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
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
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
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
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
Voluntary Aid Detachment page International Women’s Day Nurse. Voluntary Aid Detachment, St. John Ambulance Brigade. Early life: Annie Powell was born Annie Tate at Uttoxeter on the 12th of February 1886. We know little of her very early life. According to the Red Cross V.A.D. records 25 year old Annie lived at 7 John … Read more
Voluntary Aid Detachment page International Women’s Day Nurse. Voluntary Aid Detachment, St. John Ambulance Brigade. Early life: Born September 22nd 1881 the only child of Thomas and Priscilla Rycroft, Elizabeth Ellen was baptised August 12th 1883 in the Parish of St. John’s, Great Marsden in East Lancashire. Sadly Priscilla died aged 21 before her … Read more
Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Service number: 24897. Early life: George was born in Boston, Lincolnshire in 1894, registered in the second quarter of the year. His parents were William Bellwood, and Annie Bellwood née Missin. William was a traction engine driver and later a farmer. In the 1901 census, George was … Read more
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
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. Herbert Roberts was recorded in Keighley Union Workhouse in the 1891 and 1901 census. He was the brother of Daniel Joseph Roberts. Private. 15th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery. Service number 83930. Early life: Herbert was … Read more