Private. 2nd Battalion. West Yorkshire Regiment. Regimental number 270021. Early life: Richard’s parents were Henry Lindsay and Martha Hannah Lindsay née Slinger who were married in the parish church at Kildwick when Henry was 26 and Martha was 28. Henry was a Police constable, first appointed on 4th October 1888. He transferred to Keighley on … 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
Voluntary Aid Detachment page International Women’s Day Nurse. Voluntary Aid Detachment, St. John Ambulance Brigade Early life: Lily Wildman was born on 17th June 1873 in Bingley, the sixth of eight children to Walter and Elizabeth Wildman. Walter was a wool comber. In 1881 seven year old Lily lived at 2 Crescent Place, Bingley … Read more
Voluntary Aid Detachment page International Women’s Day Voluntary Ambulance Driver Early life: Amyl Jennie Field was born on on April 20th, 1886 at Wakefield. Her parents were Henry Field and Kate Field née Turner and they had her baptised on May 7th of that year at All Saints Church in Wakefield. Amyl’s father was … Read more