Acting Able Seaman. M.V. San Arcadio. Royal Navy. Service Number: P/JX 289999 (Admin at H.M.S. President III.) Early life: Joseph was born on 26th of April 1914 and his birth was registered in the second quarter of the year at Stockton, Durham. His parents were Robert Askam and Anne Jane Askam née Winter who were … Read more
Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial Private. 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, Service no. 28872. Early life: Charles was born on July 25 in 1879. His parents were John and Mary Ann Robertshaw. He was baptised on August 31 in the same year at St Michael and All Angels Parish Church. They were living … Read more
Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial Private. 2nd Battalion West Riding Regiment. Service number 24499. Previously served with the Yorkshire Regiment, Service number 32461. Early life: Robert and Selina Coates née Feather were married in 1880 and their marriage was registered at Keighley in the second quarter of that year. Their daughter Edith was … 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
Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial 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 … 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
Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial 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 … Read more
Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial Private. 11th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters.) Service no. 73372. Previously 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Service no. 20181. Early life: Richard was born in the early part of 1898 and his birth was registered in Liverpool in the first quarter of the year. His parents were … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. Arthur’s mother Margaret was in the workhouse in 1911 and we think Arthur spent time there as well, although he does not appear in any census for the workhouse. Private. 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s … Read more
Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial Private. 8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. No. 21960. Early life: Horatio was born in late 1890 in Yeadon, to parents Harry and Edith Claughton. He was baptised on 15th February 1891 at St John’s Church, Yeadon. His father Harry was a Tin plate worker. They were living at 256, … Read more