February 22nd

Henrietta Maria, Brid

On 22nd February 1643, Queen Henrietta Maria landed in Bridlington Quay with arms from Holland for the Royalist army based at York. photo shows a memorial to the event in Bridlington

On 22nd February 1919, Percy Cawkwell, 22 of Hull, was discharged in Nottinghamshhire from the Royal Army Medical Corps;  he had served as a stretcher bearer in France, Belgium and Italy. He set off on the train for his home in Hull.

 

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