Born: 1887, Idle
Died: 14 July 1917
Buried: Coxyde Military Cemetery
Address: 73 Bradford Road, Shipley
Parents: Lewis & Fanny
Spouse: Eva
Siblings:Thomas, Alfred, James, Horace, Polly, Mabel
Occupation: Butcher
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Holy Trinity, Idle; Upper Chapel, Idle
Children:
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry
Sam Keighley
Sam Keighley was born in Idle in 1887, the fourth of seven children born
to Idle butcher Lewis and his wife Fanny.
In the 1911 census Sam was living with his brother Horace and his wife at
The Green, Idle and the two of them had followed into their father’s
business.
Sometime between then and 1917 he had married Eva and moved to live
in Bradford Road, Shipley to be closer the shop he ran.
On 27 July 1917 the Shipley Times & Express reported:
Pte Sam Keighley, a member of the firm of Keighley Bros, butchers, is
reported killed in action, though this sad intelligence is not officially
confirmed
He joined the forces in September last and embarked for the Continent on
Easter Sunday. At first he was attached to the Army Service Corps but was
transferred several times and was ultimately a member of the machine gun
section of the Highland Infantry.
On Friday his correspondence was returned with the intimation from
France that he had been killed. The last letter received from him was dated
the 13th July.
Pte Keighley, who is 30 years of age, is the youngest of the four sons who
succeeded to the business of their father, Mr Lewis Keighley, and he had
charge of a shop at Frizinghall where his wife resides.
On 12 April 1918 the newspaper reported that Sam had left £275 7s 6d in
his will.