Private. Machine Gun Corps, Service number 131099. Formerly 8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Leeds Rifles). Early life: Albert was born in Oakworth in 1899, registered in Keighley in the first quarter of that year. Parents Feather and Mary Ann Reddihough. In 1901 he was two years old and living at Field Head Farm in Newsholme … Read more
Private. 74 Machine Gun Corps. Service number 13958. Early life: Herbert was born in Oakworth in 1885. At the age of six in 1891, he was living at 130, Lidget, Oakworth, with his parents, sisters Bertha and Lucy, and brothers Walter, Edwin and Ernest. They were still there in 1901 and Herbert was working as … 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
Stanbury and Oldfield Sergeant. 12th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Service number 31029. Previous service with the West Yorkshire Regiment, no. 1359. Early Life Joseph was born on 13th May 1890 and his birth was registered that year at Goole, Yorkshire. His parents were Marshall and Annie Pearson. Tragically Marshall died in 1890. Joseph was just … Read more