Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Regimental number 10683. Early life: Oscar Nixon’s parents were Cornelius Nixon and Julia Nixon née Lynch. They had been married at Wetherby in the last quarter of 1882. In the 1891 census they were living at 42, Boston Lane at the village of Clifford Cum Boston, … Read more
Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 29463. Early life: Thomas was born on 19th November 1897 in Keighley and his birth was registered in the last quarter of the year. His parents were Daniel Brady and Mary Brady née Beggs, who were married in Keighley in 1893. Thomas was baptised … 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