Photographs 'WH 1' of William Holdsworth
 

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Part 1 of 'WH 1' Photograph Album of William Holdsworth
Dates: 1922 - 1947

William Holdsworth, 1935
William Holdsworth, 1935

Mabel Holdsworth
Bill's mother Mabel Holdsworth née Highley
George Bertram Holdsworth
Bill's father George Bertram Holdsworth
Bill Holdsworth
Bill Holdsworth ca 1924
Bill, John & Michael Holdsworth
'Newsome', Bill, John & Michael Holdsworth
ca 1924
John, Michael and William Holdsworth at Catteral Hall
John, Michael and William Holdsworth
at Catteral Hall, Giggleswick, ca 1924
John, Michael and William Holdsworth at Catteral Hall
Michael, John and Bill Holdsworth
at Catteral Hall, Giggleswick, ca 1924
John and Michael Holdsworth at Catteral Hall
John and Michael Holdsworth
with 'Pooh' at Catteral Hall, Giggleswick, ca 1930
George Bertram Holdsworth with beagles at Catteral Hall
George Bertram Holdsworth
with beagles at Catteral Hall, Giggleswick, ca 1930
Bill Holdsworth With Mabel Holdsworth
Bill Holdsworth
with his mother Mabel Holdsworth, ca 1927
Lockers Park Cricket XI 1935
Bill Holdsworth
Lockers Park Cricket XI 1935

Lockers Park School, 1935
Lockers Park Football XI 1935
Bill Holdsworth
Lockers Park Football XI 1935
JL Cowley, MC Vlasto, JD Whitome,
A Butler, W Holdsworth
JH Greenwood, MS Woosnam, JSK Oram
AJ Coates, HM Du Plessis
Lockers Park School, 1935
William Holdsworth, Lockers Park, Soccer XI 1935
Bill Holdsworth
Lockers Park, Soccer XI 1935
JL Cowley, MC Vlasto, JD Whitome,
A Butler, W Holdsworth
JH Greenwood, MS Woosnam, JSK Oram
AJ Coates, HM Du Plessis
Lockers Park School, 1935
Lockers Park, Rugger XV 1936
Bill Holdsworth
Lockers Park, Rugger XV 1936
Tizer, AJ Coates, HM Du Plessis,
W Holdsworth, D Henderson, EM Butler
JD Whitome, JL Cowley, MS Woosnam,
JH Greenwood, MC Vlasto
M Lester, JSK Oram, AJ Bateman, R Duff
Lockers Park Shooting VIII, 1936
Bill Holdsworth
Lockers Park Shooting VIII, 1936
Tizer, EM Butler, A Butler, AJ Coates
JH Greenwood, W Holdsworth, RM Wood, PJ Kelley
Newlands House Group, Harrow School 1937
John, Michael and Bill Holdsworth
Newlands House Group 1937
Housemaster: Rev. D.B. Kittermaster M.C.
Harrow School, 1937
Newlands House Group, Harrow School 1938
Michael and Bill Holdsworth
Newlands House Group 1938
Housemaster: F.W.T. James
Harrow School, 1938
Newlands House Group, Harrow School 1939
Michael and Bill Holdsworth
Newlands House Group 1939
Housemaster: F.W.T. James
Harrow School, 1939
Newlands House Cricket XI 1939
Bill Holdsworth
Newlands House Cricket XI 1939
Housemaster: F.W.T. James
Harrow School, 1939
Newlands House XV 1939
Bill Holdsworth
Newlands House XV 1939
Housemaster: F.W.T. James
Harrow School, 1939
Newlands House XI 1940
Bill Holdsworth
Newlands House XI 1940
Housemaster: F.W.T. James
Harrow School, 1940
John Holdsworth
John Holdsworth
Michael Holdsworth
Michael Holdsworth in naval uniform
William Holdsworth
Bill Holdsworth in RAF uniform, 1946
Michael Holdsworth, 1939
Michael Holdsworth, ca 1939
Michael Holdsworth Naval Identity Photo 1940
Michael Holdsworth 1921-42
Mick's Naval Identity Photo, ca 1940
Catteral Hall
Catteral Hall
Drawing-Room side, ca 1932
The Waterfall at Catteral Hall
The tumbling beck and waterfall
in the grounds of Catteral Hall
Tems Beck, ca 1932
Catteral Hall
Catteral Hall
The Kitchen and Bill Holdsworth's Room, ca 1932
Bill Holdsworth
Bill Holdsworth aged 9
Catteral Hall, Giggleswick, ca 1932
Catteral Hall
The front of the house
Catteral Hall, Giggleswick, ca 1932
Bill Holdsworth
Bill Holdsworth aged 9
Catteral Hall, Giggleswick, ca 1932
The Garage, Catteral Hall
The Garage
Catteral Hall, Giggleswick, ca 1932
'Tesso' the pet donkey at Catteral Hall, ca 1932
'Tesso' the pet donkey
at Catteral Hall, Giggleswick, ca 1932
Catteral Beagles, ca 1928
Catteral Beagles
Billy Maude, John Holdsworth,
George Bertram Holdsworth
Betty Barton, Arthur Dickens
ca 1928
Kettlewell Village
Kettlewell Village, ca 1932
Lockers Park Chapel
Lockers Park School Chapel, ca 1932
The Humber UG 8319 UG8319
The Humber at Southampton
Reg No. UG8319
Mrs Lewin
Mrs Lewin, ca 1932
Blue Star Line S.S. 'Arandora Star' 1930
Blue Star Line S.S. 'Arandora Star' 1930
'Pooh' at Catteral Hall, ca 1932
'Pooh' at Catteral Hall, ca 1932
Bill Holdsworth at a picnic at Oughtershaw
Bill Holdsworth
at a picnic at Oughtershaw, ca 1932
Wharfedale, ca 1932
Wharfedale
Looking from Scargill towards Kettlewell, ca 1932
Bill Holdsworth and John Holdsworth on the Norfolk Broads
Bill Holdsworth and John Holdsworth
on the Norfolk Broads, ca 1932
Approaching Conistone Moor, ca 1932
Approaching the Moor
Conistone Moor, ca 1932
Approaching Conistone Moor, ca 1932
Approaching the Moor
Conistone Moor, ca 1932
George Bertram Holdsworth on Conistone Moor, ca 1932
George Bertram Holdsworth
on Conistone Moor, ca 1932
Conistone Moor. ca 1932
Sir George A Armytage, George Bertram Holdsworth
John Holdsworth
Examining the bag on Conistone Moor. ca 1932

