Louie Ormondroyd

Female28 June 1911–May 2007

Brief Life History of Louie

Louie Ormondroyd was born on 28 June 1911, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. She died in May 2007, in her hometown, at the age of 95.

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    World Events (3)

    1914

    Age 3

    Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.

    1915 · Zeppelin Raid

    Age 4

    During WWI Zeppelin raids took place all over England. The first of the raids happened from June 6-7, 1915, in Hull, East Yorkshire, England. During the attack 24 people were killed 40 injured, and 40 houses destroyed.

    1918

    Age 7

    WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.

    Name Meaning

    English: locative name from a lost place in Birstall (WR Yorks), incorrectly recorded as Hamondeswode in 1307, which derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Hámundr + Old English * rod ‘clearing’. Orm- is a late 18th- or 19th-century respelling of Awm-.

    Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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