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
Rifleman. 1/8th Battalion Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Service number 205176. Early life: William was born in 1883, registered in Bradford in the second quarter of the year. Parents Joseph and Hannah Priestley. He was baptised on July 1 at Prospect Street Wesleyan chapel in Bradford. In 1891 he was seven and living … Read more
Private. 2/5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. No: 29806. Early life: Norman was born in 1897, the birth registered in Keighley in the first quarter of the year. Parents John and Betty Powell. In 1901 he was three years old and living at 22, Vale Lane in Haworth with his parents, four sisters and two brothers. … Read more
Private, 1/5th Battalion. North Staffordshire Regiment. Service No: 50433. Early life: Allan was born in Oakworth on May 3, 1894 and his parents were Albert and Grace Pickles. He was baptised at Christ Church in Oakworth on November 11 of the same year. His father Albert was a weaver. In 1901 he was six years … 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
Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial Private. 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service no. 1646. also Labour Corps no. 252064. Early life: Sam was born in 1883 and his birth was registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. His parents were Ben and Emma Rainford. In 1891 he … Read more