Sir George Ayscough Armytage
7th Bt (1872-1953), Brigadier-General
'The Gutter' on Conistone Moor, ca 1932
'The Gutter' on Conistone Moor, ca 1932
The Shooting Hut on Conistone Moor, ca 1932
The Shooting Hut on Conistone Moor, ca 1932
The Moor, Conistone Moor, ca 1932
Conistone Moor. ca 1932
The Moorgate, Conistone Moor, ca 1932
The Moorgate, Conistone Moor, ca 1932
'Bess' at The Shooting Hut on Conistone Moor, ca 1932
'Bess'
at the Shooting Hut on Conistone Moor, ca 1932
Percival Gull at Yeadon 1932
Percival Gull at Yeadon Aerodrome, ca 1932
Yeadon 1932
Yeadon Aerodrome, ca 1932
Percival Gull at Yeadon 1932
Percival Gull at Yeadon Aerodrome, ca 1932
Glory Holdsworth at Yeadon 1932
Glory Holdsworth at Yeadon Aerodrome, ca 1932
The Garage at Scargill House, 1932
The Garage
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1932
The New Wing at Scargill House, 1932
The New Wing
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1932
Scargill House, 1932
George Bertram Holdsworth
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1932
Scargill House, 1932
The Front
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1932
Scargill House, 1938
M. Cooper
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1938
Michael Holdsworth and M. Cooper at Scargill House, 1938
Michael Holdsworth and M. Cooper
Studying form, before leaving for the 'Ebor'
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1938

The 'Ebor Festival' is a three day race meeting, first established in 1843, held at York Racecourse annually during August.

