See also our forthcoming
Oakworth Remembrance Trail
People from Oakworth who served in wartime.
This page contains details of Oakworth people who served in the Great War and World War Two.
The First World War.
The Second World War.
Oakworth War Memorials and family inscriptions.
Oakworth War Graves.
Here are the names of those people from Oakworth and the surrounding district who served in the Great War.
Their names appear on a roll of honour created by The Men of Worth Project through research carried out by Andy Wade which took place over almost twenty years. It was the first research done by the Men of Worth Project and some of it actually predates the Project’s inception.
Description of the roll of honour:
The roll of honour itself was designed and drawn up in its entirety by Andy Wade with all images and icons being created from scratch using Xara Photo and Graphic Designer. The printing was carried out by The Copy Shop of 1, Chapel Lane, Keighley and the mounting and framing was carried out by M.J. Framing on 14, High Street, Keighley using special archival and reflection free glass, which enables the roll of honour to be seen and photographed.
A separate and identical copy of the printed roll of honour sheet has been donated to Keighley Library Archives in the Local Studies Room.
The icons on the roll of honour represent ‘Home’ and ‘Overseas’ and are items which would have been recognised by the people who served, both in the Uk and overseas. They cover Oakworth itself, the wool combing industry, various organisations supporting the war effort and many of the regiments and corps which they served in. Finally there are four images of the medals which would have been issued for service in a theatre of war. At the bottom of each icon column is a forget me not flower. At the top are images of French blue cornflower and the British red poppy representing remembrance.
Five shields appear for five of the allied nations of Italy, Belgium, UK, France and Russia. At the bottom corners are the logos of The Men of Worth Project, Oakworth Village Society, Oakworth Forward and Keighley Town Council, all of whom supported the creation of this roll of honour.
(The French blue cornflower is included because Alfred Aucante who lived in the village, went on to serve with the French Army.)
This roll of honour was unveiled by Oakworth Gala Queen Hannah Morris on 10th November 2019 at a ceremony held at Holden Hall immediately after the Remembrance Day ceremony in Holden Park, Oakworth. There are 475 names on the roll of honour of people who served in the Great War. It is on permanent display in the entrance foyer of Oakworth Community Hall and is visible through the front door glass, even while the hall is closed.
Names in bold text link to further information about the person.
388 people from Oakworth who served and returned from the First World War: |
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| James Edward Adams | Arthur Heath | Willie Pickles |
| Arthur Akeroyd | Arthur Heaton | Leonard Potter |
| Harry Akeroyd | Fred Heaton | Annie Powell |
| Edwin Andrews (Colonel) | Harry Heaton | Willie Powell |
| Isabella Andrews | Ina Smith Heaton | Benson Preston |
| Frank Atack | Joseph Heaton | Jack Preston |
| Sylvester Atack | Joseph Heaton | Joseph Preston |
| Walter Atack | George Helliwell | R. Price |
| Alfred Aucante CdeG | Henry Neville Herd | P. H. Price |
| Smith Aykroyd | William Heseltine | Fred Proctor |
| Ernest Barker | Richard George Hewitt | John William Proctor |
| Alfred Cecil Barrett | Thomas Edward Hewitt | Robert Procter |
