Gunner. Royal Garrison Artillery. Regimental number 285369. Early life: Leslie was born on Saturday the first of July 1893 and his birth was registered at Skipton in the third quarter of that year. His parents were Frederick Ramsell and Mary Ramsell née Smith, who were married at Tamworth in Staffordshire in the first quarter of … Read more
Sapper. Royal Engineers. Regimental number 183607. Also served with the Durham Light Infantry with the regimental number 76718. Early life Jonas was born on the 8th of March 1878 and his parents were John Thornton and Eliza Thornton née Pollard who were married at All Saint’s Church in Otley on 10th July 1875. John was … 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
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. 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
Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial Private. 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service no. 1646. also Labour Corps no. 252064. Early life: Sam was born in 1883 and his birth was registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. His parents were Ben and Emma Rainford. In 1891 he … Read more