Whitbeck Manor, ca 1937
John, Michael and Bill Holdsworth
with Capt. P.H. Walker
at Whitbeck Manor, Askwith, Otley, ca 1937
Bill and Michael Holdsworth, with 'Metcalfe' and 'W. Helm' at Aberford 1938
Bill and Michael Holdsworth
with 'Metcalfe' and 'W. Helm'
at Aberford, 15 September 1938
M. Cooper, Bill Holdsworth, Lady Payne-Galwey at Scargill, 1938
M. Cooper, Bill Holdsworth
Lady F. Payne-Galwey
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1938
Baba Cooper at Scargill House, 1938
Baba Cooper
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1938
George Bertram Holdsworth, Cavendish Hotel, Eastbourne, 1938
George Bertram Holdsworth
talking to a friend
at the Cavendish Hotel, Eastbourne, ca 1938
George Bertram Holdsworth talking to a friend at the Cavendish Hotel, Eastbourne, 1938
George Bertram Holdsworth
talking to a friend
at the Cavendish Hotel, Eastbourne, ca 1938
The Humber Reg. UG 8319, 1938
The Humber Reg. UG 8319
On the return to Yorkshire from Eastbourne, ca 1938
The Humber Reg. UG 8319, 1938
The Humber Reg. UG 8319
On the return to Yorkshire from Eastbourne, ca 1938
Lunchtime at the Shooting Hut, Conistone Moor, ca 1932
Lunchtime at the Shooting Hut
Conistone Moor, ca 1932

Various loaders, Arthur Dickens, Large, Mac
JMH-W, Charlie Hill, Bill H, Michael H, John H, WDR
Sir John Armytage, Major WT Lipscombe
William Holdsworth at the Aviary
William Holdsworth at the Aviary,
Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1938
William Holdsworth at the Aviary
William Holdsworth at the Aviary,
Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1938
The Drive at Scargill House
The Drive at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1938
The Ponies, Conistone Moor, ca 1938
The Ponies Preparing to Leave Conistone Moor
ca 1938
Kettlewell Bridge ca 1938
Kettlewell Bridge, ca 1938
JMH-W, Mac and Lenin, Conistone Moor, ca 1938
JMH-W, Mac and Lenin
on Conistone Moor, ca 1938
'Brownie' and Bill Holdsworth at Scargill ca 1938
'Brownie' and Bill Holdsworth
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1938
Scarborough
Dutch Drifters in Scarborough Harbour, 1934
Scarborough
Dutch Drifters in Scarborough Harbour, 1934
Scarborough
The Harbour, Scarborough, 1934
Scarborough
The Harbour, Scarborough, 1934
Scarborough
Scarborough Harbour, 1934
The mast of 'Prospecto' in foreground
Scarborough
The Harbour, Scarborough, 1934
Scarborough
Dutch Drifters leaving Scarborough, 1934
Scarborough
Dutch Drifters leaving Scarborough, 1934
Scarborough
Dutch Drifters leaving Scarborough, 1934
Scarborough
Dutch Drifters in Scarborough Harbour, 1934
Dogger Bank
Meeting A Drifter over the Dogger Bank, 1934
The Trawler 'Pennine'
The Trawler 'Pennine' at sea, 1934
Dogger Bank
Meeting A Drifter over the Dogger Bank, 1934
Dutch Trawler
Dutch Trawler, Hauling in the nets, 1934
Dutch Trawler
Dutch Trawler, Hauling in the nets, 1934
Dutchmen
Dutchmen
Very busy after taking in their nets, cleaning,
salting and putting their herring in barrels, 1934
John Holdsworth
John Holdsworth, 'All Set', 1934
