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With a tunnelling company in France

Notes for lecture given circa 1929
by: Ex.Captain P.T.Hough MC
 ex-176 Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers.

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Percy Townend Hough

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Percy Townend Hough arrived as Headmaster of Hampsthwaite C.E. Primary School in 1925. He was highly regarded by villagers as a humane and excellent teacher who commanded great respect from the pupils. He had fought in the Great War as a Captain in the Royal Engineers and received the MC for gallantry. He was a tunneller, laying explosives under Vimy Ridge (described evocatively by Faulks in Birdsong).

He lived in the school house with his wife and son, Richard. He had a lovely garden with lots of roses and he had beehives, so the childen got lessons in Beekeeping. He died very young at the age of 44 in 1937. His widow continued to live on in the village for many years after his death and was an active Church  member.

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The Medieval Way

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Passing through the Parish Churchyard from east to west, foot passengers come across a gate on the western boundary as shown in the photograph above. This marks the start of what is known locally as the “Medieval Way” – a footpath leading after several hundred feet to the Birstwith Road.

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In Memoriam - G F Grimshaw



George Frederick Grimshaw



George Frederick Grimshaw


George was born in 1914, the son of William and Mary Grimshaw of Harrogate. In due course he married Mary Kathleen Haxby.

He was enlisted into the Royal Engineers with a service number of 2189393 and became a Driver in 116 Construction Company.

He was lost when the RMS Lancastria went down on 17th June 1940 during Operation Ariel, the evacuation of Allied forces and civilians from ports in western France two weeks after Dunkirk.

He is commemorated on Column 29 of the Dunkirk Memorial. He is also named on the Harrogate Cenotaph.

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George Frederick Grimshaw - biography

George Frederick Grimshaw 
20th October 1914 - 17th June 1940

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In Memoriam - F Snow



Fred Snow



Fred Snow



Although no connection for Fred to Hampsthwaite has yet been found, his name is engraved on the village war memorial.

He was born in Yorkshire, the son of Robert and Sarah Elizabeth Snow (the 1901 census records two Robert Snows living at Felliscliffe near Hampsthwaite) and at the time of enlisting in the army was living in Leeds with his wife Helen. He enlisted in the Royal Artillery and was given a service number of 1725676.

He served as a Gunner with 262 Battery 71 Lt.A.A. Regiment in the Western European campaign and died on the 16th July 1945 aged 35.

He is buried at 1A.B.5. Hamburg Cemetery.



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The Coach House

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Parish Council Minutes Archive 2013

Minutes from Parish Council meetings in 2013

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