THE VILLAGERS OF COLLINGHAM AND LINTON WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO

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Haxby, John Askwith
(1899-1971)
 
World War 2 medal rolls are not available. The medal ribbons shown above are those we believe would have been awarded.

Rank and Unit at End of World War Two

Rank

Service Number 1768294

Service RAF

Unit

Regiment Royal Air Force

Biography

Family background

Charles Askwith Haxby, a saddle and harness maker, (born about 1824 in Hampsthwaite) and his wife Ann had 9 children. They also had a number of grandchildren including Charles Johnson Haxby (born in 1897 in Harrogate), Minnie (born in 1898 in Harrogate) and John Askwith Haxby, born on the 16th March 1899 in Harrogate. John is listed on both the 1901 and 1911 censuses, but we can find no trace yet of him on the 1921 census. However by 1931 John appears on the electoral roll for Collingham, living at Railway Cottages, Collingham. John remains listed at that address in 1931, 1932, 1934 and 1935. In 1937 and 1938, John is still listed in Collingham but has moved to 19 Brookside, Collingham, and in 1939 his address is given as 36 Brookside. His occupation is given as a quarryman and charger.

Service record

In 1939 John would have been 40 years old, but would have still been expected to serve in the military under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act of 1939.

A list of airmen in the RAF available from The National Archives lists a John Askwith Haxby with a service number 1768294 having joined the RAF sometime after 1941. We don't yet know any other details of John's service.

After the war

In 1946 John is again registered in the Collingham electoral rolls at 36 Brookside, Collingham and he remains registered at that address until 1957. In that year, when John was 58 years old, he appears on the electoral roll for Harrogate, living at 1 Hill Top Close, Harrogate with his sister Minnie and they remain registered there into the 1960s.

John Askwith Haxby died at 1 Hill Top Close, Harrogate, on the 30th January 1971.

Biography last updated 09 May 2024 13:04:51.

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