Royal Field Artillery; 1915-1919.
Mrs. Peacock; Daughter; Royal Ordnance Factory
Miss E. Green; Packing Department;
Mrs C. Green; Mother; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mr W. Green; Brother; Army.
Mr A. Green; Brother; R.A.F. Belgium.
Mr F. Hall; Maintenance Dept.; Auxiliary Police Force; August 1939;
December 1943.
Mr A. Hall; Brother; Royal Engineers. M.E.F.
Mr P. Hall; Brother; Royal Engineers. B.L.A.
Mr E. Hall; Brother; Royal Engineers. M.E.F.
Mr P. Hall; Brother; Pioneer Corps. B.L.A.
Miss E. Hauxwell; Typists;
Mr P. Hauxwell; Father; A.R.P. Warden.
Miss V. Healey; Typists Office; Blood Donor.
Mr J. Healey; Father; Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry; M.M.;
1914-1919.
Mr J. Healey; Brother; Royal Navy.
Mr G. Healey; Brother; Royal Army Service Corps. Italy
Mr G. Hedley; Warehouse; Army; M.M.; 1914-1918 ; A.R.P.
Mr J. Hedley; Son; Royal Navy.
Mr G. Hedley; Son; Royal Navy.
Mr J. Hedley; Son; Army Cadets.
Mr C. Hedley; Son; Air Training Corps.
Mrs McNeely; Daughter; A.R.P. Warden
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Staff; Department; Relative; Duties; Date of Joining H.M. Forces;
Date of Discharge from H.M. Forces
Miss A. Henry; Packing Department;
Mr L. Henry; Brother; Home Guard.
Miss A. Heslop; Packing Department;
Mr A. Heslop; Father; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mr J. Heslop; Brother; Prisoner of War.
Mr T. Heslop; Brother; Royal Artillery.
Mr J. Heslop; Brother; Royal Engineers.
Mr G. Hewitt; Maintenance Department; Royal Garrison Artillery;
1916-1919.
Mr K. Hewitt; Son; Army Cadets
Miss E. Hooper; Mixing Room;
Mr Hooper; Brother; Royal Air Force.
Miss L. Howe; Office;
Mr Howe; Father; Royal Air Force; 1941 August.
Mr T. Howe; Warehouse;
Mr M. Howe; Son; Home Guard.
Mr W. Howe; Son; Home Guard.
Mr J. Howe; Son; Royal Army Service Corps.; 1940.
Miss D. Hudson; Packing Department;
Mr W. Hudson; Father; Blood Donor.
Miss Hudson; Part-time N.F.S.
Mr J. Hull; Despatch Department; Army Service Corps Remounts;
1914-1919.
Miss G. Hutchinson; Packing Department;
Mr Hutchinson; (father; Royal Navy; Last war; decd.)
Mr S. Hood; Stepbrother; Royal Artillery.
Mr H. Hood; Stepbrother; Somerset Regiment.
Mr A. Hood; Stepbrother; Royal Navy.
Mr G. Hood; Stepbrother; Home Guard.
Mr K. Hood; Stepbrother; Air Training Corps.
Miss N. Hutchinson; Typists Office; Blood Donor.
Miss M. Jones; Raw Materials Office;
Mr J. Jones; Father; Royal Engineers; 1915-1917.
Mr W. Jones; Brother; Coldstream Guards; Italy
Miss I. Johnson; Despatch Department;
Mr R.W. Johnson; Father; Machine Gun Corps.; 1914-1918.
Mr E. Johnson; Brother; Home Guard
Boy Johnson; Transport; Army Cadet Corps.
Mr J. Johnson; Father; A.R.P. Warden.
Mr W. Kidd; Transport; A.S.C.M.T. October 1915-December 1919.
Mr W.R. Kidd; Son ; Fleet Air Arm; November 1939.
Lost at sea on H.M.S. Dorsetshire April 42.
Mr R. Kirtley; Warehouse; Machine Gun Corps; 1916-1918.
Miss E. Kirtley; Daughter; Part-time N.F.S
Miss M. Liddle; Packing Department;
Mr W. Liddle; Brother; Royal Hussars. M.E.F.
Mrs Liddle; Mother; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mr J.E. Liddle; Brother; Commandos. B.L.A.
Mr H. Lingford; Chairman; Friends Ambulance Unit; 1914/18;
A.R.P. Warden.
Mrs Lingford; Wife; A.R.P. Driver.
Mr K. Lingford; Son; Government Flying Ser.
Miss C. Lingford; V.A.D.; Red Cross Soc.
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Staff; Department; Relative; Duties; Date of Joining H.M. Forces;
Date of Discharge from H.M. Forces
Miss J. Lishman; Typists Office; Girls Training Corps
Mr E. Lishman; Father; Royal Army Medical Corps.; 1914-1918.
Mrs H. Lishman; Mother; Womens Voluntary Service.
