Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial Private. 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, Service no. 28872. Early life: Charles was born on July 25 in 1879. His parents were John and Mary Ann Robertshaw. He was baptised on August 31 in the same year at St Michael and All Angels Parish Church. They were living … Read more
Local war memorials page The Ancient Order of Foresters war memorial (Lost) We know this roll of honour existed but not what happened to it. We presume it went elsewhere when the Keighley Order either moved or closed down, but we have no further information about it. The Imperial War Museum holds very little information … Read more
Women’s Land Army page International Women’s Day Chicken hatchery worker (not actually in the Land Army): Early Life: Nesta was born on the 16th April 1925 on Fell Lane, Keighley. Her father was a business man running a market stall in Keighley. They moved to Riddlesden not long after Nesta was born where she … Read more
Gunner. “A” Battery. 178th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Service Number 127166. Early life: Thomas was the only son of Thomas and Elizabeth Howland, who had been married in 1895. His father Thomas from the Isle of Man was previously married (in 1870) to Catherine Ann Martin also from the Isle of Man. They’d had at … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. Ernest Gill Terry was recorded living at Keighley Union Workhouse in the 1911 census. Private. Army Infantry. Royal Army Ordnance Depot Early life: Ernest Terry was born illegitimately on November 20, 1890. His parents Joseph … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. Joseph Crabtree was recorded living at Keighley Union Workhouse in the 1901 and 1911 census. Private. 2nd/5th Battalion, West Riding Regiment, Service number 14156. Early life: Joseph was born on December 9, 1886 and registered … Read more
Henry Stott. Pauper. Henry was aged twelve in the 1901 census and at Keighley Union Workhouse. No other person with this surname was at the workhouse at the time. He was described as a pauper and his birthplace was at Denholme. Despite searching in both areas, we found no mention of him in the 1891 … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. John was recorded in Keighley Union Workhouse in the 1911 census. He was the brother of James Henry Rush. Private. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Service number 18459. Early life: John was born around … Read more
Women’s Land Army Early Life: Betty was born on the 29th October 1918 and her birth registered in Keighley. Her parents were Ellis and Ruth Ackroyd (nee Smith). Ellis was a butcher and they lived at 212 West Lane, Keighley. Betty was living with her parents Ellis and Ruth, her brothers James and Edward, and … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. George Henry Buckle is in the 1911 census for the Central Children’s Home off Fell Lane. The home was attached to the Workhouse at that time. George Henry Buckle. No definite proof of service found. … Read more