Private. 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Regimental number: 36702. Previously, Northumberland Fusiliers. Regimental number: 29622. Early life: Arthur’s parents were William Walter Wakefield and Louisa Wakefield née Moody who were married in Brentford, Middlesex in the second quarter of 1881. Arthur was born in 1887 at Highworth in Swindon, Wiltshire, with his birth registered there … 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
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