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 We’ve known it was becoming outdated but when we went to update it, we kept getting a CloudLinux page … Read more
Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Regimental number 14857. Previously, 3rd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Regimental number 2079. Early life: His parents were Peter and Ann Gibbons. Thomas was born in Keighley in 1880 although we did not find a definitive birth record, we did find a Roman Catholic Baptismal record of … Read more
Private. 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers Regimental no. 6133. Previously, 4th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. Regimental no. 5818 and also, 17th Lancers, Regimental number 6133. Early life: James was born in Keighley on 12th March 1886 and his birth was registered here in the second quarter of the year. He was baptised Patrick at St. Anne’s … Read more
George Hattersley & Sons Ltd roll of honour Private, 49th Divisional Cyclist Company. Regimental number 2025. Early life: Walter was born in 1896 in West Cottingwith, which is located several miles to the South East of York, in the Vale of York. His birth was registered in York in the second quarter of the year. … Read more
Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 29463. Early life: Thomas was born on 19th November 1897 in Keighley and his birth was registered in the last quarter of the year. His parents were Daniel Brady and Mary Brady née Beggs, who were married in Keighley in 1893. Thomas was baptised … Read more
Private. 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Regimental number 5120. Early life: John’s parents were Matthew Conway and Ann Conway née Blessington who were married in Keighley in the second quarter of 1876. John was born in late 1878 or early 1879 and his birth was registered in Keighley in the first quarter of 1879. In the … Read more