Sapper William Greenwood
278051 Royal Engineers
Lived at 43 Westmorland Street

"William Greenwood, who served in 1st WW as a Sgt, in the R E s
You have him as a Sapper, no 278051 they resided at 43 Westmorland ST Burnley for many years,along with their family, Fred,Annie,Harry & Mabel,,,,of which Fred died many years ago, Annie was a Salvation Army Officer, & served in 2nd WW, in several areas,inc, Benghazi, where she was wounded,& in Acklington, Durham, by gun fire from a Nazi air-plane, which had straiffed one of the airfields, Both William & Nora died whilst residing in 43 Westmorland St, Nora died in Nov 1950, Brenda & I were married on 18th November 1950, & our wedding flower arrangements were placed on Nora's grave,
William died about 2 years later,
Nora was one of the younger sisters to my Grandma Roper, She was one of the 5 Veevers girls, 3 of whom lost their husbands or betrothed in the 1st WW ie Edith Roper, Samuel,---- Lucy Roberts, Harold ,& Maria,'s boyfriend Willie Arnold, Sara Catlow 's husband Frank, was deaf & therefore unable to serve, lost 2 of his brothers in the conflict, The youngest sibling, Harry Veevers, also served, so the Veevers family unit served their country well"
(courtesy of Alan Harrison)