Private. 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 300159. Early life: Milford was born on December 30, 1888 to parents Hargreaves and Mary Ann Brown. He was baptised at Haworth on May 12 the next year when their home was at Bridgehouse Lane and his father was a baker. They were living … Read more
Private, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 3/9187. Early life: Louis was born in Oakworth in 1882 and the birth was registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. Parents James and Betty Brown. His Father James was a wool cloth warp dresser. They were living at 6, Goodley … Read more
Private, 271 Company, Machine Gun Corps. Service number 86221. Early life: Arthur was born in Oakworth on May 2, 1891 and baptised at Christ Church on June 14 the same year. His parents were James and Betty Brown and they lived at Goodley, just across the road from the church. James was a cloth dresser. … Read more
Sergeant. 286th Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Service number 338608. Early life Percy was born on February 20, 1887 in Oakworth. Parents George and Eliza Hollings. He was baptised at Christ Church in Oakworth on August 14, 1887. His family were living at Dockroyd and his father George was working as a gardener. In 1891 he … Read more
Acting Bombardier, 70th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Service no. 55240. Early life: Lawrence was born in Leeds around 1891. Parents Henry and Martha Jane Wood. He was a woolcomber with Messrs Merrall & Sons and living at 58, Spring Row, Oakworth in 1908. Lawrence served as a volunteer for a short while with the 3rd … Read more
Alias John Docksey. Private, Prince of Wales’ Own West Yorkshire Regiment. No. 238120. Previously 4577, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Early life: George was born in Oakworth and his birth was registered in Keighley in the third quarter of 1898. He was baptised at Christ Church in Oakworth on August 21st of the same … 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
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
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