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David Rintoul Gregor Berry
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : David Rintoul Gregor Barry
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 24th November 1884. Whitefield, Cargill, Perth
Date and Place of Death: 16th March 1965. (Probate info)
Nationality: British
Childhood: David grew up in the farming community of Perthshire.…
Amelia Bertwistle
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Amelia Bertwistle
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: April 1880, Liverpool
Date and Place of Death: 21st February 1940, Read, Burnley, Lancashire
Nationality: British
Childhood: 4th child
Parents: Thomas and Rebecca nee Wade
Parent’s occupations: Joiner
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Housekeeper (cotton weaver)
Place of residence at Gretna: 2B Eastriggs
Job title at Gretna: Housekeeper
Marital status: Married Francis Luther Haken.…
George Best
‘George Best, bricklayer from Belfast, was fined for breach of the peace at Gretna Green Station. He was shouting, swearing and rushed forward to strike the stationmaster when asked for his ticket, but fell flat on his face. In defence his lawyer said that his client had been at Gretna three weeks without getting into trouble.’ – Gretna’s Secret War by Gordon Routledge (Bookcase, 1999), p.…
Alfred Edgar Betteridge
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Alfred Edgar[d] Betteridge
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 3rd December 1897, Eastleigh, Hampshire
Date and Place of Death: Quarter 4 1962, Ashton under Lyne
Nationality: English
Childhood: Second of 6 boys
Parents: William and Beatrice Maud nee Mitchell
Parents occupations: Brigade fireman LSW railway
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Electrician
Place of residence at Gretna: c/o S Pearson and Sons
Marital status: Married
Children: Not known
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions:N/K
Positions held: N/K
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Alfred Edgar Betteridge 1897-1962
Alfred Edgar[d] Beveridge was born in Eastleigh, Hampshire on 3rd December 1897 to William and Beatrice Maud nee Mitchell.…
William Oscar Bewick
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): William Oswald Bewick
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 9th December 1887, Hexham, Northumberland
Date and Place of Death: 20th February 1963, Mapperley, Nottinghamshire
Nationality: British
Childhood: Eldest of at least 5 children.…
Ralph Moulton Bilton
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Ralph Moulton Bilton
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: Yeadon, Yorks. 25/10/1894
Date and Place of Death: 1985 aged 91 Buried in Otley
Nationality: British
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Childhood:
Parents: Thomas Arthur and Marian Cooper Bilton
Parent’s occupations: House Painter (Father), School Teacher (Mother)
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job title at Gretna: Member of Operating Staff, Cordite section, Mossband
Marital status: Single
Children: None
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
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Frederick Arthur Bird
- In the 1881 census, Frederick is 5 years old and living in Harwich, Essex with his father Ebenezer, a widower and draper, and his siblings.
- Frederick married Ellen Alice Rayson.
- Newspaper Article ‘Dumfries & Galloway’, July 27 1918, p. 6.:
- ‘FACTORY FATALITY AT DORNOCK.
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John Campbell Birkett
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : John Campbell Birkett
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 13th September 1861, Kirklinton/Rockcliffe, Carlisle
Date and Place of Death: July- August, 1940
Nationality: British
Childhood
Parents : John Campbell Birkett and Jane ?
Parents occupations: Farmer
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Not known
Occupation: Police Constable the Poulterer and fishmonger
Place of residence at Gretna: Police Camp, Eastriggs
Marital status: Married
Children : 6 , 4 sons and 2 daughters
Travels : None known
Awards/recognitions: None known
Positions held: Police Constable
Trivia / any other information: Yes
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Hatton Garden – Liverpool City Police
Biography
John Campbell Birkett 1861-1940
John Campbell Birkett was born on 13th September 1861 at KIrklinton, Carlisle to John Campbell Birkett Snr , Farmer , and Jane .…
Ewart Birnie
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Ewart Birnie
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 30th January 1889, Gretna, Dumfriesshire
Date and Place of Death: 5th August 1959, registered Carlisle
Nationality: Scottish
Childhood: Only child
Parents: Margaret J Birnie.…
Alexander Black
Name and address appeared in the Gretna and Eastriggs Electoral Roll 1918 – 1919.
Arthur Lewis Blackburn
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Arthur Lewis Blackburn
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1860, Middlestown near Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Date and Place of Death: 11th October 1931, Hindley, Lancashire
Nationality: British
Childhood: N/K
Parents: John Blackburn and Alice nee Marsden
Parent’s occupations: N/K
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Police Sergeant
Place of residence at Gretna: Factory Police Camp, Eastriggs
Job title at Gretna: Police Sergeant
Marital status: Married Rachel Balmforth/Bamforth.…
Edward Ord Blackmore
EDWIN ORD BLACKMORE
Date and place of birth: 19th August 1879, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date and place of Death: 5th May 1956, South Africa
Nationality: Australian Born/South African Citizen
Biography: Edwin Came from a large family – his siblings being:
Children of Edwin and Eleanora (nee Farr) Blackmore taken before their youngest child, John Coleridge was born.…
William Blackwood
Name and address appeared in the Gretna and Eastriggs Electoral Roll 1918-1919.
Walter Blakey
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Walter Blakey
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 20th February 1887
Date and Place of Death: 26th July 1961
Nationality: British
Childhood: The third of three children.
Parents: Wilfred and Elizabeth nee Kendall.
Parent’s occupations: Father a plumber.…
Eliza Blenkinsop
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) :Eliza Blenkinsop (Elizabeth Mitchell)
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: October 1899, Sunderland, Durham
Date and Place of Death: 8 March 1966, 6 Belmont Avenue, Eaglesfield, (Middlebie), Dumfries-shire (Scotland’s people)
Nationality: English
Biography
Childhood: 1911 census at 22 South Railway St, Seaham with 4 sisters
Parents: Death certificate almost impossible to read from Scotland’s people Thought to be John William Blenkinsop b Apr 1871 and Ellen b1872 d July 1925 Sunderland Durham who married in about 1894 (1911 census at 22 South Railway St, Seaham. …
Margaret Blower
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) :Margaret ‘Maggie’ Blower
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 8th February 1898, Maxwelltown, Dumfries
Date and Place of Death: Not known
Nationality: Scottish
Childhood: Lived with grandparents aged 3, mother died around the same time. Father died when 14.…
