Local war memorials page Albert Street Baptist Church War Memorial This war memorial board was unveiled in the church on Sunday, 2nd October 1921 and a report of the event appeared in the Keighley News on Saturday 8th October. The frame is made of oak and the central panel is beaten copper with letters in … Read more
Parkwood area Private. 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Service number 8431. Early life: John was born on 1st April 1886 to James Willitt Wilkinson and Ellen Wilkinson née Gaskell. His birth was registered in Keighley in the second quarter of the year. His parents had married at Keighley Parish Church on 12th October 1880 when … Read more
Parkwood area Bombardier. H.Q. 87th Brigade. Royal Field Artillery. Service No: 85972. Early life: Frederick was born in Keighley in 1877 and his birth was registered there in the third quarter of the year. He was three years old in the 1881 census and living with his parents James Saxton aged 33 and Sarah Saxton … Read more
Parkwood area Private, 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Service No: 2964. Early life: Alfred was born in Biggleswade in 1895, his parents were Harry and Lucy Rose Rooke. By the time of the 1901 census he was six years of age and the family was living at 11, Barrett Street in Keighley. … Read more
Parkwood area Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 3/11789. Early life Ellis was born in Keighley in 1875 and his birth was registered in the fourth quarter of the year. His parents were Robinson and Sarah Ann Rawling. In the 1881 census he was aged five and living at 4, … Read more
Parkwood area Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service no. 10556. Early life: Fred Pickard was born on 9th October 1891 and baptised at St Mary’s Church, Eastwood about a month later on 12th November. His parents were Frank and Ann Pickard and he had two brothers Willie and Tom, and two … Read more
Parkwood area Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Bn. Service No: 14096. Early life: George was born on 18th December 1890. His parents were George and May Ann Mitchell. George senior was a Mechanic. He was baptised at the Oakworth Road Mission Hall in Keighley on 20th March 1898 and they … Read more
VAD Jean Campbell Red Cross, St John Ambulance Brigade and Royal Army Medical Corps badges Surgical Nursing Duties Early life: Jean Sinclair Campbell was the youngest of four daughters of Henry Johnstone Campbell and Mary Campbell nee Sonnenschein, both of London. Mary’s father was from Moravia in what was then Austria-Hungary (now the Czech Republic) … Read more
We have added a number of local men to our research who were involved in the Normandy Landings, also known as D-Day which occurred on 6th June 1944 and the fight which began on that day continued for a long time afterward until the war was eventually won. It was a huge turning point in … Read more
VAD Edith Widdop Red Cross, St John Ambulance Brigade and Royal Army Medical Corps badges Surgical Nursing Duties Early life: Edith Widdop was born on 1st March 1890 in Keighley and baptised on 4th May at St Andrew’s Church, her parents were Joseph Widdop of Haworth, who was the curator of the public baths, … Read more