Local war memorials page Victoria Park Wesleyan Methodist Chapel – Great War memorial board This memorial board is in the care of Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley. IN HONOURED MEMORY EUROPEAN WAR 1914 – 18 Tom Critchison Ellis Taylor Clifford Wild George Lord Willie Waugh Arthur Rhodes Herbert Denison Jack Coles Willie Coles ETERNAL GLORY TO … Read more
Local war memorials page Marlborough Street Congregational Mission war memorial board This wooden war memorial board is in the care of Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley. Text from the now defunct Vale and Dale website, a local history site created by our historian friend Loraine Petyt who died in 2023. Loraine gave her permission for us … Read more
Private. 21st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) Regimental number 18/645. Early family life: Walter’s parents were Charles Henry Blenkarn and Ann Mary Blenkarn née Pullan. They were married on the 19th of August 1882 at Keighley Parish Church (probably St. Peter’s.) Charles was a bachelor aged 21 and a clogger living at … Read more
Parkwood area Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service no. 10556. Early life: Fred Pickard was born on 9th October 1891 and baptised at St Mary’s Church, Eastwood about a month later on 12th November. His parents were Frank and Ann Pickard and he had two brothers Willie and Tom, and two … 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
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
Private. 1/6th Battalion, D Company, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 3061. Early life: Fred Pickles was born in Keighley on 21st August 1891. His parents were John William Pickles and Elizabeth Pickles née Ackroyd, who had been married at Keighley Parish Church on 12th March 1887. John William was a joiner and … Read more