Sergeant, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Service no. 1450865. Early life: Cecil was born in 1922 and was the son of William Knight and Agnes Tilson Knight, née Atkinson. They were married in 1934, three years after Agnes’s first husband John Frederick Clark had died in 1931. Because Cecil had been born … Read more
Corporal. 52nd Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. Service No: 4544102. Early life: Allan was born on 31st August 1915. His parents were William Whitaker and Lily Whitaker née Grange, who had been married at St. Michael and All Angels Church in Haworth on 4th March 1914. In the 1921 census the family were living at 34, … Read more
Able Seaman, Mercantile Marine, M.T. Athelcrown Early life: John Allan Stephenson Bland was born in the early part of 1920 and his birth was registered in Keighley in the first quarter of that year. His parents were Allan and Jane Alice Bland née Baker and they were living at 6, Oldfield at the time. His … Read more
Sergeant. 422nd (West Lancs) Field Company, Corps of Royal Engineers. Regimental number 426520. Early life: Henry Wellman was born in Haworth in 1879, his birth registered in Keighley in the second quarter of that year. His parents were John and Jane Wellman née Moore and his father John was a stone mason/Labourer. In the census … Read more
Sergeant. 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Regimental number 21821. Early life: Michael was born in 1885 at Wetherby and his birth was registered there in the second quarter of the year. His parents were wool comber Michael Philbin who was originally from Ireland and Bridget Philbin née Lynch. In the 1891 census Michael was living … Read more
Lance Corporal. 12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Regimental number 44537. Early life: Moses’ parents were Moses Robinson and Mary Robinson née Langstroth, who were married at Skipton in 1874, registered there in the first quarter of that year. Moses Rayner Robinson was born on 29th December 1895 in Nelson, Lancashire and registered at Burnley in the … Read more
Private. 257th Area Employment Company. Labour Corps. Regimental number: 378783. Previously 84th Training Reserve (Service number 59904), and 87th Training Reserve. (Service number 69633.) Early life: Charles’s parents were Tom Hymas and Margaret Ellen Hymas née Scott. They were married at St. Peter’s Church (Bradford Cathedral) in Bradford on the 3rd August 1889. Tom was … Read more
Private. 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Regimental number: 36702. Previously, Northumberland Fusiliers. Regimental number: 29622. Early life: Arthur’s parents were William Walter Wakefield and Louisa Wakefield née Moody who were married in Brentford, Middlesex in the second quarter of 1881. Arthur was born in 1887 at Highworth in Swindon, Wiltshire, with his birth registered there … Read more
Private. 10th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Regimental number 37568. Previously, 1/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Regimental number 6081. Early life: Thomas’s parents were Ralph Robinson and Mary Emma Robinson née Elliott, who were married at the Primitive Methodist Chapel at Lane Ends in Oakworth on the 27th of February 1892. … Read more
Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Regimental number 10683. Early life: Oscar Nixon’s parents were Cornelius Nixon and Julia Nixon née Lynch. They had been married at Wetherby in the last quarter of 1882. In the 1891 census they were living at 42, Boston Lane at the village of Clifford Cum Boston, … Read more