DON Family History Society · @danddfhs
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2. The screenshots below show the members search page and below that a screenshot showing the results for a search via the public search facility.
The database has been designed by Mirata Ltd based in Doncaster.
If you want to know more please visit our website at doncasterfhs.co.uk

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Sunday humour 😀

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Commemorating another war hero who is commerated on the Thorne War Memorial.
Private Samuel Webster 4389505 Green Howard (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’ Own Yorkshire Regimen)t. Son of Samuel Webster and Grace Hardwick. He was born in 1920, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Theatre of war: Norway. Unit Infantry. He died on 28th April 1940 age 20. Buried at Nord-Sel Churchyard, Norway.

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Remembering another miner who lost his life in the Cadeby Colliery explosion in 1912.
On the 1911 census John’s occupation was a Ripper below ground and he lived with his wife Florence (nee Dunning) who was from Denaby aged 20 and his 11month daughter Edna. They lived at 66, Ravensfield Street, Denaby. They had only been married for two years.
John died on 9th July 1912 Cadeby Main Colliery age 26. He was buried on 12th July 1912, Denaby Main Cemetery.

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Commemorating another war hero who is commerated on the Thorne War Memorial.
Trooper Stanley Riddin Skeels 7888891
5th Royal Tank Regiment ‘C’ Squadron
Born 1919, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Son of Daniel Skeels and Harriett Lessen
Husband of Iris Gwendoline Beal, married 1940, Goole
Died 16th September 1943, Italy, age 25
Buried Salerno War Cemetery Italy.

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Famous Doncastrian: Walter Owen Bentley
Walter Owen Bentley (16 Sep 1888 – 3 Aug 1971), was the founder of the prestige Bentley Motors company. He can be seen in the centre of this photo to the right. Aged 16, he set off on his bicycle to work at the Great Northern Railway Locomotive Works in Doncaster, northern England to become an apprentice railway engineer with the Great Northern Railway at Doncaster Plant Works.

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On behalf of D&DFHS we would like to wish you a Happy New Year

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