Made in North Yorkshire: Miss Bridget Elizabeth Talbot
The next Made in North Yorkshire feature tells the story of Miss Bridget Talbot and her connection to Kiplin Hall.… Read More Made in North Yorkshire: Miss Bridget Elizabeth Talbot
Tag: First World War
The Poppy from the Somme
The Poppy from the Somme explores the story of a Raymond Piper, a soldier from New Zealand who met Ursula Lascelles at a hospital during the First World War and put a pressed poppy in her autograph book. … Read More The Poppy from the Somme
Made in North Yorkshire: Dr Pickles
As part of our Made in North Yorkshire series, we are proud to share the story of Dr William Pickles, a Yorkshire Dales GP and leading epidemiologist of his time.… Read More Made in North Yorkshire: Dr Pickles
Made in North Yorkshire: Ursula Lascelles
Our first Great North Yorkshire Son or Daughter is VAD nurse Ursula Lascelles, who travelled from the rural North Yorkshire village of Slingsby, to the battlefields of France to support the war effort during World War One. Ursula Lascelles was born in Sheriff Hutton in July 1890, and died in 1992, aged 102. She was… Read More Made in North Yorkshire: Ursula Lascelles
