Private. 7th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Regimental no. 4753400 Early life: John Thomas was born on 29th April 1914 at 1, Kensington Street in Keighley and his parents were John Patrick O’Hara and Catharine O’Hara née Goulden who had been married in 1904. He had three brothers, Joseph aged , Francis, Edwin and James … Read more
Private. 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Regimental no. 4750206 Early life: George was born on 2nd January 1917 in Keighley and in 1921 they are living at 9, Elmwood Terrace in Oakworth according to the electoral rolls and are living there at least until 1948. George was aged four in the 1921 census and … Read more
Private. 1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment. Service number 205259. Early life: Fred was born on December 7, 1892 in Haworth. Registered at Keighley in the last quarter of the year. Parents William and Sarah Peverley. He was baptised on January 14, 1893 at St Michael and All Angels Church in Haworth. William was a … Read more
Private. 14th Battalion, York and Lancaster (2nd Barnsley) Regiment. Service no. 235134. Early life: George was born in Oakworth in 1892, his birth being registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. Parents Charles and Sarah. Before George was born they lived at 3, Lower Providence in Oakworth. By 1901 George was nine … Read more
Private 1/4th (Hallamshire) York and Lancaster Regiment. Service number 33339. Early life: John was born in Oakworth on February 24, 1898 to parents John and Jessie Dunnett. Registered in Keighley in the first quarter of the year. He was three years old in the 1901 census and living with parents, one sister and one brother … Read more
Private, 8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Service number 32528. Early life: John was born in West Hartlepool in 1883 and his birth was registered in Hartlepool in the second quarter of the year. His parents were James and Elizabeth Alderson. He was christened there on April 18. He was eight years old in the … Read more
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
This is one of a series of posts about local men named on the Keighley Union Workhouse roll of honour. David Nuttall was in the workhouse in 1901. Acting Sergeant, 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Service number 31136. Formerly 9953, York and Lancaster Regiment. Early life and the Workhouse David Nuttall was born in Shipley … Read more