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Post by BereniceUK on Mar 28, 2017 20:38:01 GMT
7227 Private William Appleton, 1st/9th Durham Light Infantry. Died a prisoner of war on 25th January 1917, aged 21. Son of George and Margaret Appleton, of Dyke Heads, Gunnerside.James Carter Spensley M.A. Died in his country's service at H.M. Munition Factory, Gretna, Scotland, on 16th December 1918, aged 32. Son of Mary Ann Spensley.In 'Swaledale & Wharfedale Remembered' author Keith Taylor includes a page of information on the life and death of James Carter Spensley, MA, AIC, FCS, Research Chemist at the Government Munitions Factory, Gretna.
James' father, John Joseph Spensley was head teacher at Gunnerside school and married Mary Ann Woodward. James was born at Gunnerside and the family emigrated to South Africa in the late 1890s. James became a professor and lecturer in chemistry at the University of Pretoria but returned to England in May 1917.
After an accident involving the production of chemicals for warfare in 1918 James became very ill, recovered and then died, aged 32 years. gunnerside.info/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=44R/82680 Warrant Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) Robert Simeon Sandelin, 59 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Died 26th March 1943, aged 24. Husband of Winifred Jane Sandelin, of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.
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