Leeds
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The Suggitts: a story of a nephew and his uncle
“he died gloriously in the Field of Battle” and “giving his life for his Country as truly as any soldier who fell on the Field of Battle.” William was son of Tom and Eva. Tom was an engineering labourer, originally from Slingsby, Yorkshire. Tom married Eva Jordan, who was from Weatherthorpe, Yorkshire and the couple… Continue reading
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Private Albert Hudson – tortured at the Somme
Albert Hudson was born on 26 November 1892 in Leeds, to Alfred and Elizabeth. Alfred worked as a brewers draughtsman, most likely at the Tetley brewery which was one of Leeds’ largest employers and nearby to their home. On the 1901 census, Elizabeth was a homemaker and the couple had five children aged between 17… Continue reading
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“The business of an explosive is to explode”: How the women of Leeds helped win the war
The story of the unsung heroes of the war, the women who worked in dangerous munitions factories. Continue reading
The Stories Behind the Stones 