The walk and ceremony: On Monday 11th November 2024 I was delighted to accompany the children from Oldfield School in the Worth Valley, to walk up to the Canadian War Memorial on Tewitt Lane. This is the site of the crash of a Wellington Bomber on 2nd January 1944 and the school held a Service…
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Gunner Luther Sunderland
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 Harold Thompson Holmes
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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Sergeant Rowland Hill
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 Sam Rainford
Private. 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment. Service no. 1646. also Labour Corps no. 252064. [caption id="attachment_10919" align="alignleft" width="239"] Private Sam Rainford[/caption] Early life: Sam was born in 1883 and his birth was registered in Keighley in the third quarter of the year. His parents were Ben and Emma Rainford. In 1891 he…
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