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Arthur Gerald Eastick
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Arthur Gerald Eastick
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Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia (1) (3)
Date and Place of Death: 24/04/1922, The Red Lodge, Devonshire Place,
Eastbourne.…
Wilfred Mason Edmondson
WILFRED MASON EDMONDSON
Date and place of birth- 22 January 1885 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Date and place of Death- 10 May 1967 Liskeard District, Cornwall
Nationality; British
Biography-Wilfred grew up in Yorkshire, the eldest of six children:
Rupert Edmondson 1892
Gladys Edmondson 1893
Percy Edmondson 1895-1895
Cyril Edmondson 1895
Ida Edmondson 1899-1899
Parents
Affred Edmondson and Mary Cunnington who were married
in Skipton District, Yorkshire June 1884
Parents occupation – Affred Edmondson was a baker and
Mary Edmondson a cotton weaver
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance – Not known
Place of residence at Gretna: Not known
Marital status- Wilfred married Alice Dixon (1885-1956)
in Skipton District, Yorkshire in 1913
Children: Wilfred and Alice had three children born after WW1
Conny Edmondson 1920
Ida Winifred Edmondson 1923
Irvine Edmondson 1924
Job title at Gretna – Graviteer
Before the war Wilfred worked as an Insurance clerk and after the war as a Dairyman.…
William Gidley Emmett
William Gidley Emmett
William Gidley Emmett was the manager of the Cordite Section at Mossband from early 1916 onwards. His background had been in explosives, having already worked in Japan. Following the Great War, he had a successful career travelling the world in the oil refining industry. He later changed careers and became an educationalist, studying the statistical efficacy of examinations at Edinburgh University.…
James Eyre
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : James Eyre
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Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1st March 1868.…
Mabel Helen Farrer
Biography
Childhood: 3rd Child
Parents: Frederick Philip Farrer (1863-1/1/1935) and Annie Hall (1857-4/7/1906)
Parent’s occupations: Pencil Maker (1891 census), Assistant overseer (on wife Annie’s Probate in 1908). Assistant Overseer of the Poor (1911 census)
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance:
Occupation: Women’s Police
Place of residence at Gretna:
Job title at Gretna: Special Constable for Dumfriesshire
Marital status:
Children:
Travels: Worked in Northamptonshire in 1918
Awards/recognitions:
Trivia / any other information: Mother died when she was 19, No occupation given in 1911 census but she appears to be looking after other children.…
Alice Foley
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Alice Foley (nee Williams)
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 29 June 1895, Carlisle.
Date and Place of Death: 27 July 1978, Carlisle.
Nationality: English
Biography
Childhood: Brought up on the Back House Court, Carlisle. …
Robert Oliver Foulis
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Robert Oliver Foulis (at some point he may possibly have also used the alias Herbert Leigh).
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: 1889, Wylam, Northumberland, England.
Date and Place of Death: December 1941, Hampstead, London, England.…
Russell Aubrey Fowler
Information from booklet produced for The Devil’s Porridge Museum to commemorate the centenary of the arrival of Russell Aubrey Fowler, an Australian Chemist, who volunteered to come to work at Gretna in summer 1917, kindly supplied by Russell’s daughter:
Norman Taylor Fox
NORMAN TAYLOR FOX
Date and place of birth : 23 October 1888 in Longsight, Lancashire
Date and place of Death : 24 May 1954 in Worsley, Lancashire
Nationality: British
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Biography: Norman had one brother named Edward Bowker Fox who was born in Lisburn, Ireland in 1893. Unfortunately Edward died in Dunmurry, Ireland in 1901 aged just 7 years. …
George William Funck
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): George William Funck. (He seems to have also been referred to as George Edward Funck).
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: About 1895, Winalton, Gateshead.
Date and Place of Death: Unknown.
Nationality: British.…
William James Gains
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): William Gains. (William James Gaines).
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: July 26th 1886 or 1881, St Leonards, Sussex, England.
Date and Place of Death: 1947, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England.…
Ralph Peter Galloway
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : RALPH PETER GALLOWAY
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 2nd Quarter 1888. Lambeth
Date and Place of Death: 12th November 1918.…
Thomas Harold Gant
THOMAS HAROLD GANT
Date and place of birth : 27 June 1886 Stowmarket, Suffolk
Date and place of Death : 23 July 1973 Exeter, Devon
Nationality: British
Biography: Thomas was part of a large family who lived in Stow, Suffolk
Cecilia Hallam Gant 1875
Maud Belinda Gant 1879
Cecil Reginald Gant 1890-1907
Edith Campbell Gant 1883
Edward Gant 1883-1883
Charles Richard Gant 1895
Henry Christopher Gant 1897
Ronald Jack Gant 1900
Parents:
Thomas Edward Gant married Eliza Hallam Collins 1884 in Stow, Suffolk
Parents occupation : Thomas Senior was a Tailor
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance – Not known
Place of residence at Gretna: Not known
Marital status: Thomas married Mary Frances Carney Wattie in Edinburgh 1921. …
John Miteman Garraway
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : John Miteman Garraway
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 1879, Whitehaven
Date and Place of Death: April 20th 1960, Whitehaven
Nationality: British
Disability : Valvular disease of the heart
Childhood: 4th of at least 8 children. Impoverished. Lived in slum area of Whitehaven now cleared.…
Walter Gaunt
WALTER GAUNT
Date and place of birth: 15 May 1886 in Bradford District, Yorkshire
Date and place of Death: 1973 in Aled District, Denbighshire
Nationality: British
Biography: Walter’s father married twice and had 6 children from each wife, so Walter had plenty of siblings:
Step Siblings of Mary Ann Piggott (1836-1870) were-
Ellen Gaunt (1857)
Anna Eliza Gaunt (1859)
George Gaunt (1860)
Agnes Gaunt (1862)
Harry Gaunt (1867)
William Gaunt (1867)
Full Siblings were-
Ernest Gaunt (1878)
Alfred Gaunt (1880)
Fred Gaunt (1882)
Bertha Gaunt (1885)
Sydney (1889)
Parents
Joseph Gaunt and Margaret Bottomley married 1875
in Oldham District, Lancashire.…
George Batley Godwin
George was born in London on the 24th September 1879, the son of Harold Frederick and Louise Marie Godwin.
Charles Graham
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Charles Graham
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: Q4 1874 Longtown, Cumberland
Date and Place of Death: 1st December 1940 Dornock
Nationality: English
Biography
Childhood:
Parents: William and Isabella (nee Irving) Graham
Parent’s occupations: Father is a joiner
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Police constable in Liverpool City Police
Place of residence at Gretna: Browhouses
Job title at Gretna: Police constable
Marital status: Married Annie Armstrong in 1918 at Dornock.…
Herbert Sharp Greenough
HERBERT SHARP GREENOUGH
Date and place of birth: 23 June 1890 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
Date and place of Death: 9 December 1979 Loughton, Essex
Nationality: British
Biography: Herbert was an only child as his father died when he was very young and his mother never remarried.
Parents: Edwin Greenough married Mary Hannah Sharp in St.…
John Owen Grinsted
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): John Owen Grinsted
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 02/12/1875 Fulham
Date and Place of Death: 18/04/1954 Leeds
Nationality: British
Do we have images/photos of this person?: N/K
Biography
Childhood:
Parents: William and Sarah (nee Fisher) Grinsted
Parent’s occupations: Joiner (father)
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Engineer’s Pattern Maker in 1911.…
