SIR – I would like to hear from anyone (but in particular surviving members of) who may remember or have information about the Procter family, who lived in Victorian days and the last century at Rylstone, Hetton and Cracoe, near Skipton.

I am an amateur military historian intending to write an article for a magazine. I have used the usual sources, Google, newspapers and military sites like CWGC. However, first or second-hand local knowledge is always welcome.

I am particularly interested in the following members of the family: William Atkinson and his wife Rebecca (Victoria to George V), John Norman (KIA 1918 with the West Riding Regiment), his brother Robert George and wife Violet (died 1956 and 1976 respectively) and their son Richard (1918 to 1941). He was accidentally killed in a motorbike accident in 1941 near Alnwick while serving in the Territorials.

All letters will be treated in confidence and replied to. In particular I am very short of family photos, although I have taken many of Rylstone in the churchyard during a holiday visit.

W Hannam, Postboys, Sedlescombe, near Battle, East Sussex TN33 0QF