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
Private. 2/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 11873. Early life: John’s parents were Eli Cole and Jemima Cole née Creeke (sic.) In the 1891 census they were living at 7, Coppy Row in Oakworth, which is a short terrace of houses on Low Bank Lane, to the North West side of … Read more
Private, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Service number 47039. Previously West Yorkshire Regiment with the service number 76299. Early life Smith was born in Keighley in 1896, parents William Johnson Clayton, and Elizabeth Ann Clayton née Lindley who had been married in 1890, registered at Keighley in the last quarter of that year. Smith’s birth … Read more
Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial Private. 2nd Battalion West Riding Regiment. Service number 24499. Previously served with the Yorkshire Regiment, Service number 32461. Early life: Robert and Selina Coates née Feather were married in 1880 and their marriage was registered at Keighley in the second quarter of that year. Their daughter Edith was … Read more
Ordinary Seaman. HMS Daring. Royal Navy. Service no. P/JX 168766. Early life: George was born on 3rd January, 1919 to parents Harry Sanderson and Christiana Sanderson née Longman. His birth was registered in Keighley. He had a sister, Edna, born in 1909 and twin brothers, Harry and John, born in 1911, Thomas born in 1916. … Read more