Sergeant. 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment. Regimental number 3/9260. Formerly 1st Battalion West Riding Regiment no. 5282 (Boer war service.) Early life: John William's parents were Thomas Conway and Harriet Conway née Carral, who were married at Keighley in the last quarter of 1876. They were both from Keighley. John William was…
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Private Arthur Alexander Carrodus
Private Arthur Alexander Carrodus, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Regimental number 4867 in the Boer War and 25785 in the Great War. Early life: Arthur was born in 1876 in Bradford, his parents were Frederick Alexander Carrodus and Ellen By 1881 he was five years old and living with his parents plus his siblings Charles (9),…
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Sergeant Joshua Milner Singleton
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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Gunner David Alma Craven
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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