Private. 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Service Number: 51893. [caption id="attachment_10779" align="alignleft" width="180"] Private Patrick Kelly[/caption] Early life: Patrick was born at Keighley in 1899 with his birth registered in the third quarter of the year. His parents were Martin Kelly and Mary Kelly née Gavan. They were living at 135, Westgate and Patrick aged…
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Private John William Davis
Private, 26th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Service No. 69215. Early life: John was born in Kendal, Westmorland on 1st March, 1887 and the birth was registered there in the 2nd quarter of the year by his parents Edward and Dorothy. The family had moved to the Keighley area by 1890 and were living at Hermit Hole,…
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Private Robert Baldwin
Private Robert Baldwin, 27th (City of Winnipeg ) Battalion. Service no. 169011. [caption id="attachment_10677" align="alignleft" width="205"] Photo credited to the Toronto Telegram newspaper.[/caption] Early life: Robert was born on 14th June 1895, the birth being registered at Keighley in the third quarter of the year. He was a son of David and Isabella Baldwin née…
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Serjeant John Edmund Robinson
Serjeant. 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment. Service number 12126. [caption id="attachment_5542" align="alignleft" width="243"] Sergeant John Edmund Robinson.[/caption] Early life: John was born in Keighley on 22nd September 1890 to parents Robert Arthur and Ellen Robinson who were living at 4, Ash Street. His father Robert was a french polisher. John was baptised…
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Corporal William Nelmes
Corporal. 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment. Service Number 12123. Early life: William Nelmes was born in Bolsover in 1887 and his birth was registered in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in the second quarter of the year. His parents were George W., and Elizabeth Nelmes. In the 1891 census, William was three and had an…
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