The Prize Safe
The Prize Safe, 1934
Scarborough - Harbour Wall
Scarborough - Harbour Wall, 1934
John Holdsworth aged 14 and his 614 Lb Tunny. 1934
John Holdsworth aged 14
and his 614 Lb Tunny
Caught 110 miles off Scarborough
near Dogger Bank, 1934
Trawler at Speed
Trawler at Speed, 1934
George Bertram Holdsworth
George Bertram Holdsworth & W A S H
Approaching the Moor on Conistone Moor
Scargill
Scargill, at the back
From Bill Holdsworth's WH1 Album
Sir George A Armytage
Sir George A Armytage
Approaching the Moor on Conistone Moor
Ducks at Scargill
Ducks at Scargill
From Bill Holdsworth's WH1 Album
In Hospital
Bill Holdsworth in Hospital
From Bill Holdsworth's WH1 Album
John Holdsworth tunny fishing 1934
John Holdsworth
In the small boat while tunny fishing
1934
Tim Keigwin, Ewan Cumming
Tim Keigwin, Ewan Cumming
Bill Holdsworth, Ewan Cumming
Bill Holdsworth, Ewan Cumming
Rhodesia
Bill Holdsworth
At Cecil Rhodes' Grave, in the Matopas
Hippos in Rhodesia
Hippos in Rhodesia
Hippos in Rhodesia
Hippos in Rhodesia
Hippos resting in Rhodesia
Hippos resting in Rhodesia
Hippos resting in Rhodesia
Hippos resting in Rhodesia
Hippos on the move in Rhodesia
Hippos on the move in Rhodesia
Geoffrey Engholme
Geoffrey Engholme
With a Chameleon on a stick
The red Sunbeam-Talbot CKY616
Bill Holdsworth, DWS (Smitty), Latimer
The red Sunbeam-Talbot CKY616
The red Sunbeam-Talbot CKY616
Bill Holdsworth, DWS (Smitty)
The red Sunbeam-Talbot CKY616
Sunbeam-Talbot
Quite the gang, in London
The red Sunbeam-Talbot CKY616
Michael Holdsworth, shooting grouse at Black Edge on Conistone Moor. This picture appeared in 'THE FIELD'
Michael Holdsworth
At Black Edge on Conistone Moor
This picture appeared in 'THE FIELD'
Scargill
George Bertram Holdsworth, Michael Holdsworth
M. Cooper, Lady F. Payne-Galwey,
John Holdsworth & Bill Holdsworth
at Scargill
Michael Holdsworth in The red Sunbeam-Talbot CKY616
Michael Holdsworth
The red Sunbeam-Talbot CKY616
Harrow School
A N B Ritchie
on the steps of the Old Schools
Harrow School
Harrow School
The Old Schools
Harrow School
Harrow School
W F B Pollock-Morris
in Newlands House Yard
Harrow School
Harrow School
Newlands, 'D.B.K.'
Harrow School
Harrow School
The School Chapel
Harrow School
W F B Pollock-Morris, Michael Holdsworth, Harrow School
W F B Pollock-Morris, Michael Holdsworth
In Newlands House Yard, Harrow School
John Cholmondeley
Lord John Cholmondeley
John was a great friend of Michael Holdsworth
through Cambridge University, and he often
stayed at Scargill House for the shooting.
John became godfather to J Michael Holdsworth in 1947
Michael Holdsworth, at Fairways, St. Andrews, 1941
Michael Holdsworth
at Fairways, St. Andrews
Summer 1941
Pauline Tozer
Pauline Tozer
Pauline Tozer married Brian Johnston
on 22 April 1948.
W.G.S. (Gordon) Tozer, her brother was in Newlands
at Harrow School with the Holdsworth boys until 1940
Bulawayo to Johannesburg, Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Don Jandrell, his car and Black
on our way from Bulawayo to Johannesburg

