Feather,+Laban

Acting Corporal, 2/4th Battalion. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment. Service no. 265899. Age: 28. Died 23rd July 1918. Son of Mrs. Charles Feather, of Griffe View, Low Bank, Oakworth, Keighley; husband of Hilda Feather, of 55, Queen St., Keighley, Yorks. SOISSONS MEMORIAL
 * Laban Feather**

Brother of Norman Feather, who served in the Tank Corps and survived the war. We also know that their brother Harry Feather also served.

1890: Born on 24th January in Oakworth. Living at Low Bank, Oakworth with his parents Charles and Margaret Feather. Baptised on the 2nd of March. 1901: census, Aged 11 years, still living at Low Bank, Oakworth with his parents. 1911: census, Aged 21 years, working as a woolsorter for a cloth manufacturer, living at 15, James Street, Lane Ends, Oakworth as a boarder with Alfred and Mary Jane Galleymore. Also living there, Hilda Booth (aged 20 years) and several other members of the Booth family. 1914: Marriage on 19th December, to Hilda Booth aged 23 years, weaver) at Oakworth Parish Church. Enlisted in Army at Keighley - apparently living at Redditch, Worcestershire? Served in the 2nd/6th battalion and 2nd/4th battalion of the West Riding Regiment. Entered theatre of war after 1st January 1916. 1918: Killed in action on 23rd July. No known resting place. Remembered on the Soissons Memorial and the Oakworth War Memorial.

Victory Medal. Roll no: 0/2/101 B22 Page: 4002 British War Medal. Roll no: 0/2/101 B22 Page: 4002
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