| Foster Baxandall | Frank Hey | William Reardon |
| Frank Baxandall | Harold Edwin Hey | Walter Redman |
| Edwin Bell, Reverend | Herbert Hey | Donald Brunyate Renton |
| Ernest Bell | James Clarence Hey | E. Richards |
| Frank Bell | John Hillary | F. Richards |
| Gilbert Bell | Joseph Hinchcliffe | George Harold Riley |
| Harper Benson | Frederick William Hindes | Walter Henry Riley |
| Arthur Binns MM | Allan Hodgson | Alfred Harold Roberts |
| John Catlow Binns | H. Hodgson | Charles Percival Roberts |
| Joseph Binns | John Hodgson | Walter Clement Roberts |
| Rennie Binns | John Smith Hodgson MM and Bar | William Rodgers |
| Thomas Wilkinson Binns | John Wallace Hodgson | Jack Rowe |
| Allan Bland | William Hodgson | Bertrand Frederick Rudduck |
| John Blenkiron | James Holden | Ernest Rushworth |
| Harry Blenkiron | Percy Holden | Frank Rushworth |
| George Booth | Albert Hollindrake | Harry Rushworth |
| Sam Booth | Harold Thompson Holmes | John Henry Salt |
| Thomas Bowker | Herbert Holmes | William Sargent |
| George Bowles | Horace Holmes | Michael Satterthwaite |
| Thomas Bowles | William John Holmes | Emily Jane Scarborough |
| Joseph Brigg | Albert Houldsworth | Hardy Scarborough |
| Harry Briggs | Edwin Houldsworth | James Scarborough |
| Alfred Broadbent | Fred Houldsworth | Frank Barlow Scargill |
| Colin Broadfoot | Greenwood Houldsworth | Laurence Scargill |
| Walter Broadfoot | Harry Houldsworth | Alfred Scatchard |
| Ernest Brook | John Houldsworth | Herbert Scatchard |
| Arthur Brooksbank | Percy Houldsworth | George Schofield |
| Francis (Frank) Brown | Stephen Houldsworth | Albert Edward Scull |
| Joseph Harold Brown | John Housley | Arthur Scull |
| Lister Brown | Robert Howard | Willie Shackleton |
| Albert Henry Bryan | Thomas Hull | Arthur Shaw |
| Charles William Bryan | George Henry Humphreys | Bertie Shipley |
| William Bullock | Edward Hunter | William Shires |
| James Burnett | Frank Hutchinson | Christopher Silverwood |
| Margaret Ann Burwin | Harry Hutchinson | George Hubert Simpson |
| Fred Butterfield | John Edward Hutchinson | Horace Reginald Simpson |
| James William Butterfield | Willie Hutchinson | John Simpson |
| John Butterfield | Frederick Hymas | Percy Simpson |
| Francis George Calvert | Dixon Hymas | Joseph Simpson |
| James Calvert DCM | John Henry Iles | Charles Edward Slater |
| Matthew Kendall Calvert | William Clifford Iles | Ben Smith |
| John Carass | Arthur Inman | Clifford Smith |
| Lister Carter | Herbert Johnson | Frank Smith |
| John Charles Chapman | Ernest Jones | Handel Smith |
| William Edward Chapman | Hugh Kelleher | Harold Smith |
| William James Chester | Thaddeus Kelleher | Robert Smith |
| Joseph Chilton | William Kelleher | Harold Spencer |
| Albert Clayton | Clifford Lake | Joseph Henry Spencer |
| Joseph Clayton | Lewis Laycock | William Spencer |
| Robert Ellis Clayton | Ernest Leach | John Arthur Speight |
| John Robert Coates | John Davidson Leach | Fred Stead |
| Thomas Coates | Albert Richard Henry Leeson | Julius Stead |
| William Norman Coates | John Thomas Alexander Letheren | Arthur Cowgill Stevenson |
| Frank Bamford Cobbin | William John Cobbledick Letheren | Charles William Stobbs |
| Robert Henry Cobbin | George Liddimore | Henry Stobbs |
| Percy Cocks | Jack Liddimore | Joseph Stobbs |
| Sampson Cocks | Walter Lindley | Prince Edward Stobbs |
| William Cocks | John Linstead | Robert Ackroyd Stoney |
| John Craven Cockshott | Alice Lock | Raymond Stringer |
| Robert Arthur Cockshott | Ralph Lowis | Charles Edward Stubbs |
| Thomas Cottier | Cecil Lund | Fred Styan |
| Arthur Norman Cousin | James Lund | John Robert Swaine |