Mr S. Lishman; Brother; Durham Light Infantry;
Killed in Sicily July 1943; Awarded Military Medal.
Mr E. Lishman; Brother; R.A.F. India Command.
Miss J. Longstaff; Packing Department;
Mr A. Longstaff; Father; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mrs A. Longstaff; Mother; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mr W. Hornsby; Brother; Royal Army Service Corps.; 7.1.43.
Mr E. Lowe; Mixing Room; 2/2/ Northumberland Field Ambulance;
October 1914-January 1919; A.R.P. First Aid
Miss M. McMullen; Welfare Department;
Mr McMullen; Father; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss I. Mears; Raw Materials Dept.; Girls Training Corps.
Mr Mears; Father; Northumberland Fusiliers 1914-1918.
Miss Metcalfe; Packing Department;
Mr C. Metcalfe; Father; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss I. Metcalfe; Ledger Department;
Mrs Metcalfe; Mother; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss E. Morley; General Office; A.R.P. Report Centre.
Miss J. Murray; Office; Girls Training Corps.
Mr T. Murray; Father; Royal Artillery; 1915-1918; Royal Ordnance
Factory.
Miss M. Murray; Packing Department;
Mr Murray; Father; Durham Light Infantry; 1916-1921.
Mr J. Murray; Brother; Royal Navy; 1942.
Miss D. Neasham; General Office;
Mr T. Neasham; Father; Royal Army Service Corps.; April 1915;
May 1919; Special Constable
Miss A. Nelson; Welfare Department; British Red Cross Nurse.
Miss J. Nelson; Packing Department;
Mrs S. Nelson; Mother; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss W. Newbegin; Ledger Department; A.R.P. Report Centre & Blood
Donor.
Miss I Newbegin; Sister; Part-time Ambulance Attendant & Blood
Donor.
Miss V. Norman; Raw Materials Dept.;
Mr F. Norman; Father; Special Constable.
Miss I. Ord; Packing Department;
Mr J. Ord; Father; Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1917-1918;
Durham Light Infantry; 1939.
Mr J. Ord; Brother; Royal Navy; 1943.
Mr W. Ord; Brother; Royal Engineers; (discharged); Aircraft Factory
Miss M. Pattison; Packing Department;
Miss V. Pattison; Sister; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss I. Pannicca; Café;
Mr D. Pannicca; Father; R.E.M.E.
Miss A. Pannicca; Sister; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss R. Payne; Packing Department;
Miss F. Payne; Sister; Aircraft Factory.
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Staff; Department; Relative; Duties; Date of Joining H.M. Forces;
Date of Discharge from H.M. Forces
Mr W. Peat; Mixing Room; Durham Light Infantry; 1917-1918.
Mrs E. Peat; Wife; Royal Ordnance Factory. (Discharged)
Mr S. Peat; Son; Royal Navy; 1943.
Mr A. Phillips; Transport Department; Durham Light Infantry; 1914-1918;
Home Guard.
Miss V. Race; Packages Buying Dept.;
Mr G. Race; Father; Army; 1914-1917.
Mr R. Race; Brother; Merchant Navy.
Miss G. Race; Sister; Womens Auxiliary Air Force; 1942-March 1944.
Mrs Robinson; Cleaner;
Mr E. Robinson; Husband; Royal Artillery C.M.F..
Mr T. Henry; Brother; Army India Command.
Mr J.C.T. Robinson; Salesman; Royal Flying Corps; July 1917-1919.
Miss N. E. Robson; Packing Department; Blood Donor & Red Cross Civil
Nursing Member
Miss M. Robson; Packing Department;
Mr G. Robson; Father; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss M. Roddam; Packing Department;
Mr J. Roddam; Brother; Royal West Kent Regt.; Killed in France 1917.
Miss M. Rowlands; Packing Department;
Mr G. Rowlands; Brother; Royal Navy.
Mr W. Ruddock; Sales Department; Area Control (Civil Defence).
Mr P. Ryan; Warehouse; Durham Light Infantry; 1914-1918.
Mr J. Ryan; Son; Pioneer Corps.; 1937.
Miss M. Ryan; Daughter; Auxiliary Territorial Service; 1940.
Miss J. Ryan; Daughter; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss E. Ryan; Daughter; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mr A. Samson; Warehouse; National Fire Service; Discharged May 1942
Mr H. C. Samson; Brother; Royal Field Artillery; 1916-1919.
Mr A. Samson; Brother; Indian Army; 1940
Mrs Sanders; Cleaner;
Mr L. Sanders; Son; Durham Light Infantry C.M.F.
Mr W. Sanders; Son; Royal Navy.
Miss A. Shaw; Packing Department;
Mr W. Shaw; Brother; Durham Light Infantry B.L.A.
Mr H. Shaw; Brother; Merchant Navy.
