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
Private. 1/6th Battalion, D Company, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 3061. Early life: Fred Pickles was born in Keighley on 21st August 1891. His parents were John William Pickles and Elizabeth Pickles née Ackroyd, who had been married at Keighley Parish Church on 12th March 1887. John William was a joiner and … Read more
Parkwood area Lance Corporal. D Company, 1st/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment. Service No: 2139. Early life: Charles was born on the 24th June 1894 and the birth was registered in Keighley in the third quarter of that year. He was the third son of five boys and three girls to Charles and … Read more
Parkwood area Corporal. 18th Battalion, (Prince of Wales’ Own) West Yorkshire Regiment. [Bradford Pals] Regimental No: 18/713. Early life: Sam was born at Cartworth, Holmfirth, in 1888. He was one of five sons and three daughters of Charles and Ellen Ann Lowndes. In 1891 he was aged two and living at Brownhill, Cartworth, Holmfirth, with … Read more
Parkwood area Lance Corporal. ‘D’ Company, 1st/6th Bn., Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Service no: 1907. Early life: Joseph William Tatton was born in 1894 and his birth was registered in Keighley in the third quarter of that year. He was the third son of John William and Elizabeth Jane Tatton. His Father was … Read more
Local war memorials page St Paul’s Church was on Parkwood Street. This memorial is on permanent display at St Andrew’s Church in Keighley. It was brought to this church sometime after St Paul’s Church was demolished in the 1970s. St Paul’s Church was situated on Parkwood Street in Keighley and the men named on the … Read more