Private. 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Regimental number: 18592. Early life: William’s parents were Joseph Hollindrake and Annie Hollindrake née Snowden who were married in the Keighley District in 1889. They were living at 6, Scholes in the 1891 census with their eldest son Mannasah, aged one. John was 26 and a Farmer and Annie was … Read more
Sergeant. 1/5th Battalion. East Lancashire Regiment. Number 1151. Early life: Norman Hewitt’s parents were John James Hewitt and Sarah Elizabeth Hewitt née Slack who were married on 2nd June 1884 at the parish church in Keighley. 23 year old John was a bachelor and weaver from Oakworth and 22 year old Sarah was a spinster … Read more
Lance Corporal. 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. No. 265502. Previous number 1361, with the 6th West Riding Territorials at Keighley. Early life: Arthur’s parents were James Henry Bamforth and Sarah Elizabeth Bamforth née Harrison who were married at St. Peter’s Church in Leeds on the 30th June 1889. James was aged 22 … Read more
Sergeant. 1/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. No. 200453. Previous number issued on enlistment was 1995, before the change to six figure numbers. Served prior to the war as a Private with the 6th Battalion West Riding (Territorials) No. 1799. Early life: Joe’s parents were John Henry Bancroft and Agnes Ann Bancroft née … Read more
Private. (Sapper) 49th Division Signal Company. Number 481793. Formerly Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. No. 1637 and later, 265107. Early life: Sam’s parents were John Henry Bancroft and Agnes Ann Bancroft née Green, who had been married in the first quarter of 1890 when John would have been 24 and Agnes would have been … Read more
Serjeant. 168th Siege Battery. Royal Garrison Artillery. Service No: 29836. Early life: Harry’s parents were John Alfred Adams and Juliet Helen Adams, née Hemsley, who were married on 7th July 1874 at Richmond Parish Church. Juliet is described as 18 years old but John’s entry described him as ‘of full age’ later records show a … Read more
Private. Tank Corps. Service number 307210. Previously Private. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Service number 21560. Note: Joseph’s surname in civil records is Philbin, in Army records it is Philburn. Early life: Joseph was born at 6, Mill Lane in Oakworth in 1892 and the birth was registered in the first quarter of … Read more
Private, 2/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Regimental number 5211. Early life: Arthur was born in Oakworth on May 16, 1879 to parents Joseph and Ann Ryder and baptised at Christ Church on August 17. They lived at Mill Lane, Oakworth. Joseph was a wool sorter. By 1891 they were at 34, Percy … Read more
Corporal, 1st/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 265267. Early life: George was born in Oakworth on January 15, 1896. His parents were Maurice (Morris) and Clara Page. He was baptised in Christ Church in Oakworth on March 22 of the same year. They lived at Lidget and Maurice was a weaver. … Read more
Private. ‘C’ Company, 1st/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 307737. Early life: James was born in 1890, registered at Keighley in the third quarter of the year. Parents Wilson and Ruth Whitaker. In the 1891 census he was six months of age and living at 134, Lidget in Oakworth with his … Read more