Mr S. Shaw; Brother; Royal Navy.
Mr J. Shirren; Welfare Department; Durham Light Infantry; 1914-1918;
1939-1941.
Mrs. Shirren; Wife; Royal Ordnance Factory
Miss J. Siddle; Packing Department;
Mr F. Siddle; Brother; Royal Engineers B.L.A.; February 1940
Mr A. Siddle; Brother; Cameron Highlanders; Italy February 1941
Mr J. Siddle; Brother; Royal Navy; July 1942.
Mr E. Siddle; Brother; Royal Navy; August 1943.
Miss N. Smith; Packing Department;
Mr J. Smith; Brother; Durham Light Infantry; Prisoner of War; 1940.
Mr W. Smith; Brother; Royal Air Force; August 1941-January 1944.
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Staff; Department; Relative; Duties; Date of Joining H.M. Forces;
Date of Discharge from H.M. Forces
Miss L. Simpson; Packing Department;
Mr R. Simpson; Brother; R.A.F. India Command; 1939.
Mr L. Stott; Raw Materials Dept.; Rescue Party (First Aid).
Miss A. Summerson; Packing Department;
Miss V. Summerson; Sister; Auxiliary Territorial Service.
Mr J. Summerson; Brother; Royal Navy.
Mr. Ernest H. Taylor; Managing Director; The Bath Volunteers 1914/15;
The Devonshire Regiment 1915/17; The Machine Gun Corps 1917/19 1919;
Special Constable.
Miss J. W. Taylor; Daughter; Womens Auxiliary Air Force.
Miss V.D. Taylor; Daughter; do
Mr J. H. Taylor; Warehouse; Durham Light Infantry; A.R.P. Warden.
Mr H Taylor; Brother; Royal Army Service Corps.
Mr J. Taylor; Brother; North Staffordshire Regt.
Miss S. Taylor; Sister; Nurse, Military Hospital.
Miss L. Taylor; Sister; Nurse, Military Hospital.
Mr P. Taylor; Salesman; Royal Navy; 1916-1918
Mrs Taylor; Wife; Part-time Red Cross Nursing
Mr A. Teasdale; Mixing Room; Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
1917-1919; A.R.P. Warden.
Mr J. Teasdale; Son; Royal Army Service Corps.; 1940.
Mr T. Thompson; Warehouse;
Mr S. Thompson; Brother; Durham Light Infantry 1939;
(Prisoner of War).
Miss M. Trowels; Packing Department;
Mr F. Trowels; Brother; Royal Navy.
Miss J. Walker; Mail Room Staff;
Mr M. Walker; Father; Home Guard.
Miss (sic) E. Walmsley; Warehouse; Durham Light Infantry; 1918 1920;
Pioneer Corps.; 1940-1941.
Mr W. Walmsley; Brother; Royal Army Vetinary (sic) Corps.;
1914-1918.
Mrs A. Wardle; Welfare Department;
Mr L. Wardle; Husband; Royal Air Force; 1940
Mr T. Parry; Father; Royal Engineers; 1914-1919; A.R.P. Warden.
Mr S. Parry; Brother; Royal Air Force; Died on Active Service 1943
Mr. A. Wardle; Mixing Room; Northumbrian Fd. Ambulance 1915/18;
East Kent Regiment 1918/19; 1919
Mr. H. Wardle; Son; Durham University Senior Training Corps.
Mr E. Wardle; Mixing Room; Royal Navy 1915-1919.
Mr J. Wardle - Mixing Room;
Mr Wardle; Father; Australian Imperial Forces; 1914-1917.
Mr A. Wardle; Brother; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss G. Wearmouth; Packing Department;
Mr L. Wearmouth; Father; Royal Ordnance Factory and Blood Donor.
Mr R. Wearmouth; Brother; Air Training Corps.
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Staff; Department; Relative; Duties; Date of Joining H.M. Forces;
Date of Discharge from H.M. Forces
Miss B. Welch; Café;
Mr E. Welch; Father; Tank Corps; 1918-1920; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mrs C. Welch; Mother; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss I. Welch; Sister; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss A. Welch; Sister; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Miss I. Wharton; Packing Department;
Mr H. Wharton; Father; A.R.P. Warden.
Mr O. Wharton; Brother; Home Guard.
Miss A. Williamson; Packing Department;
Mrs S. Williamson; Mother; Royal Ordnance Factory.
Mr C. Williamson; Brother; Royal Engineers
Miss P. Williamson; Sister; Womens Land Army.
Mr T. Winship; Despatch Department;
Mr Winship; Son; Home Guard.
Mr Hubert Wood; Director; Friends Ambulance Unit; 1916/18;
A.R.P. Warden.
Dr. A. M. Wood; Daughter; Royal Army Medical Corps; July 1944.
Miss A. Wright; Packing Department;
Mr C. Wright; Brother; Royal Army Service Corps
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