| Dan Craven | Allan Marcham | Fred Sugden |
| Thomas Ernest Craven | Ellis Marcham | Herbert Sugden |
| William Craven | Joseph Masters | John Edwin Sunderland |
| John Albert Taylor Creek | Daniel McParland | Leonard Sunderland |
| Susan Creek | James McParland | Arthur Allen Taylor |
| Arthur Daley | John McParland | Robert Thomas |
| John Wright Dawson | George William Mechen | Abram Thompson |
| Edmund Charles Day | Walter Melrose | Orris Thompson |
| Edwin Watson Dickenson | Thomas Melvin | Harry Tillotson |
| Fred Docksey | Fred Metcalfe | William Henry Tunnicliffe |
| Thomas Docksey | Fred Midgley | Harold Walbank |
| Thomas Driver | Henry Midgley | Thomas Wall |
| William Farquhar Dunnett | William James Milnes | Willie Wallbank |
| James Earnshaw | George Herbert Mitchell | W. Ward |
| John William Earnshaw | William Mitchell | Arthur Waterhouse |
| Martha Earnshaw | Arthur Moore | John Clifford Waterhouse |
| Harry Ellis | Benjamin Moore | Charles Francis Knox Watson |
| John Ellis | Edgar Moore | David Watson |
| Charles Elvin | Edwin Moore | John William Watson |
| George Elvin | Frank Moore | Ellis Weatherall |
| Albert Emmott | Horace Moore | Richard Weatherall |
| Peel Emmott | Harry Moore | John Webb |
| Fred Fawcett | Percy Moore | John William Webb |
| Arthur Feather | Robert Moorhouse | Bertie William Welham |
| Arthur Feather | Rowland Harry Mosson | Edward Frederick Welham |
| Ellis Feather | William Mudd | Reginald Frederick Jack Welham |
| Frank Feather | Percy Murgatroyd | Holmes Wharfe |
| Harry Feather | Walter Murgatroyd | Albert Whitaker |
| Lewis Benson Feather | David Murray | Benjamin Burwin Whitaker |
| Norman Feather | George Nixon MM | John Joel Whitaker |
| James Feeley | John Oddy | Raymond Whitaker |
| John William Feeley | Thomas Ogden | Renton Whitaker |
| Herbert Charles Ferris | Albert O’Malley | Arthur White |
| Amyl Jennie Field | Percy Overend | Harry Naylor Whitehead |
| James Firth | Fred Page | Obadiah Whitehead |
| Fred Foster | Allan Heaton Parker | William Whitfield |
| Norman Fryer | Joseph Parker | George Whitton |
| Tom Fryer | Rendall Foxcroft Parker | Allan Wigglesworth |
| Thomas Gill | Ernest Peacock MM | Herbert Wigglesworth |
| Harry Gillan | George William Peacock | Walter Wildman |
| W. Gledhill | John Thomas Peacock | Arthur Wilkinson |
| William Goodier | Mark Ralph Peacock | Ellis Wilkinson |
| Graham Gladstone | Spenseley Peacock | Walter Wilkinson |
| Ernest Green | Richard Peacock | Gilbert Willoughby |
| Thomas Green | George William Peel | Edgar Wilson |
| Fred Greenwood | James Arthur Pennington | Richard Wilson |
| William Rockley Haggas | John Smith Pettit | David Arthur Wood |
| Arthur Hampshire | Richard Thomas Pettit | John Ernest Wood |
| Thomas Walter Hardyman | Bancroft Pickles | Matthew Woodward |
| J. T. Harris | Foster Pickles | Ellis Wright |
| Thomas William Harris | Fred Pickles | Irwin Clayton Wright |
| Roy William Thomas Harrow | Herbert Pickles | Joseph Wright |
| Frederick Arthur Hartley | Jim Pickles # | Seth Wright |
| Campbell Stuart Hay | John Robert Pickles | Tillotson Wright |
| John Hay | Milton Pickles | |
# Jim Pickles does not appear on Oakworth’s printed Centenary Roll of Honour as his name was found after it was created.
Second World War deaths for Oakworth:
Bland, John Allan Stephenson (not named on Oakworth’s War memorial garden)
Emmott, Jim
Hodgson, Alan Heaton
Houldsworth, Smith Hanson
Knight, Cecil
Nicholson, George Herbert
O’Hara, John Thomas
Sanderson, George
Silcock, Robert
Smith, John Edward
Webster, Norman
Whitaker, Allen
