The courage and sacrifice a Yorkshire family endured during the First World War have been evoked by medals, letters, cuttings and photographs found dumped in a hedge in 2010 // John Birds married Hannah Mary Butt(e)rey and after her death, married a widow Margaret Alice Bibby nee Dowbiggin.
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