Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial 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 … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. Richard Horsfall was in the Clarendon Street Children’s home which was attached to the Keighley workhouse in 1911. He would certainly have known Charles Horner and Richard Horner (who were unrelated) and Fred Firth who … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. Richard Horner was in the Clarendon Street Children’s home which was attached to the Keighley workhouse in 1911. He would certainly have known Charles Horner (not related) and Fred Firth who were there at the … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. Fred Firth was in the Clarendon Street Children’s home which was attached to the Keighley workhouse in 1911. He would certainly have known Charles Horner and Richard Horner (not related) who were there at the … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. Charles Horner was in the Clarendon Street Children’s home which was attached to the Keighley workhouse in 1911. He would certainly have known Richard Horner (not related) and Fred Firth who were there at the … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. James and his brother John Helston were both under the care of the Keighley Guardians under the name Elston although various records show their surname as Helston. This may have been down to poor literacy. … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. As a child, James Darcy had been under the care of the Keighley Union Guardians before he served in the Great War. James and his brother Edward Darcy were the sons of William Darcy, a … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. As a child, Edward Darcy had been under the care of the Keighley Union Guardians before he served in the Great War. Edward and his brother James Darcy were the sons of William Darcy, a … Read more
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. Herbert Binns was living in Keighley’s Children’s Home aged 14 years in 1911. Early life: Herbert was born in the early part of 1897 in Keighley and his parents were Henry and Martha Ellen Binns. … Read more