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First World War ID cards
Explore the lives of nine local men and women during the First World War through our identity card resources.
Austin Burns
Learn about Austin Burns from Pontefract, who was taken as a Prisoner of War in Germany in 1915.
Clifford Walker, A.S.C.
Learn about Clifford Walker from Ossett, who served in the First World War from 1916 to 1918.
Clifford Walker ID card accessible Word doc
Image courtesy of www.ossett.net
George Kellett
Learn about George Kellett from Wakefield. He served in the First World War and kept a diary.
Gladys Mary Jessop
Learn about Gladys Mary Jessop from Ossett. She joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment (V.A.D.) in 1918.
Hannah Banks
Learn about Hannah Banks, a nurse who worked at a convalescing hospital in Woodlesford. She kept an autograph book that she asked the soldiers to sign.
Hannah Banks ID card accessible Word doc
Image courtesy of Wakefield Libraries.
Joshua F. Taylor
Learn about Joshua F. Taylor, a Conscientious Objector from Ossett.
Joshua F. Taylor ID card accessible Word doc
Image courtesy of www.ossett.net
Marion Walker
Learn about Marion Walker, a nurse from Ossett who volunteered at the White Rose Hospital. She kept an autograph book collecting soldiers' thoughts, recollections and drawings.
R. Ede. England
Learn about Captain R. Ede. England, who commanded K.O.Y.L.I. D Company during the Battle of the Somme. He recorded the time the soldiers went 'over the top' with this wristwatch.
Thomas Bryan V.C.
Learn about Thomas Bryan, who was awarded the Victoria Cross "for the most conspicuous bravery" he showed in the First World War.