Parkwood area Private. 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 3/10908. Early life: William was born in Keighley on 19th July 1897. His parents were Graham and Jane Ann Mason (née Thirkill). Father’s occupation: Mechanic. He was baptised on 14th August, at St Andrew’s Parish Church, Keighley. They were living at 6, … Read more
Parkwood area Private. 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 3/10593. Early life: John was born on 21st July 1896 with his birth being registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. His parents were Emmott Clayton and Edith Mary Clayton née Clark, who had been married at St. Mary’s … Read more
Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Regimental number 14857. Previously, 3rd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Regimental number 2079. Early life: His parents were Peter and Ann Gibbons. Thomas was born in Keighley in 1880 although we did not find a definitive birth record, we did find a Roman Catholic Baptismal record of … Read more
Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 29463. Early life: Thomas was born on 19th November 1897 in Keighley and his birth was registered in the last quarter of the year. His parents were Daniel Brady and Mary Brady née Beggs, who were married in Keighley in 1893. Thomas was baptised … 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
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