Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 7462. Early life: John was born in Cullingworth in 1882, his parents were John and Mary Ann Earnshaw. By 1891 the family had moved to 35, Station Terrace in Oakworth. John was nine and his father was a sewing machine agent. By 1901 they … Read more
Private 1/4th (Hallamshire) York and Lancaster Regiment. Service number 33339. Early life: John was born in Oakworth on February 24, 1898 to parents John and Jessie Dunnett. Registered in Keighley in the first quarter of the year. He was three years old in the 1901 census and living with parents, one sister and one brother … Read more
Lance Sergeant. 7th Battalion, Green Howards. Army service number 4396068. Early life: Norman was born in Hoyland about five miles South of Barnsley on 16th April 1915. His parents were Wilson Webster and Maud Mary Webster née Powell, who had been married in Barnsley a couple of years earlier in 1913. In the 1921 census … Read more
Private. 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service no. 10933. Early life: James was born in Oakworth in 1898, registered in Keighley in the second quarter of the year. His parents were John Creek and Frances Creek née Iles who were living at 118, Lidget in Oakworth at the time of his birth … Read more
Private, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Service number 47039. Previously West Yorkshire Regiment with the service number 76299. Early life Smith was born in Keighley in 1896, parents William Johnson Clayton, and Elizabeth Ann Clayton née Lindley who had been married in 1890, registered at Keighley in the last quarter of that year. Smith’s birth … Read more
Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial Private. 2nd Battalion West Riding Regiment. Service number 24499. Previously served with the Yorkshire Regiment, Service number 32461. Early life: Robert and Selina Coates née Feather were married in 1880 and their marriage was registered at Keighley in the second quarter of that year. Their daughter Edith was … Read more
Ordinary Seaman. HMS Daring. Royal Navy. Service no. P/JX 168766. Early life: George was born on 3rd January, 1919 to parents Harry Sanderson and Christiana Sanderson née Longman. His birth was registered in Keighley. He had a sister, Edna, born in 1909 and twin brothers, Harry and John, born in 1911, Thomas born in 1916. … Read more
Private. 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Service number: 81062. Early Life: Charles was born on or around January 31, 1899. His birth was registered in Keighley in the second quarter of the year and his parents were George Thomas Page and Ruth Page. In 1901 he was aged two and living at 88, Lidget Hill … Read more
Private. 11th Battalion, Prince of Wales’ Own West Yorkshire Regiment. Service number 43728. Early life: Frank was born early in 1895, registered in Keighley in the first quarter of the year. Parents Joseph and Elisabeth Hannah Midgley. In 1901 he was six years old and living at Slack Farm, Oakworth with his parents, four brothers … Read more
Private. B Company, 4th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment. Service Number 235308. Previous service number 265353 with 6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Early life: Ellis’s parents were John Ellis Butterfield and Elizabeth Ann Butterfield, née Berry who had been married at St. Mary’s Church, Eastwood in Keighley on the … Read more