The former British colony of Southern Rhodesia
declared independence in Nov 1965
by UDI under Ian Smith, and the
independent nation of Zimbabwe in April 1980
Bulawayo to Johannesburg, Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Bulawayo - Johannesburg
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Bulawayo to Johannesburg, Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Bulawayo - Johannesburg
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Rest Hut, Umtali, Southern Rhodesia 1945
Rest Hut, Umtali Southern Rhodesia
By Portuguese border post, Umtali, ca 1945
Founded 1897 as a fort, known as Umtali until 1982
Mutare is the capital of Manicaland province
and now the fourth largest city in Zimbabwe.
About 8 km from the border with Mozambique
Royal Air Force Thornhill, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia 1945
Geoffrey Engholme, Mike Strubel
Alan Brotherton-Ratcliffe
All at the 'Holdsworth Lido'
in the Bundu near Gwelo, while stationed at
the Royal Air Force Rhodesian Training Group
at Thornhill, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia, ca 1945
Royal Air Force Thornhill, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia 1945
Geoffrey Engholme, Mike Strubel
Alan Brotherton-Ratcliffe
All at the 'Holdsworth Lido'
in the Bundu near Gwelo, while stationed at
the Royal Air Force Rhodesian Training Group
at Thornhill, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia, ca 1945
The Patch, Haddenham
The Patch, Haddenham
(Toddie) Mrs. I.L. Nisbet (Bill's Godmother)
Southern Rhodesia 1945
Alan Brotherton-Ratcliffe in uniform and
'Boo' Halstead, Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
'Boo' Halstead
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
A Typical 'Munt' Hut
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
A Coloured Lizard, quite large
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Typical Rhodesian Countryside
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
The Allen-Wilson Memorial
To the brave company of men who were massacred
on 25 Oct 1893 at Shangani River in the Matopas
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
A Typical 'Munt' Hut
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Pam Walker, Joan, Bill Holdsworth
Get a lift across a river with the
help of a small boat and a boy.
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Pam Walker, Joan, Bill Holdsworth
Get a lift across a river with the
help of a small boat and a boy
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Joan, Pam Walker
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Bill Holdsworth, Pam Walker, Joan
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Joan, Pam Walker, Bill Holdsworth
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Scargill House, Kettlewell from above, 1946
Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1946
Scargill House, Kettlewell from above, 1946
Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1946
Scargill House, Kettlewell from above, 1946
Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1946
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Bill Holdsworth, Johnny Beale
Nora Musto, Rosemary Carrol
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Eve Bates
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Rosemary Carrol, Johnny Beale
Joan Walker, Nora Musto
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Eve Bates, Cecil Wright, Bill Holdsworth
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Cecil Wright
Blazing a trail through the Bundu for WH
trying to get the Austin through.
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Bill Holdsworth, Eve Bates, Cecil Wright
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Pathfinding in the Bundu
in the Austin
Southern Rhodesia, 1945
Hawarden
Hedley, Tommy Tucker, Bill Holdsworth
at Hawarden, near Chester, Cheshire, ca 1945
Hawarden
Tommy Tucker, Hedley, Canuck
Bill Holdsworth
at Hawarden, near Chester, Cheshire, ca 1945
Bill Holdsworth, 'Japie' Collier in the Sunbeam-Talbot at Condover
Bill Holdsworth, 'Japie' Collier
The red Sunbeam-Talbot CKY616 at Condover,
Nr. Shrewsbury, Salop ca 1946
No. 8 Course A.C.O.S., B Wing, 8 Squadron, B Flight, ca 1945
F/Lt Wm Holdsworth, No. 8 Course A.C.O.S.
B Wing, 8 Squadron, B Flight
Photograph by Vivians, ca 1945
Sunbeam-Talbot at Condover
Bill Holdsworth, 'Japie' Collier
The red Sunbeam-Talbot CKY616 at Condover,
Nr. Shrewsbury, Salop, ca 1946
John Holdsworth's first grave in Germany 1946
Bill Holdsworth at John Holdsworth's first grave in Germany
Killed in Action 2. 3. 1945
ca 1946
John Holdsworth's first grave in Germany 1946
Bill Holdsworth at John Holdsworth's first grave in Germany
Killed in Action 2. 3. 1945
ca 1946
John Holdsworth MC's first grave in Germany 1946
John Holdsworth M.C. His first grave in Germany
Killed in Action 2. 3. 1945
ca 1946
Hawarden
Bill Holdsworth
Hawarden, ca 1946
'Mac' MaCartney, Bill Holdsworth
'Mac' MaCartney, Bill Holdsworth, ca 1946
'Mac' MaCartney, 'Japie'
'Mac' MaCartney, 'Japie', ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth
Bill Holdsworth, ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth
Bill Holdsworth, ca 1946
The remains of the Flying Control Building, Eindhoven, Holland 1946
'Flying Control' Eindhoven
The remains of the Flying Control Building
at Eindhoven, Holland, ca 1946
'Mosquitos' at Eindhoven, 1946
'Mosquitos' at Eindhoven, ca 1946
The remains of the Flying Control Building, Eindhoven, Holland 1946
'Flying Control' Eindhoven
The remains of the Flying Control Building
at Eindhoven, Holland, ca 1946
Michael Wetz on the runway at Blankensee Lübeck, Germany 1946
Mike Wetz
on the runway at Blankensee,
Lübeck, Germany, ca 1946
David Stutchbury
David Stutchbury, ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany, 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany, ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany, 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany, ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany, 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany, ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany, 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany,
Above Cloud, ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany, 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany, ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany, 1946
The Glorious German Luftwaffe!
at Blankensee, Lübeck, Germany, ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany, 1946
The Glorious German Luftwaffe!
at Blankensee, Lübeck, Germany, ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany, 1946
The Glorious German Luftwaffe!
at Blankensee, Lübeck, Germany, ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth in Spitfire over Germany, 1946
The Glorious German Luftwaffe!
at Blankensee, Lübeck, Germany, ca 1946
Ships at Lübeck 1946
Ships at Lübeck
Germany, ca 1946
Ships at Lübeck 1946
Ships at Lübeck
Germany, ca 1946

