Barnoldswick

Private Richard Metcalfe Lindsay

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Private. 2nd Battalion. West Yorkshire Regiment. Regimental number 270021. Early life: Richard’s parents were Henry Lindsay and Martha Hannah Lindsay née Slinger who were married in the parish church at Kildwick when Henry was 26 and Martha was 28. Henry was a Police constable, first appointed on 4th October 1888. He transferred to Keighley on … Read more

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Private Fred Binns

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Private. 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Regiment. Service number 7724. Early life: Fred was born on August 7, 1882 and baptised in 1887, at St Peter’s Church. Parents Frederick and Martha Binns. His father was employed as a moulder and they were living at Calton Street, Keighley at this time. By 1891 they had moved to … Read more

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