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
Alias John Docksey. Private, Prince of Wales’ Own West Yorkshire Regiment. No. 238120. Previously 4577, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Early life: George was born in Oakworth and his birth was registered in Keighley in the third quarter of 1898. He was baptised at Christ Church in Oakworth on August 21st of the same … 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
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
Private Clifford Baxandall, 12th Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment. Service no. 18/1537. Previously 18th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (2nd Battalion, Bradford Pals.) Early life: Clifford was born in Keighley in 1895, the sixth of eight children of John and Zillah Baxandall. The family was living at Holme House in Oakworth in 1901. … Read more