Bill Holdsworth and Ray Armstrong
at Lübeck, Germany, ca 1946
David Stutchbury in Germany, 1946
David Stutchbury in Germany, ca 1946
The Spitfire, 1946
The Spitfire, ca 1946
Peter Cribb on a loot trip, Bill Holdsworth in the back. Germany 1946
Peter Cribb on a loot trip
Bill Holdsworth in the back
Germany, ca 1946
Mike Wetz and the Auster, Germany 1946
Mike Wetz and the Auster
Germany, ca 1946
Our Engineer at Eindhoven
Our Engineer at Eindhoven
Holland, ca 1946
The 'Yacht' at Heiligenhafen, Germany, 1946
The 'Yacht' at Heiligenhafen
60 km northeast of Lübeck, & 55 km east of Kiel
on a loot trip in Germany, ca 1946
Blankensee
The Spitfire
at Blankensee, Lübeck, Germany, ca 1946
Blankensee
The airfield with Mosquito taxying out
at Blankensee, Lübeck, Germany, ca 1946
Blankensee
The airfield
at Blankensee, Lübeck, Germany, ca 1946
'Mosquito' Cockpit, 1946
'Mosquito' Cockpit
During flight by Bill Holdsworth over Germany
ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth, 'Crackers' Crackenthorpe, 1946
Bill Holdsworth, 'Crackers' Crackenthorpe
ca 1946
Fighter Squadron R.A.F. Insignia 'OPERTA APERTA'
Fighter Squadron R.A.F. Insignia
'OPERTA APERTA' - Secrets Revealed wiki
Pasted in WH-1 Photo Album
ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth, Refuelling the Auster, 1946
Bill Holdsworth and the Auster
Refuelling the Auster in a Dutch field
after a forced landing, ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth, Refuelling the Auster, 1946
Bill Holdsworth and the Auster
Refuelling the Auster in a Dutch field
after a forced landing, ca 1946
Didy and Bill Holdsworth, Amsterdam, 1946
Didy and Bill
with the famous radio in Amsterdam, 1946
Didy and Bill Holdsworth, Amsterdam, 1946
Didy and Bill Holdsworth in Amsterdam, 1946
Didy and Bill Holdsworth, Amsterdam, 1946
Didy and Bill Holdsworth in Amsterdam, 1946
Mike Wetz at Lübeck, 1946
Mike Wetz and 'Mick'
at Lübeck, ca 1946
The old main gate at Lübeck, 1946
The old main gate at Lübeck, ca 1946
Amsterdam 1946
Amsterdam, ca 1946
The 'Yacht' at Heiligenhafen, Germany, 1946
The 'Yacht' at Heiligenhafen
60 km northeast of Lübeck, & 55 km east of Kiel
on a loot trip in Germany, ca 1946
Alan Holt, Tiny Rottenberg, Didy Kuperus, Holland 1946
Alan Holt, Tiny Rottenberg, Didy Kuperus
Holland, ca 1946
Alan Holt, Tiny Rottenberg, Didy Kuperus, Holland 1946
Didy Kuperus, Tiny Rottenberg, Alan Holt
Holland, ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth, Didy Kuperus, Tiny Rottenberg, Holland 1946
Didy, Bill Holdsworth, Tiny
and the Spitfire, ca 1946
Didy Kuperus, Tiny Rottenberg, Holland 1946
Tiny, Didy and the Spitfire, ca 1946
Tiny Rottenberg, Alan Holt, and the oysters, Holland 1946
Tiny Rottenberg, Alan Holt,
and the famous barrel of oysters.
Bill had flown from Lübeck, (where he was stationed
with Mike Wetz, David Stutchbury and Johnnie Johnson)
to Amsterdam to collect the barrel of oysters.
ca 1946
Dina Maria (Didy) Kuperus
Dina Maria (Didy) Kuperus, ca 1946
Amstel River Amsterdam 1946
Amstel River, Amsterdam, ca 1946
Amsterdam Harbour 1946
Het Ij, Amsterdam Harbour, ca 1946
Amsterdam 1946
Amsterdam, ca 1946
Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam 1946
Stadsschouwburg (Opera House), Amsterdam, ca 1946
Didy and the Auster
Didy and the Auster, ca 1946
1946
Smithy (Controller), Didy Kuperus, Bill Holdsworth,
Tiny Rottenberg, Alan Holt, ca 1946
David Stutchbury, 1946
David Stutchbury, ca 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
The Wedding
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam 1946
Tiny Rottenberg, Didy Kuperus, Bill Holdsworth, David Stutchbury, Mike Wetz, Amsterdam 1946
The Wedding
Tiny Rottenberg, Didy, Bill, David Stutchbury, Mike Wetz
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Signing the Register
Tiny Rottenberg, Didy, Bill, David Stutchbury, Mike Wetz
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Being Pronounced
Tiny Rottenberg, Didy, Bill, David Stutchbury, Mike Wetz
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Bill Holdsworth
Bill Holdsworth in Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding Party, Bill and Didy Holdsworth, Amsterdam 1946
The Wedding Party
Bill Holdsworth, Didy
Tiny Rottenberg, Henk Geysen
Amsterdam 1946
Wedding Party, Bill and Didy Holdsworth, Amsterdam 1946
The Wedding Party
Bill Holdsworth, Didy
Tiny Rottenberg, Henk Geysen
Amsterdam 1946

