Greenwood,+George

Private, 3rd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Service No: 19463. Age: 28. Date of Death: 23rd April 1916. Son of Frederick and Clara Greenwood, of Keighley. KEIGHLEY (UTLEY) CEMETERY, Plot N. New. Grave 124
 * George Greenwood**

Born in 1888 in Oxenhope to an Oxenhope family,his father Frederick was a joiner and the family had various addresses in Keighley and Oxenhope Including Low Utley, 209 West Lane and Gate House, Far Oxenhope. In 1911 George was unmarried and a farm worker. His brother Bertram, born in 1893 when the family lived near Barnsley, also served. Their cousin Claude - son of Fredericks' brother Eli - was killed o 12- 10-18 at Cambrai.He is commemorated on the Oxenhope war memorial.


 * CWGC stone in Utley cemetery:**