The Arras Memorial - Surnames J
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The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with “J” listed on the Arras Memorial are recorded below.
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Men commemorated on the Arras Memorial
Private James Jackson
27258. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of David and Ada Jackson, of 38, Cobden St., Thornaby-on-Tees. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 20.
Born Thornaby-on-Tees, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Thornaby-on-Tees.
Private John Jackson
, 201707. 1st/5th Battalion Manchester Regiment, formerly 20724 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 March 1918.
Born Pickering (Yorks), Enlisted Malton (Yorks), Resided Pickering.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private William Jackson
23459. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918. .
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury.
Private Richard Jeffs
202245. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5037 Northamptonshire Regt. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Northampton, Resided Kislingbury.
Private John Jenkinson
38868. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Jennet Jenkinson, of May Vale, Pilling, Garstang, Preston, Lancs. Killed 24 April 1917. Aged 33.
Born Pilling (Lancs), Enlisted Garstang, Resided Pilling.
(SDGW gives number as 38808)
Private Martin Johnson
203519. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Andrew and Ellan Johnson; husband of Elizabeth McLean Johnson, of 18, Bibbys Lane, Bootle, Liverpool. Killed 24 April 1917. Aged 27.
Born Liverpool, Enlisted Bootle.
Private Sydney Johnson
10632. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Johnson, of 6, St. Thomas Avenue, Stanningley, Leeds. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 21.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Bramley.
Private Tom Johnson
236183. 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Battalion the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 354 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 November 1917.
Born Easingwold (Yorks), Enlisted Easingwold.
Private Benjamin Thomas Jones
38726. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 April 1917.
Born Capell Isaac (Camarthenshire), Enlisted Neath, Resided Skewen (Neath, Glam).
Corporal James Richard Jones
21568. 21st Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 16010 the Yorkshire Regiment. KIlled 9 April 1917.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Fulwell (Durham).
Commemorated Bay 10, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Richard Jones
38891. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Amy Alice Jones, of 3, The Friars, Priory St., Cheltenham. Killed 24 April 1917. Aged 39.
Born Malehurst (Salop), Enlisted Newport (Mon).
Private William Jordan
47994. 18th Battalion the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 32862 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Annie Jordan; husband of Ann Jordan, of 31, Pitt St., Newcastle-on-Tyne. KIlled 3 May 1917. Aged 42.
Born Alnwick (Northumberland), Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Commemorated Bay 4, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private William Just
235248. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Just, of Rose Cottage, Thornton-in-Cleveland, Marton, Yorks. Killed 14 May 1917. Aged 35.
Born Thornton-in-Cleveland, Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Thornton.
Photographs of Arras Memorial Commemorative Panels
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