2nd Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Early life: Clifford was born in Bradford, his parents were Benjamin Abbott and Harriet Abbott née Hammond, who were married on the 28th of December at St. Peter’s Church, Wisbech in Cambridgeshire. When they married, Benjamin was aged 23 and Harriett was 22. Clifford’s birth was registered at Bradford … 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
Private, 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Service number 35481. Early life: James was born in 1899, his birth was registered in the Pontefract district in the third quarter of that year. His parents were John William Laws a brewers labourer, and Eliza Laws. In the 1901 census he was just one year of age and living … Read more