Feather,+Norman


 * Private Norman Feather**



Service number 42380 - 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, later 76798 - 2nd Battalion Tank Corps. Survived the war. 1896: Born third quarter - 3rd September to Charles and Maragret (Maggie) Feather of Low Bank, Oakworth. One of 8 children. 1900: Baptised Oakworth 20th May. Fathers occupation: Labourer. 1901: Census - living at Low Bank, Oakworth. Aged 4 years. 1911: Census - living at 3, Griffe View, Oakworth. Aged 14 years. 1915: Enlisted in Army in Nov/Dec. (see below for reasoning behind this) 1919: Living at 13, Griffe View. 1924: Married Alice Evelyn Thorpe (Occupation: Spinner) on 5th July at The Primitive Methodist Chapel, Lane Ends, Oakworth. (This is now apartments) Living at 13, Griffe View, Oakworth. (Alice was from 5, Damems) 1926: Moved from 13, Griffe View to Low Bank farm, Oakworth. 1940: Last record of Norman Feather found in Electoral rolls. 1986: Died aged 89 years. Registered in January at Keighley. Norman Feather received the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal for his war service. Brother of Laban Feather - Named on Oakworth War Memorial. Brother Harry Feather also served. No service records found (yet) for Percy or George Feather. There are no Army service records or pension records available for Norman Feather, so using the Northumberland Fusiliers Silver War Badge records (he is not in these either) gives us a way to work out an approximate date of enlistment for Norman Feather: 42361 Cartwright, George Enlistment: 27/11/1915 42367 Chalmers, John Enlistment: 15/11/1915 42371 Cameron, James Wm. Enlistment: 29/12/1915 42374 Dewar, J Enlistment: 06/11/1915 //# 42380 Feather, Norman Enlistment: ? - he must have enlisted around Nov/Dec 1915// 42384 Feather, Lewis Enlistment: 02/12/1915 from Oakworth, but no known relation, so far... 42395 Hoyle, Herbert Enlistment: 16/11/1915 42435 Stott, Ernest Enlistment: 06/12/1915



This 'memorial' board/plaque/mirror was given to the Men of Worth Project in January 2015. It contains Norman's medals and picture and has a carving of a WW1 tank which he would have served in during the war in his time with the Tank Corps.