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Jean Armstrong
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Jeanie Armstrong (also know as Jean or Jane).
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 24th July 1895, Dornock
Date and Place of Death: 19th November 1968, Eastriggs, Annan.
Nationality: Scottish
Childhood:
Parents: Walter and Maggie Armstrong
Parent’s occupations: Father is a farmer
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Domestic service
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job title at Gretna: “Worked with cordite”
Marital status: Married Henry Newenham Scott Harvey on 8th September 1919 at Moorhouse in Dornock, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.…
Maria Armstrong
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Maria Armstrong
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 23rd April 1879, Carlisle, Cumberland
Date and Place of Death: N/K
Nationality: British
Childhood: One of 8 born, 6 surviving
Parents: Christopher and Isabella
Parent’s occupations: Stationer Printer
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Cordite worker
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job title at Gretna: Cordite worker
Marital status: Unmarried
Children: N/K
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Trivia / any other information:
Maria Armstrong was born on 23rd April 1879 in Carlisle, Cumberland, to Christopher and Isabella.…
William Armstrong
Appeared in Dumfries and Galloway Standard; Oct. 10, 1917, under the heading Retaliation.
Thomas Arnott
The Annandale Observer is not currently digitized, however a volunteer on this project is manually searching the physically copies of this paper stored at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. Arnott was mentioned in the AO on 01/02/1918 at p. 7 and column 4. He was described as a Labourer living in Newfoundland House, Eastriggs, Dornock and the details of the entry were ‘Matches in Factory.’
Thomas Arrowsmith
Name and address appeared in Gretna and Eastriggs Electoral Roll 1918-1919.
Maud Artus
Information supplied through Research Project led by Nigel Crompton.
Name: Maud Artus
DoB: 30 June 1882
Place of birth: St Saviour Parish, Southwark, Surrey
Parents: Thomas & Elizabeth (nee King)
Parental Home: 42 Amelia Street, Southwark, Surrey
Siblings: Elizabeth (1868), Amy (1869), Arthur (1871), Ada Louise (1873) Herbert Thomas (1875), Ernest Frederick (1877), Ruben (1879) Albert (1884), Rosa May (1886)
Spouse: Robert Patterson Halliday (but see notes below)
Date of Wedding: Canadian records not available
Children : Elizabeth (1922), Mary (1923), Dorothy (1925)
Marital home(s) : Address in Saskatchewan, Canada
Employment: Palourmaid
1911 Census: Buckland House, Eastern Rd, Lymington, Hampshire
Date of death: 1968
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Gretna details
Name: Maud Artus
Clock No
Date joining: Not known
Date leaving: Not known
Addresses: Women’s Police Barracks No 2, Gretna
Rank on start: PC
Promotion: None found
Newspapers: None found
Career after: Domestic servant
1921 Census : In Canada
Addresses after Gretna:
1920 – 22 Chancery Lane, London
1920 – prior to emigrating to Canada – 11 New Street, Kennington, London
Additional information
Maud’s early life appears to have been fraught with difficulties.…
Dorothy Askew
DOROTHY ASKEW
“DORA”
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth:
1893 Lamesley, Chester-le-Street, Durham
Date and Place of Death:
13 March 1976 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood: Dorothy grew up in County Durham within a large family. She had 11 siblings:
George William (1895-1915)
Matthew (1898-1968)
Annie (1900-1980)
Andrew Wilson (1901 and he died before his first birthday)
Margaret Ellen (1902-?)
Robert Henry (1904-1946) He was killed in WW2
Mary Jane (1906-1992)
Elizabeth Isabella (1908-1992)
Susan Gladys (1910-1996)
Eliza Emily (1912-?)
