Rifleman. 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Regimental No. 3524703. Early life: Frederick was born on the 12th of April 1923 at Keighley and his birth was registered here in the second quarter of the year. His parents were Fredrick William Burgess and Sarah Ann Burgess née Coulton. They had been married in Keighley in 1922 … 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, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Service number 47039. Previously West Yorkshire Regiment with the service number 76299. Early life Smith was born in Keighley in 1896, parents William Johnson Clayton, and Elizabeth Ann Clayton née Lindley who had been married in 1890, registered at Keighley in the last quarter of that year. Smith’s birth … Read more