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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Keighley – Yorkshire Day 2022
This event is on Sunday 31st July so it's actually the day before Yorkshire Day, which is Monday 1st August but we suspect most people will be back at work that day. We will have a display up in our gazebo in Town Hall Square between 10:00 and about 4:00 ish and we will be…
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VAD Annie Southwell
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Annie Southwell Nurse and cook, St John's Ambulance Brigade Annie Brown was born 4th March 1877 in Hogsthorpe, Lincolnshire to Edley, a blacksmith, and Emma Brown. In 1881 she lived with her parents and a younger sister, Lizzie. In 1891 she was living with and working as a general servant…
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VAD Annie Collingham
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Annie Collingham Nurse Annie Collingham was born on 17th January 1892, the daughter of Bright and Ann Elizabeth Collingham, nee Holmes. She was baptised on 7th January 1894. She had one older brother, William, three younger brothers, Bright, Thomas and Victor, and a younger sister, Minnie. [caption id="attachment_8528" align="aligncenter" width="300"]…
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VAD Ethel Masker
Voluntary Aid Detachment page Ethel Masker VAD. General Service Early life: Ethel Masker was the only surviving child of Arthur and Gertrude Margaret Masker nee Hall, who had married on 7th November 1889 at Calverley Parish Church. Arthur was from Keighley and worked as a manager for a machine broker company, a job he appears…
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