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Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / Re: Thorpe Foster OBE
« on: Friday 04 May 12 17:15 BST (UK) »Hello The Wife,
If you look in the London Gazette there are a few mentions of Thorpe Foster of Bradford, Coke merchants and Potato merchants, there seems to be a bankrupcy petition among other listings,( you need to scroll backwards a few pages to see what the listing is talking about.)
Use the search "Foster, Thorpe" and see what you get. try missing out the comma.
Residing at Melbourne House, Low Moor Bfd.
cannot see his OBE though,
I would have thought it would have been listed in the Gazette.
Regards,
Andy
I wonder if anyone has access to old newspaper articles for the wakefieldhi mary thorpe was my dads brother, im sure he told me the king gave him his OBE during the war, as the ovens were hit in a air raid, he went back in an shut everything down...
dewsbury area. My Husbands Great Grandfather Thorpe Foster
was a manager at the Monckton Coke & Chemical works. on his Daughters
marriage certificate in 1933 it has him down as Thorpe Foster OBE.
we know he was awarded an OBE for Bravery as apparently he saved
a lot of lives in the coke ovens, but unsure as to when he was awarded this
his daughter was born 1915 so it was sometime between then and 1933
I have contacted the National Archives and they say they have
no record as a lot of records were destroyed in 2nd world war, they advised searching the local newspapers for a mention. Unfotunately I am not in a position to subscribe to these sites and also I live abroad so can't visit libraries etc. I would really appreciate if any member has access if the could possible do a search for me.
Many thanks
Mary