Allson Monica (1913)
The family lived in the Tanfield and Lanchester area of County Durham.…
William Askew
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : William Askew
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 5th November 1888, Carlisle, Cumberland
Date and Place of Death: 2nd October 1954 – at Mount Healey Villas, Rothbury
Nationality: British
Childhood: N/K
Parents: N/K
Parent’s occupations: N/K
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Railway station master – Goods foreman at Gretna
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job title at Gretna: Goods foreman.…
Alfred Lees Aspland
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Alfred Lees Aspland
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 10/04/1878 at Dukinfield, Cheshire (2) (12)
Date and Place of Death: 21/01/1947 aged 68 at Wellhouse Hospital, Barnet, Middlesex.…
Stanley Astall
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) :
Stanley Astall
Gender
Male
Date and place of birth
4th May 1890, Horwich, Lancashire
Date and Place of Death:
17th March 1974, Romiley, Cheshire
Nationality:
English
Childhood
Had 3 brothers- lived in Horwich
Parents
Joseph Asall and Hannah Elizabeth nee Scott
Parents occupations
Boiler maker
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance:
Not known
Occupation
Analytical chemist
Place of residence at Gretna:
22 The Rand , Eastriggs – wife also there
Marital status
Married
Children
At least one , born in Eastriggs
Travels
None known
Awards/recognitions:
None known
Positions held
Trivia / any other information:
Yes
Bibliography
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Biography
Stanley Astall 1890-1974
Stanley was born on 4th May 1890 at Horwich, Lancashire to Joseph Astall , a boiler maker , and Hannah Elizabeth nee Scott.…
Hannah Atherton
Hannah was a munitions worker at Gretna from 1917 to 1918. She heard about the plant from a friend, and they both signed up together, in Tudhoe, which is near Spennymoor.
The two travelled by train to the plant, and were initially billeted in a hut with several other girls from the North East of England.…
Ann Atkinson
Appeared in ‘Not a Joke’ Dumfries and Galloway Standard, 18 April 1917, p. 5.
E Atkinson
Appeared in ‘Not a Joke’ Dumfries and Galloway Standard, 18 April 1917, p. 5.
George Atkinson
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : George Atkinson
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: Spring 1883, Isel, Cockermouth, Cumberland
Date and Place of Death: N/K
Nationality: British
Childhood: N/K
Parents: Thomas and Mary Jane nee Nelson
Parent’s occupations: N/K
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Railway shunter
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job title at Gretna: N/K
Marital status: Married Mary or Vera
Children: At least 1.…
John Henry Atkinson
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : John Henry Atkinson
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: Baptism date – 18th September 1859 Silloth, Cumberland
Date and Place of Death: 11th December 1932 , 121, Sudellside Street, Darwen, Lancashire
Nationality:English ( Scottish mother)
Childhood: Third of 6 children
Parents: John and Gracie nee Henderson
Parents occupations: Agricultural labourer and dairymaid
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Police constable
Place of residence at Gretna:Kirkandrews Nether, Longtown with wife and daughter.…
Daisy Alice Attree
Information will be supplied through Research Project led by Nigel Crompton. Further information to follow.
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Daisy Alice Attree (nee Hockley).
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 2 December 1892, Epping, Essex
Date and Place of Death: 3 February 1984, Halton, Hastings
Nationality: British
Childhood: 8 siblings.…
Dr Agnes Barr Auchenschloss
Agnes was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1886. Her father, James Currie Auchencloss (also spelt Auchenschloss and Auchencloss in some sources) was a starch manufacturer according to her birth record. Agnes was, for a woman of her time period, highly educated — she graduated with a medical degree from the University of Glasgow in 1911, and worked in the Royal Alexandra Infirmary in her hometown.…
James Cecil William Auld
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : James Cecil William Auld
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 9th January 1891 , Dennistoun , Lanarkshire
Date and Place of Death: 1972. Ware, Hertfordshire
Nationality: Scottish
Childhood: Only child
Parents: William and Emily nee Wallace
Parents occupations: Reverend
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Dunfermline High School – dates unknown
Occupation: Engineer
Place of residence at Gretna: G 10 , Eastriggs
Marital status: Married
Children: 9 , named one after fellow worker Robert Wotherspoon
Travels: N/k
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Positions held: N/K
Trivia / any other information: See biography
Bibliography
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Mini Biography
James Cecil Wallace Auld 1891- 1972
James Cecil Wallace Auld, born on 9th January 1891 at Dennistoun, Lanarkshire, was the only child of Reverend William Auld and Emily nee Wallace
1891 -living at The Manse, Carnock Fife .…
Robert Andrew Ayles
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Robert Andrew Ayles
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1852, Weymouth, Dorset
Date and Place of Death: Buried 28th July 1936, Weymouth, Dorset
Nationality: British
Childhood: The 3rd of 6 children
Parents: Robert Andrew and Jane
Parent’s occupations: Plumber employer
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Plumber and decorator
Place of residence at Gretna: c/o Murray, 49, Scott’s Street, Annan
Job title at Gretna: N/K
Marital status: Married Eleanor Emily Powell.…
