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Private James Ackroyd

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Royal Army Medical Corps. Regimental number 71153. Previously 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment. No. 12668. Early life: James was the son of Nancy Taylor, born on the 1st of July 1870 at Damside in Keighley. His parents were Pickles Ackroyd and Nancy Ackroyd née Taylor who were married at Keighley Registry Office … Read more

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Herbert Binns

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This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. Herbert Binns was living in Keighley’s Children’s Home aged 14 years in 1911. Early life: Herbert was born in the early part of 1897 in Keighley and his parents were Henry and Martha Ellen Binns. … Read more

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