The Farnhill WW1 Volunteers project has been very well served by the local press – particularly the Craven Herald and the Keighley News. Here’s a link to the online report of our website launch event in the Craven Herald: http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/15624400.Website_for_Farnhill_war_dead_goes_live/
The Farnhill WW1 Volunteers project website was launched at an event held in Kildwick & Farnhill Institute on Saturday 21st October. In addition to the new website, visitors were also able to view slideshows of village scenes from the early 20th century, and information and personal items belonging to some of the 68 men who […]
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The photograph below has been in the Farnhill and Kildwick History Group archive for some time – indeed it first appeared on the History Group website in 2013, as a “Mystery”. Research carried out by this project has revealed that the photograph is of the 1919-1920 season Kilwick Old Boys football team, which included a […]
In the early months of the war, before a large number of men were serving in France, the major impact of WW1 locally was the arrival of refugees from Belgium. Local townships provided homes and jobs for the refugees and contributed substantial funds to refugee charities. Article – WW1 Belgian refugees in Airedale
On Wednesday 30th August 2017 people taking part in the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers Project gathered for a social evening in Kildwick & Farnhill Institute. The evening was an opportunity for participants to get to know each other; to provide feedback; to review the progress that has been made in the first eight months of the […]
Amongst the material made available to the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers project is a 1918 Soldiers’ Diary belonging to Private Harry Hargreaves, of 1/5 battalion West Riding Regiment. The diary measures about 7 x 11cm – small enough to fit into the pocket of a military uniform; the cover is made of card and the inside […]
William Benjamin Whitham moved to Farnhill, from Haworth, in April 1905. From then until just before his death in 1937 he kept a diary detailing the lives of his family, friends and neighbours; as well as making passing reference to national and international events. Our article is transcribed and annotated version of William’s diary. Article […]
After his release from a German PoW camp at the end of the war, Eric Green, who had served with the Durham Light Infantry, return to Farnhill, where his family ran the butcher’s shop in Main Street. Eric married local girl Annie Mosley in 1919, at Farnhill Chapel; and in 1924 he, Annie, and their […]
As we continue to research the families of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers we are coming across little snippets of information that are sometimes quite surprising. Here’s just one such item. On the 26th June 1915 (it was a Saturday) Thomas Beckwith Spencer of Oakbank Farnhill married Louise Johenna Fredericka Dorothy Hirth, originally of London, in […]
