Chief Motor Mechanic. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Motor Boat Reserve) Service number MB761. Early life: Frederick was born in Clapham in London on May 7, 1883. He was baptised at St John the Evangelist Church in Clapham. His parents were George Isaac and Maria Lock and they lived at 6, Medley Street. George was a … Read more
Private. 6th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Service no. 26061. Early life: William Norman Holt was born in Oakworth in 1894, his birth being registered at Keighley in the second quarter of the year. His parents were William Holt and Nancy Holt née Wright who were married in 1890 at St. Peter’s Church on South Street … Read more
Private. 9th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Service no. 43140. Early life: Robert was born in 1883, registered in Keighley in the second quarter of the year. Parents John and Ann Hodgson. He was seven in the 1891 census and living at 18, Chapel Lane in Oakworth with his family who were: The head … Read more
Private. 14th Battalion, York and Lancaster (2nd Barnsley) Regiment. Service no. 235134. Early life: George was born in Oakworth in 1892, his birth being registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. Parents Charles and Sarah. Before George was born they lived at 3, Lower Providence in Oakworth. By 1901 George was nine … Read more
Private. Royal Defence Corps. Service number 49777. Craven was born at Sladen Bridge near Haworth on September 19, 1876 with his birth registered in Keighley in the last quarter of the year. His parents were John and Mary Harling. He was baptised in the Stanbury Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on August 12, 1877 along with his … Read more
Private. 1/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 306443. Early life: Willie was born towards the end of 1896, the birth registered in Keighley in the last quarter of the year. Parents John and Jane Fletcher. They had been living at 7, Hebble Row since at least 1890 and were there at … Read more
Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 7462. Early life: John was born in Cullingworth in 1882, his parents were John and Mary Ann Earnshaw. By 1891 the family had moved to 35, Station Terrace in Oakworth. John was nine and his father was a sewing machine agent. By 1901 they … Read more
Private 1/4th (Hallamshire) York and Lancaster Regiment. Service number 33339. Early life: John was born in Oakworth on February 24, 1898 to parents John and Jessie Dunnett. Registered in Keighley in the first quarter of the year. He was three years old in the 1901 census and living with parents, one sister and one brother … Read more
Lance Sergeant. 7th Battalion, Green Howards. Army service number 4396068. Early life: Norman was born in Hoyland about five miles South of Barnsley on 16th April 1915. His parents were Wilson Webster and Maud Mary Webster née Powell, who had been married in Barnsley a couple of years earlier in 1913. In the 1921 census … Read more
Private. 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service no. 10933. Early life: James was born in Oakworth in 1898, registered in Keighley in the second quarter of the year. His parents were John Creek and Frances Creek née Iles who were living at 118, Lidget in Oakworth at the time of his birth … Read more