HARRY Wright and his pal walked from Keighley to Bradford to join the army even though they were too young to fight.
Lying about his age, Keighley teenager Harry joined the East Surrey Regiment and was sent off to fight in France.
The infantryman fought at the Battle of the Somme, and survived the whole First World War despite a bout of trench foot and a transfer to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
During the Second World War Harry signed up again, this time to serve with the Home Guard in Keighley.
Harry spent his whole life as a woodworker, starting out before the First World War as a teenager making coffins in Strawberry Street.
Edith Broadley was sent to the same woodworks when the war began and met Harry while he was home on leave.
Love grew, and the couple married in 1922, going on to live in Thwaites Brow, where Harry was a keen gardener.
Harry, described as a “very gentle man” by his great-granddaughter, died in Keighley in 1978 at the age of 80.
He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his service during the First World War.
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