Andy Wade 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Regimental number GS/14575. Samuel was born in Keighley on 9th August 1892, his parents were Samuel and Hannah Elizabeth Ambler née Tillotson who were married at Keighley in the second quarter of 1889. In the 1891 census they had been living at 11, Sloe Street in Keighley and father Samuel was … Read more
Royal Army Medical Corps. Regimental number 71153. Previously 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment. No. 12668. Early life: James was the son of Nancy Taylor, born on the 1st of July 1870 at Damside in Keighley. His parents were Pickles Ackroyd and Nancy Ackroyd née Taylor who were married at Keighley Registry Office … Read more
2nd Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Early life: Clifford was born in Bradford, his parents were Benjamin Abbott and Harriet Abbott née Hammond, who were married on the 28th of December at St. Peter’s Church, Wisbech in Cambridgeshire. When they married, Benjamin was aged 23 and Harriett was 22. Clifford’s birth was registered at Bradford … Read more
Private. 1/6th or 1/7th or 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Regimental number 3256 then 300126. Early life: Leopold’s parents were Thomas Wallis and Mary Ann Thompson Wallis née Wilson, who were married at St. Peter’s Parish Church in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire on the 21st of November 1895. Thomas was aged … Read more
Private. 1/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Regimental number 5879 and 242149 Early life: George’s parents were Benjamin William Ely and Ellen Ely née Rutter Stones, who were married at Spilsby in Lincolnshire in the last quarter of 1892. George was born in the first quarter of 1892 at Toynton St. Peter and … Read more
1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Regimental number 3084. Early life: Thomas’s parents were William George Lemon and Elizabeth Lemon nee Bennett who were married on the 27th of July 1893 at St. Peter’s Church in Marchington, Staffordshire. William George was aged 29 and Elizabeth was aged 33. Thomas was born in 1893 … Read more
Lance Corporal, 237 Machine Gun Company. Service no. 86331. Previously 3rd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. No. 29992. Early life: Fred was born on 13th August 1893 at Barley Cote, Riddlesden and this was registered at Keighley in the third quarter of that year. His parents were John and Mary Jane Kay, née … Read more
Gunner. Royal Field Artillery. Regimental number 209746. Early life: Foster’s parents were John Baxandall and Zillah Baxandall née Sugden. They were married in Keighley on the 11th of January 1876. John was a 24 year old bachelor and farmer of Dean Lathe and Zillah was a 22 year old spinster and worsted twister of Spring … Read more
Motor Fitter. Army Service Corps (MT) Regimental number: M2/130543. Early life: Frank’s parents were John Baxandall and Zillah Baxandall née Sugden. They were married in Keighley on the 11th of January 1876. John was a 24 year old bachelor and farmer of Dean Lathe and Zillah was a 22 year old spinster and worsted twister … Read more
Lance Corporal. 1/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment. Regimental number 266775. Early life: George’s parents were William Dumbleton and Mary Elizabeth Dumbleton née Varley, who originated from Pudsey, and Whitby, respectively. They were married at St John’s Church, Ingrow in Keighley on the 31st of March 1888 and at that time William was … Read more