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 Barry Elliott
John Barry Elliott (1933 – 2024), always known as Barry, was born in Conisbrough, Yorkshire. He and his elder brother Peter grew up without a father (Douglas), who died shortly after he was born. When young, they and their mother (Laura) lived with her parents, Ernest and Laura. He attended...
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...
John Denton (OBE)
John Denton OBE (1937 – 2019) was born in Holmfirth to Wilfred and Emily Denton. He had a twin sister, Dorothy, and an older sister, Muriel. In his late teens John joined the Navy and became a Sick Bay Attendant. During his time in the Navy he enjoyed living and...
John Edward Allen
John Edward Allen (1937 − 2024) was born in Brighton, the son of single mum Ida, a lace mender who had travelled there from her home town of Long Eaton in Derbyshire to be with her sister Gladys. They soon returned to the family home. John did well at Derby...
John Jarvis
John Mervyn Jarvis (1933-2019) was born in Portsmouth. He was the only son of Kathleen and Jums. His father died in the war when John was seven. His step-father worked in the theatre and introduced John to the world of show-business at an early age. He would go on to...
John Jenkins
John Jenkins (1929 – 2017) was born in Maesteg,Wales, the third of four children. After school, he took on a variety of jobs before settling down as a labourer at British Tissues in Maesteg, working his way up to shift manager before his retirement. He enjoyed cycling and was a...
John Keith Prowse
John Prowse (1934-2018) was born on 8 February in Weymouth, the middle child of five. After attending Weymouth Grammar School, he joined the local council Parks Department where he was to work for forty years, with only a two year gap during which he completed his national service in the...
John Lloyd
John Lloyd (1941-2017) was born in southern Africa during WWII. He was involved in politics at university and became an activist in the anti-apartheid struggle. He was imprisoned for his membership of the African Resistance Movement in 1964. After his release he moved to the UK where he worked as...
John Martin Leo
John Martin Leo was born in County Limerick to James and Mai on 9th March 1951, the ninth of ten children. He was only ever known as Martin. He studied at University College Cork where he met one of his oldest friends, P.J. Another very good friend was his neighbour...
John Naylor
John Naylor (1932-2018) was born on the 12th of June in south-east London, the area he would remain for his whole life. He was one of two children. John attended Eltham College before becoming a state scholar at King’s College in 1950. It was at this time John met Elizabeth,...
John Newman
John Frederick Newman (1941-2019) was born in Salford, Oxfordshire. John was a very talented footballer. He played for the school, local and County teams, winning many cups and trophies along the way. He had trials for West Bromwich Albion and played for their school boys’ team. After his retirement as...
John Russell Savory
John Russell Savory was born in Sydenham on 3rd June 1936 to Lillian and Ernest. He had a sister, Margaret. In 1940 they were briefly evacuated to Sherborne in Dorset. He learned to play badminton and cricket with the local church teams and continued to play throughout his life. In...
