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 number 3/11789. Early life Ellis was born in Keighley in 1875 and his birth was registered in the fourth quarter of the year. His parents were Robinson and Sarah Ann Rawling. In the 1881 census he was aged five and living at 4, … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. David Nuttall was in the workhouse in 1901. Acting Sergeant, 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Service number 31136. Formerly 9953, York and Lancaster Regiment. Early life and the Workhouse David Nuttall was born in Shipley … Read more