The Best Man: David Stutchbury joined the Royal Air Force straight from Radley School, trained in Canada and flew photo reconnaissance missions in Mosquitos in 140 Squadron and then Spitfires in 16 Squadron. After the war he joined Revertex Ltd as the post boy and retired in 1979 as Managing Director and Chief Executive.
David died on April 3, 2006.
[DWH, Oct 2008]

Bill Holdsworth
The Civil Wedding
Tiny Rottenberg, Didy, Bill,
Ansje Zalmstra, Rudy Kuperus,
David Stutchbury, Mike Wetz
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Bill Holdsworth
Didy   Bill

Didy, Bill,
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Outside the Church
After the second wedding ceremony
Rudy Kuperus, Jo Zalmstra, Bill, Didy, Ansje Zalmstra
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Outside the Church
After the second wedding ceremony
Rudy Kuperus, Jo Zalmstra, Bill, Didy, Ansje Zalmstra
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
In the Carriage
Didy & Bill Holdsworth
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Outside the Town Hall
Bill, Didy, Ansje Zalmstra, Tiny Rottenberg
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Mike Wetz, David Stutchbury at the Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Mike Wetz, David Stutchbury
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Entering Our Carriage
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946

The Attendants:
Jo Zalmstra and Ansje were of the Zalmstra family where the Kuperus family stayed during the Dutch 'Hunger Winter' and Jo risked his life many times to gather any food or coal by bartering with farmers.
[DWH in conversation with DMH, Oct 2008]

Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Outside the Town Hall
Rudy Kuperus, Jo Zalmstra, Bill, Didy, Ansje Zalmstra
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
The Wedding Photo
Jo Zalmstra, Tiny Rottenberg, Bill, Didy,
Rudy Kuperus, Ansje Zalmstra
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Outside the Town Hall
Jo Zalmstra, Bill, Didy, Tiny Rottenberg
Rudy Kuperus, Ansje Zalmstra
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Cutting the Cake
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Sealing It!
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Cutting the Cake
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Outside the Town Hall
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Leaving the Town Hall
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
The Wedding Departure, Amsterdam, 1946
The Wedding Departure
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Leaving the Town Hall
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Clapping the Speeches
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Outside the Town Hall
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Enjoying the Food
Didy and Bill Holdsworth
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus, Amsterdam 1946
Outside the Church
Wedding of William Holdsworth to Dina Maria Kuperus
Amsterdam, 1946
Ruth Ambler, Didy, David Stutchbury 1946
Ruth Ambler, Didy, David Stutchbury
and David's friend, ca 1946
Barbara Dixon, James Richmond, Dicky de Burgh, Derek Bryceson 1946
Barbara Dixon, James Richmond
Dicky de Burgh, Derek Bryceson
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1946
Ruth Ambler, Didy Holdsworth 1946
Ruth Ambler, Didy Holdsworth
ca 1946
Didy Holdsworth drinking on the moor 1946
Didy Holdsworth, Drinking on the moor
1946
Didy Holdsworth drinking on the moor 1946
Didy Holdsworth, Drinking on the moor
1946
Didy Holdsworth 1946
A Picnic
Didy Holdsworth
1946
Didy Holdsworth Near Oughtershaw, upper Dales 1946
Near Oughtershaw, upper Dales
Didy Holdsworth
1946
Winks Holdsworth, Graham Perry, Dina Maria Holdsworth
At the Seaside
Rupert 'Winks' Holdsworth, Graham Perry
and Didy Holdsworth ca 1948

