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PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO JOHN BEESTON HARWOOD AND FAMILY
Catalogue reference: 1991
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This record is about the PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO JOHN BEESTON HARWOOD AND FAMILY dating from 1915 - 1959.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- 1991
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Title (The name of the record)
- PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO JOHN BEESTON HARWOOD AND FAMILY
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915 - 1959
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Harwood, Maggie, b 1886, of Manchester</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 571 PHOTOGRAPHS
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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These pictures from the collection of John Beeston Harwood, grandfather of the depositor, who was born on the 2nd March 1886 and died on the 9th March, 1976. As a child lived at the London Orphan Asylum which he left on the 5th December, 1901. John Harwood was a clerk with Liverpool Corporation Tramways Department. He served with the Denbrighshire Yeoman in the First World War, reaching the rank of captain. During the Second World War he was a maj in the Home Guard. John Harwood married Ethel Wellings (25.8.1891-?.8.1965) and they had three sons, John Holley Harwood (father of the depositor, born 26.9.1915), Robert Harwood (died at sea, World War II) and Charles Harwood.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/6ce51668-d90e-42ec-9a34-8e445e2534de/
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This record is held at Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
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PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO JOHN BEESTON HARWOOD AND FAMILY