The Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance Website

Men commemorated on the Arras Memorial

Private Arthur Bailey

202339. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3172 Northamptonshire Regt. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Irthlingborough (Northants), Enlisted Northampton, Resided Irthlingborough.

Lance Corporal Walter Percival Bailey

38205. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 April 1917.
Born Brockholes (Yorks), Enlisted Huddersfield, Resided Brockholes.

Corporal Thomas Lawrence Bainbridge, MM

200861. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel James and Margaretta Annie Bainbridge, of 5, Castle Terrace, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 25.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Richmond.

Private Albert Edward Baker

201035. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Skelton (Yorks), Resided Scarborough.
(SDGW gives number as 291035)

Private John Balmer

21075. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Fredrick and Mary Ann Balmer, of 13, Morrison St., Gateshead-on-Tyne. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged 20.
Born Candish Park (Northumberland), Enlisted Wareham, Resided Gateshead.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick William Banner

7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Elijah Henry and Louisa Banner, of 37, Grove Rd., Millhouses, Sheffield. Killed 12 May 1917. Aged 26.

Private Robert Barff

3/7729. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 31 March 1917.
Born Mickleby (Whitby), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Bolton Percy (Nr York).

Private Albert Norman Barker

28159. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Nicholas and Margaret Barker, of 79, Hume St., Stockton-on-Tees; husband of Florence Isabella East (formerly Barker), of 7, Carr St., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 24 April 1917. Aged 29.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees.

Private George Barker

30719. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Austin Barker, of Stamford Bridge, York; husband of Ethel Barker, of Academy House, Catterick, York. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged 41.
Born Stamford Bridge (Yorks), Enlisted Catterick.

Private Sydney Barnett

202226. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5371 Northamptonshire Regt. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Kingsthorpe (Northants), Enlisted Northampton, Resided Kingsthorpe.

Private William James Barrett

201725. 1st/7th Battalion Manchester Regiment, formerly 16479 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 March 1918.
Born Cornsay (Durham), Enlisted Durham).
Commemorated on Bay 7, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
(William James Barrett is shown as wounded in the Green Howards Gazette, issues dated August 1915 and December 1915.
In the 1911 Census he is shown as being a Coal Miner (Hewer) at Cornsay Colliery).

Private Henry James Edwin Bartlett

202273. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4607 Northamptonshire Regt. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Northampton, Enlisted Northampton.

Private Charles William Bartliff

27224. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Malton.

Private William Henry Batchelor

42291. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 164251 RFS. Killed 2 April 1917.
Born Napton (Warwick), Enlisted Rugby, Resided Flecknee.

Private Harry Bateman

202219. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5357 Northamptonshire Regt. Son of Thomas Bateman, of The Lion and Lamb Inn, High St., Daventry, and the late Mrs. Bateman. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 26.
Born Northampton, Enlisted Daventry.

Private Percy Baverstock

42280. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 163732 RFA. Son of the late William and Elizabeth Baverstock; husband of Edith M. Wren (formerly Baverstock), of 4, Manor Villas, Bleadon, Weston-super-Mare. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged 38.
Born Weston (Hants), Enlisted Cheltenham, Resided Worcester.

2nd Lieutenant Ernest Frederick Beal, VC

13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John J. W. and Jane Stillman Beal, of 55, East St., Brighton. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 35.

Private Tom Beaumont

29159. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Honley (Huddersfield), Enlisted Huddersfield , Resided Milnesbridge.

Private Thomas Edward Bell

203108. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles Bell, of 20, Beaumont St., Newcastle-on-Tyne. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 22.
Born Newcastle, Enlisted Newcastle.

Private Albert Edward Bellchambers

202221. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5362 Northamptonshire Regt. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bellchambers, of Ivydale, Wootton, Northampton. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 26.
Born Northampton, Enlisted Northampton.

Serjeant Frederick Bendelow

200088. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Thirsk, Enlisted Thirsk.

Corporal Gilbert Bennell

22830. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 March 1918.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Brotton.

Private Robert Henry Bennett

201007. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Thirsk, Enlisted Thirsk.

Private Walter Frederick Berry

42286. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 178465 RFA. Son of William James and Augusta Julia Berry, of 36, Upham Park Rd., Chiswick, London. Killed 31 March 1917. Aged 27.
Born Kilburn (London), Enlisted Chiswick.

Private Harold Binks

235223. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 22 March 1918.
Born Well (Yorks), Enlisted Leyburn, Resided Aysgarth (Yorks).

Private John Binney

24852. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 18 August 1916.
Born Eccleshall (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield.

Private John Turnbull Binnie

36004. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Edith Binnie, of Wold House, Norton, Malton, Yorks. Killed on 12 May 1917. Aged 19.
Born Malton, Enlisted Malton.
(SDGW give number as 26004)

Private William Batchelor Binns

38856. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 12 May 1917.
Born Salford, Enlisted Manchester.

Private Jim Birch

235203. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Riby Birch and Mary Elizabeth Birch, of 19, Beckside, Beverley, Yorks. Killed on 25 April 1917. Aged 35.
Enlisted Beverley (Yorks).

