10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Regimental No. 12115. Early life: Fred was born in Haworth on June 10, 1890 and baptised at Haworth on July 20. Parents Samuel and Fanny. Samuel was a weaver at a local worsted mill. In 1891 Fred was just ten months old and they were living at … Read more
Private, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 3/9187. Early life: Louis was born in Oakworth in 1882 and the birth was registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. Parents James and Betty Brown. His Father James was a wool cloth warp dresser. They were living at 6, Goodley … Read more
Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial 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 … Read more