Private George Peel

Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Service No: 29154. Formerly, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service no. 32013. Early life: George was born in 1892, his birth registered in Keighley in the first quarter of the year. His parents were Robert and Mary Grace Peel née Bowden. Robert was a worsted weaver. … Read more

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Corporal Miles Little

Stanbury and Oldfield Corporal. 1/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Service number 202758. Miles was born in Askrigg in 1891, registered in Aysgarth, North Riding of Yorkshire in the last quarter of the year. His parents were James and Louisa Little (née Cleminson). He was aged nine in the 1901 census and … Read more

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Private Rennie Hollings

Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 242166. Rennie was born on 27th July 1895 in Stanbury, the birth was registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. His parents were Richard and Ann Elizabeth Hollings née Proctor. Richard was a worsted weaver, as was Ann … Read more

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Private Arthur Julian

Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 10th Bn. Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service No: 19278. Arthur was born at Driffield in 1894, registered there in the third quarter of the year. Parents George and Mary Elizabeth Julian. His father was the railway station master. In 1901 he was six years old and living with his … Read more

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Private Lewis Butterfield

Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 88th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Service number 86105. Early life Lewis was born in Stanbury in 1884, registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. Parents John William and Isabella Butterfield. In 1891 he was six years old and living at 91, Stanbury, with his parents, three sisters … Read more

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Private George William Bellwood

Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Service number: 24897. Early life: George was born in Boston, Lincolnshire in 1894, registered in the second quarter of the year. His parents were William Bellwood, and Annie Bellwood née Missin. William was a traction engine driver and later a farmer. In the 1901 census, George was … Read more

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Driver Herbert Roberts

This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. Herbert Roberts was recorded in Keighley Union Workhouse in the 1891 and 1901 census. He was the brother of Daniel Joseph Roberts. Private. 15th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery. Service number 83930. Early life: Herbert was … Read more

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Private Daniel Joseph Roberts

This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. Daniel Roberts was recorded in Keighley Union Workhouse in the 1891 and 1901 census. He was the brother of Herbert Roberts. Private. 15th Battalion Canadian Infantry. Service number 27536. Early life: Daniel was born on … Read more

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Blacksmith George William Moore

This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. George William Moore was in the Clarendon Street Children’s home which was attached to the Keighley workhouse in 1911. He would certainly have known Richard Horsfall, Charles Horner and Richard Horner (who were unrelated) and … Read more

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Sergeant David Nuttall

This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. David Nuttall was in the workhouse in 1901. Acting Sergeant, 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Service number 31136. Formerly 9953, York and Lancaster Regiment. Early life and the Workhouse David Nuttall was born in Shipley … Read more

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