Private John Thomas Blackburn

201499. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late John Thomas Blackburn. Killed on 23 April 1917. Aged 20.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Frederick Stephen Blake

235225. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William James Blake and Elizabeth Blake, of Canns Lane, Hethersett, Norwich, Norfolk. Killed on 14 May 1917. Aged 35.
Born Little Melton (Norfolk), Enlisted Norwich, Resided Hethersett (Norfolk).

Private John Woodburn Bloxham

29762. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 31804 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed on 22 March 1918.
Born Stoke Golding (Leicestershire), Enlisted Hinckley, Resided Stoke Golding.

Private Arthur Blunt

10256. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Pickles, of 4, Albert St., Haley Hill, Halifax. Killed on 9 April 1917. Aged 26.
Born Halifax, Enlisted Halifax.

Private Thomas Borrill

24110. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 25 May 1917.
Born Lincoln, Enlisted Leeds.

Private Charles William Bosomworth

27301. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Frances Bosomworth, of 10, Thomas St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Yorks. Killed 24 April 1917. Aged 21.
Born Skelton, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.

Private George Armstrong Bottomley

235125. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 23 April 1917.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough.

Private John Boyd

3/9125. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Matthew and Janet Boyd; husband of Janet Boyd, of 23, Russell St., Thornaby-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham. Killed on 22 March 1918. Aged 40.
Born Glasgow, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees.

Private Edward Bradley

24490. 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 32528 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 April 1917.
Born Heslington (Yorks), Enlisted York, Resided Holtby (Yorks).
Commemorated Bay 6, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Private George John Bradley

38100. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment ( Formerly Royal Garrison Artillery). Son of George and Jane Bradley, of Carthorpe, Bedale; husband of Gertrude Ellen Bradley, of Carthorpe, Bedale, Yorks. Killed in Action 2 April 1917. Age 32.
Born Carthorpe, Enlisted Bedale, Resided Thirsk.

Private John Arthur Brannan

18692. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 22 March 1918.
Born Brandon (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Brandon Colliery.

Serjeant James William Breheny, MM

23336. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 22 March 1918.
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury, Resided Bartley Carr.

Private William Victor Bridge

10138. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 9 April 1917.
Born Kensington, Enlisted London, Resided West Kensington.

Private Allan Briggs

30753. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Maria Elizabeth Briggs, of 202, Thornhill Rd., Rastrick, Brighouse, Yorks. Killed on 31 March 1917. Aged 39.
Born Rastrick (Yorks), Enlisted Halifax, Resided Rastrick.

Private Arthur Brightley

202991. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4211 Cambs Regt. Killed on 23 April 1917.
Enlisted March, Resided Stones (Near Wimblington).

Private James Brittain

29851. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 32598 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed on 22 March 1918.
Born Wolverhampton, Enlisted Wolverhampton.

Private Wilfred Steel Brook

38417. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5/36399 10th T R Battn. Killed on 25 June 1917.
Born Huddersfield, Enlisted Huddersfield.

Private Hall Broomhead

35627. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 29045 Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Mr. F. Broomhead, of New Hall Cottages, Elland, Yorks. Killed 25 April 1917. Aged 38.
Born Elland (Yorks), Enlisted Elland.
Commemorated on Bay 7, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Private George Herbert Brough

21398. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Harold and Alice Mary Brough, of 5, North Rd., Darlington. Killed on 22 March 1918. Aged 21.
Born London, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Eston (Yorks).

Private George Brown

30510. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 23 April 1917.
Born Roundhay (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough, Resided Hartburn (Stockton-on-Tees).

Private Thomas Brown

47987. 18th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 32865 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Jane Brown, of Kirkby Hall Cottage, Ponteland, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Killed 3 May 1917. Aged 41.
Born Milford (Northumberland), Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Brown

21020. 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 9695 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and M. E. Brown, of 20, Canning St., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 3 May 1917. Aged 22.
Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees.
Commemorated Bay 6, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Private Robert Bruce

38935. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 9 April 1917.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Gateshead.

Private Robert William Brunskill

38485. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 2 April 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Jack Brunton

20283. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Eliza Brunton, of 9, George St. East, New Herrington, Philadelphia, Co. Durham. Killed on 11 April 1917. Aged 23.
Born Penshaw, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided New Herrington.

Private Ernest Brynn

46724. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 22 March 1918.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Cornelius Peter Burrage

235222. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Burrage, of Reepham Rd., Cross, Norwich, Norfolk. Killed on 9 May 1917. Aged 28.
Born Norwich, Enlisted Norwich.

Private Alfred Christopher Bushell

29267. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 21706 Lincoln Regt. Son of Mr. A. H. Bushell, of The Birchs, Ranby, Lincoln. Killed on 15 August 1916. Aged 23.
Born Brough-on-Bane (Lincs), Enlisted Lincoln, Resided Horncastle.

Private Ben Butler

235276. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4493 West Riding Regt. Killed on 24 April 1917.
Enlisted Halifax, Resided Wadsworth.