Stanbury and Oldfield Corporal. 1/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Service number 202758. Miles was born in Askrigg in 1891, registered in Aysgarth, North Riding of Yorkshire in the last quarter of the year. His parents were James and Louisa Little (née Cleminson). He was aged nine in the 1901 census and … Read more
Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Service number 242166. Rennie was born on 27th July 1895 in Stanbury, the birth was registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. His parents were Richard and Ann Elizabeth Hollings née Proctor. Richard was a worsted weaver, as was Ann … Read more
Stanbury and Oldfield 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 … Read more
Stanbury and Oldfield Private. 88th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Service number 86105. Early life Lewis was born in Stanbury in 1884, registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. Parents John William and Isabella Butterfield. In 1891 he was six years old and living at 91, Stanbury, with his parents, three sisters … Read more
Stanbury and Oldfield 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 … Read more
Stanbury and Oldfield Chief Mechanic. 2 (N) Aeroplane Repair Depot, Royal Air Force. Service No: 39147. Previously served with the Royal Flying Corps. Early life: Arthur was born in Haworth on June 15, 1886. Parents George and Sarah Anne Rushworth. He was baptised on January 30, 1887 at St Michael and All Angels parish church. … Read more