#AdoorableThursday
Something a bit different!
This is the original door of the parcel shed of Bellingham station
Amy Daley scratched her name on it and proudly put her occupation as “ portress”1915
It was a hub for soldiers and equipment so she would have been very busy. Lovely history!
#WW1

8 October 1917 Private William Wilkinson (268224) 13 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

William is also remembered on the Bredbury & Romiley War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

8 October 1916 Private Joe Brightmore (52888) 13 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Joe was 21.

Joe is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

8 October 1918 Private Leslie Coburn (30010) 1 Bn King's Shropshire Light Infantry died and was buried in Ramicourt British Cemetery. Leslie was 19.

Leslie is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

8 October 1918 Private Samuel Barber (91823) 15 Bn Durham Light Infantry died and was buried in Bois-des-Angles British Cemetery. Samuel was 19.

Samuel is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

8 October 1917 Sapper Walter Brookes (395) Australian Engineers died and was buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.

Walter is also remembered on the Romiley War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

8 October 1917 Private David Conlon (49008) 1 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

David is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

8 October 1918 Rifleman Richard P Edwards (227112) 1 Bn Monmouthshire Regiment died and was buried in Sequehart British Cemetery No. 1.

Richard is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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September #BookoftheMonth w/my #review for 👨‍❤️‍👨 #MMRomance 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Lessons in Tracing a Dangerous Scent by @charliecochrane.bsky.social 2C what put it on top at Padme's Library
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"Women On The Land" Bexhill Chronicle 7.10.1916. #Bexhill #Sussex #WW1 #Farming #History #1910s

4. He is buried at Carnoy Military Cemetery, France. He was the second soldier from Sheffield to be executed. He is also remembered at the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire. #shotatdawn #WW1

3. Private Ernest Harris was already under a suspended sentence of death for desertion when he deserted again. He was executed on 3rd February 1917 aged 20. #shotatdawn #WW1

2. In 1911 Ernest’s occupation was tool maker aged 14 and the family lived at 84 Sheldon Avenue Nether Edge, Sheffield, Yorkshire. He joined “C” Company, 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Rank Private. Service No. 23992. #shotatdawn #WW1

1. Series of men who were executed for desertion in WWI:
We remember Private Ernest Walter Jack Harris.
Ernest Walter Jack Harris was born in 1897, Bourebrook, Worcestershire, England. He was the son of Edward Davenhill Harris and Lavinia Sewell of Sheffield. #shotatdawn #WW1