Parkwood area Bombardier. H.Q. 87th Brigade. Royal Field Artillery. Service No: 85972. Early life: Frederick was born in Keighley in 1877 and his birth was registered there in the third quarter of the year. He was three years old in the 1881 census and living with his parents James Saxton aged 33 and Sarah Saxton … Read more
Parkwood area Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 3/11789. Early life Ellis was born in Keighley in 1875 and his birth was registered in the fourth quarter of the year. His parents were Robinson and Sarah Ann Rawling. In the 1881 census he was aged five and living at 4, … Read more
Parkwood area Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service no. 10556. Early life: Fred Pickard was born on 9th October 1891 and baptised at St Mary’s Church, Eastwood about a month later on 12th November. His parents were Frank and Ann Pickard and he had two brothers Willie and Tom, and two … Read more