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1911 WOMEN REGISTER

... 1911 WOMEN REGISTER Women born in 1911 “signed on” for national service to-day in the second of the fortnightly “speedup” registrations. Thev were the first to register since Mr. Revin’s call for 1,000,000 married women. the Smethwick Aid Society, tfce ...

Published: Saturday 22 November 1941
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1046 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CANAL SIDE SCREAMS. Seoul M Atheists,. Pollee Court

... CANAL SIDE SCREAMS. Seoul M Atheists,. Court. A scene on the canal side at Ather• stone had a sequel at Atherstone Police Court on Tuesday, when Henry Richard Knight (28), lorry driver, said to be a native of Witherley, was charged with a common assault ...

Published: Friday 16 January 1942
Newspaper: Atherstone News and Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 372 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WOMEN CAN WIN AFRICA STAR

... WOMEN CAN WIN AFRICA STAR The War Office announces that. Nursing Officers. A.T.S. officers • and other ranks, and V.A offlcia.s ami members, will l>e eligible lor the Africa Star. The Star was instituted the King for all officers and other ranks the British ...

Published: Saturday 20 November 1943
Newspaper: Walsall Observer
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 134 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

REFUGEE DOCTOR RESCUES GIRL FROM MIDLAND CANAL

... REFUGEE DOCTOR RESCUES GIRL FROM MIDLAND CANAL dramatic story of how a German refugee doctor dived into the filth of a Birmingham canal, rescued a six-year-old girl, and then, in dripping and begrimed underclothes, drove her to the General Hospital, has ...

Published: Wednesday 02 February 1944
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 589 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CLOBINQ OF ROAD OVER BUOKBY WHARF CANAL BRIDOI

... the London- Uolybead road (A.S) (having a length of about 150 feet) which is earned over the Grand Union Canal by means of the Buckby Wharf Canal Bridge (No. 11) adjacent the New Inn in the parish of Long Buckby, together with the immediate approaches ...

Published: Friday 02 January 1942
Newspaper: Rugby Advertiser
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 344 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

AFRICA STAR AWARD WOMEN WHO ARE ELIGIBLE

... and Indian Forces who served in Africa west of the Suez Canal and the (Red Sea (excluding West Africa) between certain dates. Service in North Africa (excluding formations not west of the Suez Canal and the Red Sea), Abyssinia, Italian Somaliland and (Eritrea ...

Published: Thursday 18 November 1943
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 137 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Women's Junior Air Corps

... Women's Junior Air Corps. About *» the young ladies of Walsall have responded the effort that being made form a branch the Women's Junior Air Corps in the town. They are eager be useful in this direction as are the lads the Cadet Corps Sir William Talbot ...

Published: Saturday 12 April 1941
Newspaper: Walsall Observer
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 811 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Cobctrtrn S? SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1942. DROWNED IN THE CANAL

... IN THE CANAL Woman’s Rescue Attempt A voung Kole«hill# woman, Mrs, Isabella OKieff. 53, Spring Hoad, was warmly complimented the Coventry Coroner (Mr. C. W. IliOe), Tuesday, on her plucky ellorl to rescue drowning child from the Coventry Canal. The Coroner ...

Published: Saturday 21 November 1942
Newspaper: Coventry Standard
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 333 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

OUR WEEKLY FEATURE FOR WOMEN

... the Birmingham Navigation Canal off the Pelsall Road. He fell into the water, and seeing this a small boy named Sidney Hewings shouted to Wood and other boys, who were playing on the opposite bank. Running down to the canal Wood plunged into the water ...

Published: Friday 29 September 1939
Newspaper: Lichfield Mercury
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 2409 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Years or Women Offerings at middle ace

... Years or Women Offerings at middle ace upon reaching the trying year* S> urßin to realise that they are not kati,*.** were. If, however, you ' ' Vf, *’* *’ o,e passing through this critical '.Hi U not think that you cannot a,, 'l happy. V ,i. have rather ...

Published: Tuesday 16 July 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 361 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WOMEN’S WAR-TIME ACHIEVEMENTS

... WOMEN’S WAR-TIME ACHIEVEMENTS Udy Louis Mountbatten ®pens Club that Marks s Appreciation for the achievements of women in the k fighting services was uttered by Lady Louis in Coventry, yesterday, when opening H Club for service women at 157, Warwick Road ...

Published: Friday 29 January 1943
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 2421 | Page: 5 | Tags: none