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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Private John Reginald Butterfield
Private, 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment. No: 13741. Early life: John was born on 24 March, 1899, son of John and Elizabeth. His father was a joiner. He was baptised in Keighley on 6 September of the same year when they were living at 58, Enfield Street, Keighley. In 1901, aged 2…
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