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JOHN AKNEY (JACK)
1893 - 1983

      
Jack Akney was born in Bielby, near York in 1893 and lived in Everingham with his parents and sister. After leaving school he  worked locally, always with horses.

Around 1913 he moved to Mr E P Scholfield's Sandhall Estate near Howden where he was employed as a groom.


In 1914 both and he and Mr Scholfield enlisted to serve in the First World War with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (K.O.Y.L.I.) taking with them horses from the Estate.

They went to France where Jack was wounded with shrapnel during the last days of the War. He returned to the Princess Louise Orthopaedic Hospital in Chailey, Sussex where he was fitted with an artificial right arm. He was discharged on 21st November 1918.


On leaving the Army he returned to work at Sandhall, still as a  groom, and coped with his artificial arm, using a hook. He rode to hounds and never let his disability prevent him from doing most everyday tasks. In 1922 he married May and they had 4 children between 1924 and 1936.

He lived and remained on Sandhall Estate until his death in 1983, 
just short of his 90th birthday.




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  • Home
    • Links
  • Goole History
    • The Goole Triangle >
      • Adam Street
      • Aire Street
      • Cross Street
      • East Parade & Banks Terrace
      • George Street
      • North Street
      • Ouse Street
      • Conclusion
    • Shipping >
      • The Captains' Table
      • Reuben Chappell
      • Built in Goole >
        • Golden Wedding
        • M. Y. Blue Bird
    • History >
      • Early Parish Register entries
      • Goole Schools
      • The Workhouse
      • The Goole Riots
      • Timm's Mill
      • The Railway
      • Heritage Trail
      • Mayors of Goole
      • Publicans and Brewers
    • Goole at War >
      • World War One >
        • A Storm is Brewing
        • Zeppelin Attack
        • Ruhleben Camp, Germany
        • Ernest Conway Lansdale
        • Goole Ships Lost
        • Lost Mariners
    • Lost But Not Forgotten >
      • Sir Bertram Fox Hayes. K.C.M.G., D.S.O., R.D., R.N.R.
      • Olive Hunt MBE
      • Edwin Freer Richardson BEM
      • Ralph Turner MBE
      • John Lloyd Williams
    • Townships, Villages & People >
      • Hook >
        • Christmas Diary
      • Howden >
        • Howden Airship History
      • Kilpin >
        • A Year In Kilpin 1990
      • Skelton >
        • Jack AKNEY
        • Roland JONES memories of Skelton school
        • The End of an Era
        • Memories of Sandhall
        • Escape to the Country
      • Snaith & Cowick >
        • Sir Martin Frobisher
    • Goole Videos
  • Goole Jigsaws