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. 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany’s) No. S/40506. Early life: Norman was born in Keighley in mid 1886, the eldest son of Joseph and Sarah Walbank. His younger brother Harold also served, but he survived the war. He was four years old in the 1891 census and a scholar, living … 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
Private. 10th Bn. Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service No: 19278. Arthur was born at Driffield in 1894, registered there in the third quarter of the year. Parents George and Mary Elizabeth Julian. His father was the railway station master. In 1901 he was six years old and living with his parents, two brothers … Read more
Private. 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Service number: 24897. Early life: George was born in Boston, Lincolnshire in 1894, registered in the second quarter of the year. His parents were William Bellwood, and Annie Bellwood née Missin. William was a traction engine driver and later a farmer. In the 1901 census, George was seven and living … Read more