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Millicent Frances Badcock
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Millicent Frances Badcock
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 15th September 1877, Lydiard Millicent, Wiltshire
Date and Place of Death: 3rd December 1962, Fairfield 115 Banbury Road, Oxford
Nationality: British
Childhood: One of 3 to mother’s second marriage.…
James Bagot
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): James Bagot
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 20th April 1869, Pilling, Fleetwood, Lancashire
Date and Place of Death: July 1929, Fylde Registration District
Nationality: British
Childhood: Second of at least 3 children.
Parents: William and Ann nee Cross
Parent’s occupations: Agricultural labourer
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Police constable/ licensed victualler/insurance agent
Place of residence at Gretna: Factory Police Camp
Job title at Gretna: Police constable
Marital status: Married Ruth Marion
Children: Three
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Trivia / any other information:
James Bagot was born at Pilling, Fleetwood, Lancashire on 20th April 1869 to William and Ann nee Cross.…
George Thomas Bailey
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : George Thomas Bailey
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 30th August 1891, Hanley, Staffordshire
Date and Place of Death: April 1967, Stoke-on -Trent
Nationality: English
Childhood: Eldest of 6 surviving of 9
Parents: George and Emily nee Brookes
Parents occupations: Potters earth miner and colour grinder.…
Robert Stoddart Bailey
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Robert Stoddart Bailey
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 12th September 1899 Carlisle
Date and Place of Death: Quarter 3, 1968, Carlisle
Nationality: English
Childhood: Middle of 7 surviving
Parents: William George Bailey and Sarah nee ? Wilkinson
Parents occupations
General labourer
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Ash bin man – Corporation
Place of residence at Gretna: Possibly home in Carlisle
Marital status: Married
Children: Not known
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Positions held: N/K
Trivia / any other information: None
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Robert Stoddart Bailey
Robert Stoddart Bailey was born on 12th September 1899 in Carlisle to William George Bailey and Sarah possibly nee Wilkinson.…
William G Bailey
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): William George Bailey
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1860 at Carlisle (1) (6)
Date and Place of Death: 1929 at Carlisle (6)
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood:
In 1861 when William was seven months old, he was living at 55 Milburn Street, Carlisle, with his parents.…
William George Bailey
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : William George Bailey
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 1861, Carlisle
Date and Place of Death: July 1929 Carlisle
Nationality: English
Childhood: Eldest
Parents: William and Mary Bailey
Parents occupations: Cotton weaver
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Window cleaner in civilian life
Place of residence at Gretna: Carlisle
Marital status: Married
Children: 10 children.…
George D Baillie
Name and address appeared in the Eastriggs and Gretna Electoral Roll 1918 -1919.
Alexander Bain
Name and address appeared in the Eastriggs and Gretna Electoral Roll 1918 – 1919.
Agnes Ellen Bainbridge
AGNES ELLEN BAINBRIDGE
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth:
Agnes was born in the Cockermouth District in 1892
Date and Place of Death:
Agnes died in the Cockermouth District in 1917 aged 25 years
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood:
Agnes grew up with her three siblings:
Richard Jackson Bainbridge 1880
Margaret 1882
Mary 1887
Parents:
Agnes’ parents were Miles Bainbridge and Mary Jane Jackson who married in Salford, Lancashire in 1879.…
Mary Cunningham Baird
MARY CUNNINGHAM BAIRD
“Mrs Young”
Date and place of birth: 1885 Renton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Date and place of death: 1959 Muckhart + Glendevon District, Scotland
Nationality: British
Biography: Mary had and older brother, John Baird born 1890
Parents: John Campbell Baird married Margaret Whitehall 1884 Bonhill Registration District, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Parents occupation: John Campbell managed the Dye Works in Bonhill
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance: Not known
Occupation: Not known
Place of residence at Gretna: Not known, but after the war Mary’s forwarding address was back to here home, where she had grown up, “Craigandro,” Renton, Dumbartonshir
Job Title at Gretna: Welfare Supervisor
Marital Status: Married 24th July 1917 to John Young, who was killed shortly after in Feb 1918 in a aeroplane accident
Children: Mary and John were married for such a short time, however the newspaper reports at the time of John’s death mentions 2 daughters to this couple.…
Selby Grace Bald
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- 1901 census – Selby (aged 2), living with her mother, father and siblings in Sunderland. Her dad (Adam) was a papermaker.
- In the 1911 census – Selby (aged 12), was living with her parents, siblings and a boarder (David Raey – relative of Selby’s mother?) in Sunderland.
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James Ferguson Ballantine
JAMES FERGUSON BALLANTINE
Date and place of birth: 1884 Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Date and place of death: 1969 Annan, Dumriesshire, Scotland
Nationality: British
Biography: James grew up in Annan with 4 sisters:
Janet Mason Ballantine 1877
Jane Hottsun Ballantine 1879
Isabella Ballantine 1880
Christina Ann Ballantine 1882
Parents:
James Ballantine married Isabella Mason on 2 December 1874 at Penicuk, Midlothian
Parents occupation: James was a Coal + Commission Agent
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance: Not known
Occupation: Engineer
Place of residence at Gretna: 35 Port Street, Annan, Dumfriesshire
Job Title at Gretna: Engineer, Dornock
Marital Status: Not known
Children: Nil known
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Awards/Recognitions: Nil known
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Eleanor Ballard
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Eleanor Ballard
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 11th May 1898, Carlisle
Date and Place of Death:13th February 1990, Carlisle
Nationality: British
Childhood: Only child
Parents: James Ballard and Margaret nee Rowell
Parents occupations: Iron moulder
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Not known
Place of residence at Gretna:Not Known
Marital status: Married
Children: At least 3
Travels: N/K
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Eleanor Ballard 1898-1990
Eleanor Ballard was born on 11th May 1898 in Carlisle, Cumberland to James and Margaret nee Rowell
1901, living at 1 Briscoe Court, Botchergate, Carlisle, an only child.…
John Barker
Appeared in the Dumfries and Galloway Standard 25th April 1917, under the heading Munitions Tribunal.
Robert Crozier Barker
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Robert Crozier Barker
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 5th March 1871, Ivegill, Near Penrith, Cumberland
Date and Place of Death: Q4 1941, Border Registration District
Nationality: British
Childhood: Eldest of at least 4
Parents: Matthew Barker and Mary nee Crozier
Parents occupations: Farm bailiff
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Horseman on farm then general labourer
Place of residence at Gretna:No 31 Hut, Mossband
Marital status: Married
Children: At least 3
Travels: N/K
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Positions held: N/K
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Robert Crozier Barker 1871-1941
Robert Crozier Barker was born on 5th March 1871 at Ivegill, Near Penrith, Cumberland to Matthew and Mary nee Crozier.…
Cornelius Barley
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Cornelius Barley
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1860, Odell, Bedfordshire
Date and Place of Death: 12th December 1920, Heywood, Lancashire
Nationality: British
Childhood: Second of at least 2 children.
Parents: George and Sarah.…
John Barnett
Appeared in Dumfries & Galloway Standard – 24th October 1917 under the heading Betting Prosecutions.
Appeared in Dumfries & Galloway Standard – 31st October 1917 under the heading Munition Worker’s Missing Ring.
Patrick Barnwell
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. Banrwell was mentioned in the AO on 01/02/1918 at p. 7 and column 4. He was described as a Labourer living at Standard Buildings, Port Street, Annan and the details of the entry were ‘Matches in Factory’.
John Barrett
Name and address appeared in the Gretna and Eastriggs Electoral Roll 1918 – 1919.
