Andy Wade Lance Corporal. 21st Battalion, Prince of Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment. Service number 26975. Early life: Charles was born at Silsden on 7th February 1895 and his birth was registered at Skipton. His parents were Frank Stirk Green and Mercy Green. In the 1901 census he was six years old and living at 72, Bolton … Read more
Oakworth men Lance Corporal Alan Heaton Hodgson Civilian life: Alan was born in 1924 and his birth was registered at Keighley in the last quarter of that year. His parents were John William (Jack) Hodgson and Maud Hodgson née Heaton, who had been married just three months earlier. His younger sister Freda was born in … Read more
Petty Officer, Mechanician 2nd Class Robert John Silcock Early life: Robert was born on 9th July 1914 in Wigan, one of two sons and four daughters of Peter and Emily May Silcock. His siblings were Margaret (born 1915 in Pemberton, Wigan), Gwen (born in 1917), Eva, (born 1920) Peter (born 1923) and Marion (born 1930). … Read more
Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial Private. 11th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters.) Service no. 73372. Previously 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Service no. 20181. Early life: Richard was born in the early part of 1898 and his birth was registered in Liverpool in the first quarter of the year. His parents were … Read more
Stanbury and Oldfield Gunner. 77th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Service number 151582. James was born in Oxenhope in 1884, his birth was registered in Keighley in the first quarter of that year. His father was Joseph, his mother’s name is not known. By 1891 he was seven and living at 81, Stanbury with his … Read more
Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Regimental number 44984. Early life: Ira was born on 11th September 1898, his birth registered at Keighley and his parents were Julian and Anna Bella Greenwood née Driver. Julian was a quarryman and they were living at Stanbury when Ira was baptised on 4th December that … Read more
Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 10th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. Service No: 40222. Formerly Durham Light Infantry. Service No. 32226. John Thomas Toase was born in Skinningrove in 1882, with the birth being registered in Guisborough, North Riding of Yorkshire in the third quarter of the year. His parents were John and Georgina Naomi Toase née Imeson. … Read more
Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Service No: 37149 Early life Herbert was born on 27th January 1890 and the birth was registered in Keighley. His parents were James William Rushworth and Mary Rushworth and they had him baptised on 4th May that year at St Michael and All Angels Church in … Read more
Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Service No: 45791. Early Life Luke was born on 18th August 1890 in Haworth and the birth was registered in Keighley that year. His parents were William Oliver and Rebecca Shackleton and William was a woolsorter. Luke was baptised at St Michael and All Angels … Read more
Stanbury and Oldfield Sergeant. 12th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Service number 31029. Previous service with the West Yorkshire Regiment, no. 1359. Early Life Joseph was born on 13th May 1890 and his birth was registered that year at Goole, Yorkshire. His parents were Marshall and Annie Pearson. Tragically Marshall died in 1890. Joseph was just … Read more