Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial Private. 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, Service no. 28872. Early life: Charles was born on July 25 in 1879. His parents were John and Mary Ann Robertshaw. He was baptised on August 31 in the same year at St Michael and All Angels Parish Church. They were living … Read more
Sergeant. 1/5th Battalion. East Lancashire Regiment. Number 1151. Early life: Norman Hewitt’s parents were John James Hewitt and Sarah Elizabeth Hewitt née Slack who were married on 2nd June 1884 at the parish church in Keighley. 23 year old John was a bachelor and weaver from Oakworth and 22 year old Sarah was a spinster … Read more
Private. 6th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Service no. 26061. Early life: William Norman Holt was born in Oakworth in 1894, his birth being registered at Keighley in the second quarter of the year. His parents were William Holt and Nancy Holt née Wright who were married in 1890 at St. Peter’s Church on South Street … 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