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dotti34 · 25-01-2014, 23:10

Hi Retlaw. Have just been looking through all the postings – yes, from the beginning! - on this thread, to see if there was any mention of one of my husband’s relatives, as I didn’t want to do a repeat of anyone else’s posting. However, I didn’t come across any so here goes, with a bit of extra information, which might or might not be of interest and has nothing whatsoever to do with the war.

Peter Westell was born in 1891 and was married to Alice Ann Whittaker. I have no idea which regiment he was attached to but he was a P.O.W. of the Germans in WWI. He was able to get home for the Welcome Home in 1918. He and Alice Ann had three children, two were born earlier but the last one, Harper, was born in 1922. Sadly Harper was killed in WWII at the age of 22 (he was an Air Gunner).

Peter was the son of Harper and Dorothy Westell, his brother George was my husband’s grandfather and his sister Maud was the mother of Clifford Westell who I believe became the Mayor of Accrington.
Prior to his marriage, Peter lived at Peel Arm Cottage, Dill Hall Lane.

Am fairly certain I have the correct facts, but always open to debate.

Congratulations on the amount of information you have included in this thread – you really are very knowledgeable on this subject. So many hours must have been devoted to it.

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dotti34 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,182 Blog Entries: 80 Liked: 1471 times Rep Power: 634154	Re: World War 1 Hi Retlaw. Have just been looking through all the postings – yes, from the beginning! - on this thread, to see if there was any mention of one of my husband’s relatives, as I didn’t want to do a repeat of anyone else’s posting. However, I didn’t come across any so here goes, with a bit of extra information, which might or might not be of interest and has nothing whatsoever to do with the war. Peter Westell was born in 1891 and was married to Alice Ann Whittaker. I have no idea which regiment he was attached to but he was a P.O.W. of the Germans in WWI. He was able to get home for the Welcome Home in 1918. He and Alice Ann had three children, two were born earlier but the last one, Harper, was born in 1922. Sadly Harper was killed in WWII at the age of 22 (he was an Air Gunner). Peter was the son of Harper and Dorothy Westell, his brother George was my husband’s grandfather and his sister Maud was the mother of Clifford Westell who I believe became the Mayor of Accrington. Prior to his marriage, Peter lived at Peel Arm Cottage, Dill Hall Lane. Am fairly certain I have the correct facts, but always open to debate. Congratulations on the amount of information you have included in this thread – you really are very knowledgeable on this subject. So many hours must have been devoted to it.