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Forum: Amble and Hauxley 22-01-2022, 12:01 PM
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Posted By hollydog
Thanks for posting this. I have not seen that...

Thanks for posting this. I have not seen that particular newspaper article before.
The Robson children are my mother's cousins.
Jimmy Rowell who saved the airman's life is my dad's uncle.
- John...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 16-07-2021, 08:42 PM
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Posted By hollydog
Your great aunt was Evelyn, my great uncle was...

Your great aunt was Evelyn, my great uncle was Jimmy Rowell (dads side)
Bill and Norah Robson were my great uncle and aunty, mums side.
My mum and dad were 4 and 3 years old at the time!
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 27-10-2018, 09:20 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 39,414
Posted By hollydog
Many thanks for your research. John Foster...

Many thanks for your research.
John Foster Rowell lost a finger in the Dardenelles, another Brit out there amongst the ANZACS.
We have covered on another thread an apprentice of N and F Young who...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 27-10-2018, 11:33 AM
Replies: 34
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Posted By hollydog
Yes, James Rowell was Queen st and those two...

Yes, James Rowell was Queen st and those two other Rowells mentioned are his brothers (my grandmother Beulah being a sister).They were all brought up (12 kids!!) above the Coop butchers at the time,...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 24-10-2018, 08:21 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 39,414
Posted By hollydog
This one

This one
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 24-10-2018, 07:59 PM
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Views: 39,414
Posted By hollydog
Born nov 3rd 1892 - Amble, I am struggling to...

Born nov 3rd 1892 - Amble, I am struggling to find any matching James Rowells on ancestry military records. Do you have any other databases? He would have been 22 in 1914 so it would be interesting...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 21-10-2018, 04:51 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 39,414
Posted By hollydog
I have now found more information concerning...

I have now found more information concerning Jimmy Rowell and the civilian gallantry award nomination. I will upload it but I am not sure if it can be seen properly? perhaps Mike could make it more...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 12-08-2018, 07:22 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 39,414
Posted By hollydog
I also had e-mail contact with the son of the...

I also had e-mail contact with the son of the surviving crew member, I'm sure he won't mind me posting part of the e-mail conversation I had with him, very interesting, tragic , a different world to...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 12-08-2018, 07:08 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 39,414
Posted By hollydog
The only survivor, the mid upper gunner

The only survivor, the mid upper gunner
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 12-08-2018, 06:59 PM
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Views: 39,414
Posted By hollydog
19 Stirlings and 12 Halifax’s had been detailed...

19 Stirlings and 12 Halifax’s had been detailed to “sow” their mines off Denmark and the Frisian Islands. On this particular night, Warrant Officer Kerr and his crew where detailed to drop off the...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 09-08-2018, 08:15 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 39,414
Posted By hollydog
Welcome to the forum, the 5 Robson kids were my...

Welcome to the forum, the 5 Robson kids were my mother's cousins. The subject has been extensively covered in other threads but you are right it doesn't have one to itself. Yes the streets are the...
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