Private Joseph Connelly

Private. 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, Service number: 14106. (Previously served with the 8th and 2nd Battalions.) Note: There are two different spellings of his story, Connelly and Connolly, depending on which record you look at. We are sure they are of the same man. Early life: Joseph’s parents were John Connolly … Read more

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Keighley’s War Memorial

This is a guest post connected with our work on Keighley’s Supplementary Volume, under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Supported by the National Lottery’s Heritage Fund, our project explains the reason for adding more names and the process by which the roll of honour … Read more

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Keighley Local Studies, World War Archives

This is a guest post connected with our work on Keighley’s Supplementary Volume, under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Supported by the National Lottery’s Heritage Fund, our project explains the reason for adding more names and the process by which the roll of honour … Read more

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Private Richard Kelly

This man was a candidate for addition to Keighley’s Supplementary Volume under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Click here to go to our main Heritage page Supported by the National Lottery’s Heritage Fund, our project submitted 103 names for peer review to add them … Read more

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VAD Tom Bastow Wildman

Voluntary Aid Detachment. Convoy and orderly duty. Early life: Thomas Bastow Wildman was born on 29th May 1871 in Keighley to Charles, a hairdresser, and Sarah Wildman. Charles had been married previously to Eliza who had died in 1868 aged 24, followed by their son who had also been named Thomas, at the age of … Read more

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Lance Corporal Edward Arthur March

This man was a candidate for addition to Keighley’s Supplementary Volume under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Click here to go to our main Heritage page Supported by the National Lottery’s Heritage Fund, our project submitted 103 names for peer review to add them … Read more

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Second Lieutenant Thomas James Mitchell

This man was a candidate for addition to Keighley’s Supplementary Volume under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Click here to go to our main Heritage page Supported by the National Lottery’s Heritage Fund, our project submitted 103 names for peer review to add them … Read more

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Private Ernest Smith

This man was a candidate for addition to Keighley’s Supplementary Volume under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Click here to go to our main Heritage page Supported by the National Lottery’s Heritage Fund, our project submitted 103 names for peer review to add them … Read more

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Private Thomas Arnold Mitchell

This man was a candidate for addition to Keighley’s Supplementary Volume under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Click here to go to our main Heritage page Supported by the National Lottery’s Heritage Fund, our project submitted 103 names for peer review to add them … Read more

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Private Herbert Holt

This man was a candidate for addition to Keighley’s Supplementary Volume under the proposal to add further names in 2024, the centenary of the original roll of honour. Click here to go to our main Heritage page Supported by the National Lottery’s Heritage Fund, our project submitted 103 names for peer review to add them … Read more

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