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Private James William Laws

Service number 35481 Private James William laws of The 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. [caption id="attachment_9845" align="alignright" width="217"] James William Laws in British Army uniform and wearing the badge of the West Yorkshire Regiment.[/caption] Early life: James was born in 1899, his birth was registered in the Pontefract district in the third quarter of that year.…
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Rail Travel for soldiers during the Great War.

How did soldiers get to Halifax Barracks during the Great War? [caption id="attachment_9774" align="alignleft" width="295"] An ovegrown Ingrow East Railway Station after it's closure in the 1960s.[/caption] The majority of Keighley soldiers joined the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment during the Great War and would have gone to the Duke of Wellington's Regimental barracks…
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New grants and equipment for 2023

We've recently had confirmation of two new grants from local councils to help us continue our work. First up is Bradford Council's Keighley Area Committee, who gave us a small grant of £255 to purchase a H5 Zoom Recorder [caption id="attachment_9654" align="alignnone" width="225"] Our new Zoom H5 Handy Recorder[/caption] We can use this to record…
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Craftsman Fred Hobson

Craftsman Fred Hobson, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Artillery. Service Number: 251451 [caption id="attachment_9177" align="alignleft" width="152"] Fred's photograph from the Keighley News[/caption] Fred Hobson was born in Barnsley on 13th August 1920. He was one of ten children and he lived at 11, Birch Grove, Ingrow with his parents William and Annie (née Wood.)…
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