27th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Irish) Regimental no. 41008. Previously 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, Regimental no. 12517. Early life: John was born near Castleford in the summer of 1889 and his birth was registered in the third quarter of the year at Pontefract. His parents were George Adams and Maria Adams … Read more
1/4th Battalion. Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Regimental no. 267519. Previously served with the 1/6th Battalion West Riding Regiment. Early life: Harold was born on May 31, 1896 to parents Edward and Ada Whitfield. He was baptised at St John’s Church on December 20. Edward was a mechanic by trade. In 1901 he was … Read more
123rd Battery. 28th Army Royal Field Artillery. Regimental Number: 62388. Early life: Walter’s parents were John Ainge and Mary Ainge née Saunders, who were married on the 25th of October 1890 at the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist in Fladbury, Worcestershire. John was a 21 year old labourer and bachelor, and Mary was … Read more
2nd Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Early life: Clifford was born in Bradford, his parents were Benjamin Abbott and Harriet Abbott née Hammond, who were married on the 28th of December at St. Peter’s Church, Wisbech in Cambridgeshire. When they married, Benjamin was aged 23 and Harriett was 22. Clifford’s birth was registered at Bradford … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. John was recorded in Keighley Union Workhouse in the 1911 census. He was the brother of James Henry Rush. Private. 1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Service number 18459. Early life: John was born around … Read more
Private. 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Regimental number 16038 Early life: Michael’s parents were Hugh Kelleher and Margaret Kelleher née Riley, who had been married at Leeds in 1887. Michael was born at Leeds in 1888 and registered there in the third quarter of the year. In the 1891 census he was aged two years and … Read more
Second Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Formerly Private Moore. 1/6th Battalion. Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. No. 2579 and later 265628. Early life John was born in Oakworth on the 8th of May 1896 and his birth was registered in Keighley in the second quarter of that year. His parents … 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
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