VAD Clarice Wilcock Red Cross, St John Ambulance Brigade and Royal Army Medical Corps badges Surgical Nursing Duties Early life: Clarice Wilcock was born in Tanshelf, Pontefract on 23rd February 1895 to Thomas Henry and Jane Wilcock. She was baptised at St. Giles’ Church in Pontefract. Thomas was a grocer with his own business … Read more
Parkwood area Private. 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 3/10908. Early life: William was born in Keighley on 19th July 1897. His parents were Graham and Jane Ann Mason (née Thirkill). Father’s occupation: Mechanic. He was baptised on 14th August, at St Andrew’s Parish Church, Keighley. They were living at 6, … Read more
Parkwood area Private. 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 3/10593. Early life: John was born on 21st July 1896 with his birth being registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. His parents were Emmott Clayton and Edith Mary Clayton née Clark, who had been married at St. Mary’s … 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
Private, 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, service no. 19992. Early life: Richard was born in Fleetwood, Lancashire in 1891 to parents William Henry and Annie Baker. His mother died in 1894 when he was just three. His father remarried to Susannah Chatburn in 1898 and in 1901 the family were living at ‘Bold Venture’ in … Read more
Private, 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Service number 47347. Early life: Edwin was born in Rawtenstall in Lancashire, parents Wright and Ada. His birth was registered at Haslingden in the last quarter of 1898. By 1901 he was two years old in the census and they were living at 3, Lower Scholes, Oakworth with his … Read more
Private, 8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Service number 32528. Early life: John was born in West Hartlepool in 1883 and his birth was registered in Hartlepool in the second quarter of the year. His parents were James and Elizabeth Alderson. He was christened there on April 18. He was eight years old in the … Read more
Alias John Docksey. Private, Prince of Wales’ Own West Yorkshire Regiment. No. 238120. Previously 4577, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Early life: George was born in Oakworth and his birth was registered in Keighley in the third quarter of 1898. He was baptised at Christ Church in Oakworth on August 21st of the same … Read more
KWVR 1940s Weekend 2025. On the 17th and 18th of May 2025 the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway held their 1940s weekend which included 1940s themed events and displays at all of their railway stations. We set up our double gazebo and displays at Ingrow Railway Station. Here are some photos of the weekend. We … Read more
Dear Visitor, You will have noticed our website going down, which happened in mid April 2025. Sorry! I’m afraid this was outside our control because the framework upon which it was based became unsupported by WordPress. We’ve known it was becoming outdated but when we went to update it, we kept getting a CloudLinux page … Read more