3rd Volunteer Battalion

Private Fred Greenwood

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10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Regimental No. 12115. Early life: Fred was born in Haworth on June 10, 1890 and baptised at Haworth on July 20. Parents Samuel and Fanny. Samuel was a weaver at a local worsted mill. In 1891 Fred was just ten months old and they were living at … Read more

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Corporal William Henry Bearsley

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6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Regimental number 4077. Early life: William was born in Haworth in 1865, registered in Keighley in the second quarter of the year. Parents Joseph and Mary Ann Bearsley. In 1871 he was six and living at Hall in Haworth with his parents and two sisters. His father … Read more

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