Private, 31st Battalion Canadian Infantry, Service no: 79553. Early life: James was born on the 10th of May 1883, a son of John and Mary. His father was a draper. He was baptised at Keighley on the 4th October the same year. In 1891, aged 8 years, they were living at 4, James Street, Keighley,…
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Sergeant John Benjamin Woodcock
Sergeant. 1/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment. Service number 159. Early life: John was born at Ranskill in Nottinghamshire in 1879. His parents were John and Sarah. John was a general labourer and Sarah a mill operative. John Benjamin was twelve in the 1891 census and at school. They were living at 22,…
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Private John Reginald Butterfield
Private, 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment. No: 13741. Early life: John was born on 24 March, 1899, son of John and Elizabeth. His father was a joiner. He was baptised in Keighley on 6 September of the same year when they were living at 58, Enfield Street, Keighley. In 1901, aged 2…
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Private Samuel Middleton Scaife
This man is 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 the Main page Supported by the National Lottery's Heritage Fund, our project intends to submit about 120 names for peer review to…
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VAD Samuel Milnes
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Samuel Milnes Transport Duty and Hospital Duty Samuel was the third born child of Levi Milnes and Sarah Ann Milnes nee Ray. He was born on 24th December 1871 in Shipley. Sadly his father died during the last quarter of that year, so in all likelihood Levi never saw the birth…
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