Remembering the wartime stories of Ancestors
1914 – 1918
1941 – 1946
This page shares introductory information about my wartime relatives and ancestors. For deeper, more detailed stories, please visit my blog.
Select a name below to read more about their time during the war.
An * indicates a grandparent of the website author
John Francis Dwyer (1891) British Army · Royal Engineers*
Mary Cicely Kelty (1894) Red Cross · Army Field Nurse*
Thomas Taylor (1886) Merchant Navy · Military Intelligence (VI)* (Update in progress)
Frank Cyril Dwyer (1923) Royal Irish Fusiliers
James Snailham (1898) Chorley PALS
William Snailham (1903) RAF · Transport Ferry Command
Betsy Bailey (1907) Air Raid Warden
The Manchester Regiment
Alfred Gregory Kelty (1893) Man R · Royal Navy · R.A.F
Cyril Francis Kelty (1897) Man R · Kings Liverpool Regiment
Joseph Kelty (1880) Man R · Air Raid Reserves
Canadian Expeditionary Force
George Hough (1884) 51st Battalion CEF
Peter Wilkinson (1885) 24th Battalion CEF
Wartime Newspapers
