11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Regimental number 46638. Early life: Abraham Sugden was born at Lees, Cross Roads on 5th April 1882, registered at Keighley. His parents were Murgatroyd and Mary Sugden née Brown. In 1891 Abraham was nine years old and a scholar, living at 34, Well Street in Lees with his parents, older brothers … Read more
27th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Irish) Regimental no. 41008. Previously 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, Regimental no. 12517. Early life: John was born near Castleford in the summer of 1889 and his birth was registered in the third quarter of the year at Pontefract. His parents were George Adams and Maria Adams … Read more
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
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
Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Service No: 45791. Early Life Luke was born on 18th August 1890 in Haworth and the birth was registered in Keighley that year. His parents were William Oliver and Rebecca Shackleton and William was a woolsorter. Luke was baptised at St Michael and All Angels … Read more
Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial Private. 8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. No. 21960. Early life: Horatio was born in late 1890 in Yeadon, to parents Harry and Edith Claughton. He was baptised on 15th February 1891 at St John’s Church, Yeadon. His father Harry was a Tin plate worker. They were living at 256, … Read more