Sergeant Arthur Smith

Sergeant, 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 267654. Early life: Arthur was born in Keighley on July 30, 1891 and baptised on September 9 at St Peter’s Church in Keighley. Parents Thomas Edward and Mary Ann Smith. They lived on Arthur Street and Thomas was a mechanic. In 1901 he was … Read more

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Fitter Luther McKechnie

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

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