2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Service number 3/9430. Previous service in the Boer war with 4th Yorkshire Regiment, service number 5011. Early life: George was born in Bingley in the latter half of 1877. His birth was registered in Keighley in the last quarter of that year. His parents were Rennard and Mary Goldsborough and they…
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Trooper John Henry Hird
Our main D-Day 80 page Early life: John Henry Hird was born in Keighley on 16th January 1923, he was the only son of John Christopher Hird, a building contractor and Elizabeth Hird nee Wright. He had two older sisters, Nancy Elizabeth (born 1913) and Ruth Edmondson (born 1919). The family lived at 99 Highfield…
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Second Lieutenant Allan Green
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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Private Jack Gawthrop
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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Air Mechanic David Feather
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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