Monday 29th March 1915

Pte. John Henry Eastwood was appointed (unpaid) Lance Corporal. He was 41 years old and originally from Bradford, though he had been living in Brighouse; a married man with two children, he had been working as a turner before enlisting, but had previously served 16 years (1892-1908) as a regular soldier with the West Ridings.

Pte. Robinson Walker, aged 26, who was one of the Keighley recruits who had been posted to join Tunstill’s original recruits in September 1914, was married at the Register Office in Keighley. Robinson Walker was one of five children of William and Isabella Walker; William was manager of the spindle department at a local textile machine works and his son, before enlisting, had been working as a ‘consulting engineer’. At the time of the marriage, Robinson’s address was given as 8 Bournemouth Road, Folkestone. He was married to Ellen (known as Nellie) Corlass, aged 24,also from Keighley; the witnesses to the marriage were Nellie’s brother Thomas and his wife Ruth.