"I have no idea where that photo of me and your mother with Graham Perry was taken - it looks as if it might be somewhere like Blackpool !
Graham Perry was a good friend of mine - we were at Pangbourne together - his father was a Lloyds underwriter. He joined Shaw Savill & Albion as a cadet while I joined The New Zealand Shipping Company. He finally came ashore and qualified as a doctor in NZ.
I came ashore and worked in NZS Co mainly in their Head Office in Wellington in various managerial positions until I retired."
Rupert Holdsworth, Oct 3, 2008

Didy Holdsworth, 'Smitty', James Richmond. in front of garage at Scargill House, Kettlewell 1946
Didy Holdsworth, 'Smitty', James Richmond
in front of garage at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1946
Derek Bryceson in front of garage at Scargill House, Kettlewell 1946
Derek Bryceson
in front of garage at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1946
Barbara Dixon, James Richmond,
Barbara Dixon, James Richmond
R (Dicky) de Burgh, Derek Bryceson
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1946
At The Patch, Haddenham
Didy and 'Smokey', at The Patch, Haddenham, ca 1946
Toddie, Mrs I. L. Nisbet and 'Smokie' at The Patch, Haddenham 1946
Toddie (Mrs I. L. Nisbet, Bill's godmother)
and 'Smokie' at The Patch, Haddenham, ca 1946
The Patch, Haddenham 1946
Toddie (Mrs I. L. Nisbet, Bill's godmother)
Didy and 'Smokie', at The Patch, Haddenham, ca 1946
John Michael Hodgkinson, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 1946
John Michael Hodgkinson
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, ca 1946
Bill Holdsworth, fishing for minnows in the Wharfe, 1946
Fishing for minnows in the Wharfe
Bill Holdsworth, ca 1946
David Stutchbury and Bill Holdsworth, Taking a break while hay-making, Scargill, Kettlewell, 1946
Taking a break while hay-making at Scargill
David Stutchbury and Bill Holdsworth
ca 1946
Didy Holdsworth by the Wharfe
Didy Holdsworth by the River Wharfe, ca 1946


Didy Holdsworth, on the Moor, 1946
Didy Holdsworth on the Moor, ca 1946
Didy Holdsworth at a picnic, ca 1947
Didy Holdsworth at a picnic, ca 1947
The Red Sunbeam-Talbot, CKY616 1946
The red Sunbeam-Talbot, CKY616
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1946
The very fast Allard
V12 Lincoln-engined Allard - very fast! Reg. FXP470
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1946

This was a special, based on the designs which were created before, but with a more slender look and more suitable for road touring. It was built in 1939 for a Military officer having a third seat across the back for his daughter to sit in. It was used in some competitions, indeed it was in 1950 at the hands of Leonard Potter that it met its demise down a ravine on the Alpine Rally; he tried to overtake a slower Jaguar XK120 car and amid the dust on the road did not see the sharp bend and went over the side narrowly missing killing himself and his navigator Arthur Gill.
- thanks to Gavin Allard and Anton van Luijk, 9/9/2010
Didy's Morris, Reg. JX7044.
Didy's Morris, Reg. JX7044
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, ca 1946

Notice the background - gate and beyond
before walled garden and roadway built.
Deep Snow, Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1947
Deep Snow nearly over the sundial
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1947
'Flip' swimming in the Wharfe
'Flip'
swimming in the River Wharfe, 1947
The River Wharfe Frozen Over, 1947
The River Wharfe Frozen Over
, 1947
Deep Snow above the house at Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1947
Deep Snow, above the house
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1947
Deep Snow in front of the house at Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1947
Deep Snow. In front of the house
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1947
A Winter Scene at Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1947
'A Winter Scene'
at Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1947
Bill Holdsworth, feeding the hens, 1947
Bill Holdsworth - Feeding the hens, 1947
Flip on the drive at Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1947
'Flip' on the drive at Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1947
Bill Holdsworth gathering up the hay, near Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1947
Bill Holdsworth - Gathering up the hay
near Scargill House, Kettlewell, 1947
Dina Maria Holdsworth
Dina Maria Holdsworth, 1946
Dina Maria Holdsworth, 1946
Dina Maria Holdsworth, 1946

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