I’ve been attempting to identify several men who were identified by their nicknames in a World War I era photo that features my great-grandfather, including “Huff” Hobbs.
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Category: Military
75th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Forces, 11th Brigade
I found this fantastic postcard amongst my grandmother’s photo albums. My great grandfather, Arthur Bird Griffin is on the left behind the big guy in the front.
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Henry Matthew Ireson and Margaret Josephine Aldcroft
Henry Matthew Ireson emigrated from England and married Margaret Josephine Aldcroft on November 28, 1908, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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World War I: May, 1917, France
I found the photo above in one of my grandmother's photo albums. I hadn't removed it—but when I did, what a find. The back had a list of all of...
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Elijah Loxham Longworth and Mary Elizabeth Derbyshire
When Elijah Loxam Longworth was born on December 26, 1889, in Chorley, Lancashire, England, his father, Robert Longworth (1863-1936), was 26 and...
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Robert Longworth and Margaret Alice Morris
When Robert Longworth was born on April 8, 1863, in Adlington, Lancashire, England, his father, John Longworth (1832-1880), was 31 and his mother,...
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James Robert Squires
When James Robert Squires was born on March 1, 1872, in Chester, Cheshire, England, his mother, Sarah (nee Webb) (1842-1915), was 30. Although...
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Leading Aircraftman Leonard Joseph Gray
When Leonard Joseph Gray (Leonard) was born on August 2, 1918, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, his father, Murray Joseph Gray (1895-?), was 23 and...
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John James Joseph “Jack” McPhail and Annie George
The firstborn son of Archibald James Jacob McPhail (1870-1941) and Cecelia (née Garrow) (1876-1941) was John James Joseph McPhail, born January...
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