Private Ira Greenwood

Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Regimental number 44984. Early life: Ira was born on 11th September 1898, his birth registered at Keighley and his parents were Julian and Anna Bella Greenwood née Driver. Julian was a quarryman and they were living at Stanbury when Ira was baptised on 4th December that … Read more

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Private John Thomas Toase

Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 10th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. Service No: 40222. Formerly Durham Light Infantry. Service No. 32226. John Thomas Toase was born in Skinningrove in 1882, with the birth being registered in Guisborough, North Riding of Yorkshire in the third quarter of the year. His parents were John and Georgina Naomi Toase née Imeson. … Read more

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Private Herbert Rushworth

Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Service No: 37149 Early life Herbert was born on 27th January 1890 and the birth was registered in Keighley. His parents were James William Rushworth and Mary Rushworth and they had him baptised on 4th May that year at St Michael and All Angels Church in … Read more

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Private Luke Shackleton

Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Service No: 45791. Early Life Luke was born on 18th August 1890 in Haworth and the birth was registered in Keighley that year. His parents were William Oliver and Rebecca Shackleton and William was a woolsorter. Luke was baptised at St Michael and All Angels … Read more

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Sergeant Joseph Pearson

Stanbury and Oldfield Sergeant. 12th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Service number 31029. Previous service with the West Yorkshire Regiment, no. 1359. Early Life Joseph was born on 13th May 1890 and his birth was registered that year at Goole, Yorkshire. His parents were Marshall and Annie Pearson. Tragically Marshall died in 1890. Joseph was just … Read more

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Private George Peel

Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Service No: 29154. Formerly, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service no. 32013. Early life: George was born in 1892, his birth registered in Keighley in the first quarter of the year. His parents were Robert and Mary Grace Peel née Bowden. Robert was a worsted weaver. … Read more

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Corporal Miles Little

Stanbury and Oldfield Corporal. 1/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Service number 202758. Miles was born in Askrigg in 1891, registered in Aysgarth, North Riding of Yorkshire in the last quarter of the year. His parents were James and Louisa Little (née Cleminson). He was aged nine in the 1901 census and … Read more

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Private Rennie Hollings

Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 242166. Rennie was born on 27th July 1895 in Stanbury, the birth was registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. His parents were Richard and Ann Elizabeth Hollings née Proctor. Richard was a worsted weaver, as was Ann … Read more

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Private Arthur Julian

Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 10th Bn. Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service No: 19278. Arthur was born at Driffield in 1894, registered there in the third quarter of the year. Parents George and Mary Elizabeth Julian. His father was the railway station master. In 1901 he was six years old and living with his … Read more

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Private Lewis Butterfield

Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 88th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Service number 86105. Early life Lewis was born in Stanbury in 1884, registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. Parents John William and Isabella Butterfield. In 1891 he was six years old and living at 91, Stanbury, with his parents, three sisters … Read more

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