Corporal. 52nd Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. Service No: 4544102. Early life: Allan was born on 31st August 1915. His parents were William Whitaker and Lily Whitaker née Grange, who had been married at St. Michael and All Angels Church in Haworth on 4th March 1914. In the 1921 census the family were living at 34, … Read more
Private. 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 300159. Early life: Milford was born on December 30, 1888 to parents Hargreaves and Mary Ann Brown. He was baptised at Haworth on May 12 the next year when their home was at Bridgehouse Lane and his father was a baker. They were living … 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