Private, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Service number 47039. Previously West Yorkshire Regiment with the service number 76299. Early life Smith was born in Keighley in 1896, parents William Johnson Clayton, and Elizabeth Ann Clayton née Lindley who had been married in 1890, registered at Keighley in the last quarter of that year. Smith’s birth … Read more
Private. 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Service number: 81062. Early Life: Charles was born on or around January 31, 1899. His birth was registered in Keighley in the second quarter of the year and his parents were George Thomas Page and Ruth Page. In 1901 he was aged two and living at 88, Lidget Hill … Read more
Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Regimental number 44984. Early life: Ira was born on 11th September 1898, his birth registered at Keighley and his parents were Julian and Anna Bella Greenwood née Driver. Julian was a quarryman and they were living at Stanbury when Ira was baptised on 4th December that … Read more
Lance Corporal. 1/5th London Regiment (Rifle Brigade). Service number 45415. Early life: James was born in 1896 with the birth registered in Keighley in the first quarter of the year. His parents were James and Margaret McCann. By 1901 he was 5 years old and living at 5, Leeds Street in Keighley with his parents … Read more