A KEIGHLEY man who served with the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) during the First World War died after being fatally wounded by shell fire.

Gunner William Isaac Driver was 20 when he was killed.

He was born in Keighley in 1897, attended Keighley Trade and Grammar School, and enlisted in the RFA in September 1916.

The Keighlian magazine roll of honour at his old school describes Gunner Driver as showing great promise during his military training in Ireland.

It adds: "In June 1917 he went to France and was attached to the same battery as his brother, Arthur Driver DCM.

"On October 24 he was hit by a shell and only survived for about an hour and a half, being unconscious all the time.

"The school never possessed a pupil with a brighter, happier disposition than Gunner William I Driver.

"He came to school to see us before he went out, and his high spirits and cheerful smile made one both proud to know him, and sad to think that such a promising young life should be exposed to the dangers of the battlefield."

Gunner Driver's name is recorded in Keighley's First World War roll of honour book.

The name William Driver is also inscribed on a memorial being stored by Cliffe Castle Museum, which is thought to have come from Devonshire Street Congregational Church.