James Leverton
James Leverton (1988 – 2019) was born in Oxford, the youngest child of Sue and Colin. James went to the Edith Moorhouse primary school, Carterton Community College and Burford School. Dyslexia made education difficult for James and he dropped out of school at 14. He attended the Allandale youth centre...
James Ronald Briggs
James was born 9th October 1930 in Croydon to James Lenard Briggs and Blanch Emily Briggs née Kuhn. In 1937 his sister Audrey was born and in 1941 after living in various places around London the family moved to Burton Farm, Aldington, Kent where James passed a scholarship examination to...
Janet Dundas Williams
Janet Dundas Williams (1938 – 2021) was born in Northampton on 1st November 1938, the only child of James and Flora Dundas. Janet spent her childhood attending boarding schools in the UK and living in Nigeria. Gaining a Sociology Degree from Durham University, Janet worked with Family Service Units (FSU)...
Janet Evelyn Rogers
Janet was born on 6th December 1947 to John and Enid Rogers in Cardiff and had a younger sister, Pam. Always proud of her Welsh heritage, Janet was six, when the family moved to England. Through her father’s job at Copse Farm, Harrow Weald, Janet grew up in a world...
Janet Johnson (née Tobilcock)
Janet Mary Johnson (née Tobilcock) (1936-2018) was born in London, to Edna and Dick, but was brought up in Rhodesia. She had a younger sister, Eleanor. Janet was deaf from birth and went to a special school for deaf children in Johannesburg. From the age of seven her mother took...
Janice MacTaggart
Janice MacTaggart was born on 1st January 1954. She attended Maidstone Girls Tech., followed by teacher training college where her subjects were piano and voice. Janice went on to teach mainly in secondary schools in London. In 1981 Janice moved from Hampstead to Leytonstone and at Hackney Free School she...
Jasper James Knight
Jasper James Knight (1937 – 2020) was born in London on 5th May 1937 to Betty and Jasper. He had two younger siblings, Robert and Diana. Jasper boarded at Wellington House Prep School in Thanet, followed by Radley in Oxfordshire. Jasper was a keen rower and beagler at Radley. He...
Jean Mellanby
Jean Mellanby (1931 – 2020) was born on 26th August 1931 to Mark Milburn Wilson and his wife Edith, in Stockton on Tees. Her father worked for the railway and she spent some of her childhood living in a railway station. When she was eight, Jean’s mother died and she...
Jean Quatrine
Jean Quatrine (1921 – 2017) was born Jean Forman in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire on the 17 March. She was one of six children including two sets of twins. During World War II, she joined the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and became a Radio Communications Operator. In her later life, she worked...
Jean Sykes
Jean Sykes (1930-2018) was born in Shipley, the middle child of Eva and Charles Sutcliffe. She grew up with her older sister Peggy and younger brother Peter. Jean left school at fourteen and went to work as a seamstress at the Meldina factory in Shipley. Jean did what she could...
Jeanette (Jan) Key
Jeanette Key (1933 – 1921) known as Jan, was born on 15th June 1933 a younger sister to Phyllis and Olive. Jan grew up and went to school in Ladywood, Birmingham. Jan met her future husband Jeff whilst working as a trainee secretary at Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds (GKN). They...
Jeanette Bishop
Jeanette Helena Bishop (1947–2019) was born in Byfleet, Surrey, one of four children. Jeanette (known as Nett) attended St Mary’s Infant & Primary School in Byfleet and then West Byfleet County Secondary School. After leaving school in 1962, she worked for a newsagents shop and then car seat belt manufacturer...
Jeff Fox
Jeff Fox (1963 – 2021) was born on 18th June in Redhill, the youngest child of Kathleen and Bill Fox, joining his siblings Joyce, Jane, John and Jimmy. After a brief time in Cornwall, the family moved to Bradford. Jeff trained as a nurse before working for the Vehicle Licensing...
Jennifer Hughes
Jennifer Ruth Hughes (1984 – 2020) was born to Tony and Lorraine on 22nd May 1984, in Bramley, Hampshire. She had a twin sister, Cathy. Jenny studied History of Art at St John University, York. She stayed in Yorkshire, got married and had two babies. Theo was born in 2007...
Jennifer Knox
Jennifer Ann Bradford Knox (1933-2018) was born in Richmond, London, to Edwin and Eulalie Latham. She had three older siblings, Stephanie, David and Jacqueline. She also had a younger step-sister, Betty. Jennifer attended The Sacred Heart Convent in Hastings but was later sent to a French speaking boarding school in...
Jennifer Watts
Jennifer Watts (1943 – 2020) was born in Tonbridge, Kent to Betty and Alan on 4th January 1943. Jennifer and her brother Robert moved with their mother to Banbury during the war. In 1957 the family moved to Earley, near Reading, where Jennifer won a scholarship to the Abbey School....
Jenny Baker
Jenny Baker (1945 – 2019) was born in Liverpool to Jean and Harold and had a sister, Val. She passed her eleven plus exam and went to grammar school. Her first job was in insurance, followed by a year in France as an au pair. After returning to the UK, Jenny...
Joan Daniel
Joan Daniel (1935 – 2021) was the youngest daughter of Anne and Jim Lowe. Her elder siblings were James, Arthur and Betty. Born in Warrington, Joan attended the local Grammar School leaving to join the General Post Office (GPO) as a telephonist. She met Eric in 1955 and they married...
Joan Joy
Joan Esther Joy (1935 – 2020) was born Esther Wymer on 20th June 1935, in Norwich, one of six children. She was mainly brought up by her step-father, Bill. Joan married Peter Ward when she was 18. They had two daughters, Marilyn and Anne. They separated after 11 years and...
Joan Kucmyda
Joan Kucmyda (1941 – 2019) was born on 8th September 1941 to John and Vera McManus. She grew up in Halifax and Elland. She went to Clare Hall School. Joan married Tom and moved to Shepley. They had three sons, Brian, Steven and Christopher. After they separated, she moved to...
Joan Luffman
Joan Luffman (1927 – 2017) was born Joan Meacham in Pontypool, Wales on 20 February. She was one of seven children. During World War II she joined the Land Army. Joan was fond of cooking and travelled extensively across the UK and Europe. She married Alf and had three children:...
Joan Marie Dodgson
Joan was born on 22nd August 1930 in Chirk, near Wrexham in North Wales. She had two elder brothers, Syd and Jim, and a younger brother, Stan. Joan worked as a physiotherapist at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Welwyn for most of her career, and contributed to a book,...
Jodi Cade
Jodi Cade (1984 – 2017) was born on 6 May to Geoff and Pattie. She was Staffordshire’s representative to the Youth Parliament before studying Politics at Newcastle University. She later dropped out and worked in Claire’s Accessories and then River Island. After meeting at University, she married husband Jamie and...
John Conway
John Michael Conway (1982-2018) was born and raised in Oxford. He studied Arts and Drama at Abingdon and carpentry at City of Oxford College. John worked at The New Bodleian and then in estate management at the John Radcliffe Hospital. In 2009 he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. He...
