Letters home

Private John Edwin Armstrong

by

11th (Service) Battalion. Suffolk Regiment. Regimental number 41204. Previously, Northumberland Fusiliers, Regimental number 27282. Early life: John’s parents were James Edward Armstrong and Margaret Armstrong née Brooksbank and they were were married at St. Mary’s Church, Eastwood in Keighley on the 20th of October 1883. They were both aged 23, single and James was employed … Read more

Loading

Private Ellis Rawling

by

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

Loading