Oakworth men Lance Corporal Alan Heaton Hodgson Civilian life: Alan was born in 1924 and his birth was registered at Keighley in the last quarter of that year. His parents were John William (Jack) Hodgson and Maud Hodgson née Heaton, who had been married just three months earlier. His younger sister Freda was born in … 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. Fred Firth was in the Clarendon Street Children’s home which was attached to the Keighley workhouse in 1911. He would certainly have known Charles Horner and Richard Horner (not related) who were there at the … Read more
Corporal. 2/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regt. Service number 265899. Corporal Laban Feather Early life: Laban was born on January 24, 1890 and his birth was rgeistered in Keighley in the first quarter of the year. Parents Charles and Margaret Feather. He was baptised in Oakworth on March 2 the same year. They … Read more
Voluntary Aid Detachment page International Women’s Day Voluntary Ambulance Driver Early life: Amyl Jennie Field was born on on April 20th, 1886 at Wakefield. Her parents were Henry Field and Kate Field née Turner and they had her baptised on May 7th of that year at All Saints Church in Wakefield. Amyl’s father 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