The Arras Memorial - Surnames W
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The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with “W” listed on the Arras Memorial are recorded below.
Photographs of sections of the commemorative panels can be viewed by selecting here.
Men commemorated on the Arras Memorial
Private Fred Walker
28298. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 24739 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 April 1917.
Born Brighouse (Yorks), Enlisted Huddersfield, Resided Brighouse.
Commemorated Bay 4 and 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Walker
38435. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Serjeant Joseph Walton, MM
17632. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 April 1917.
Born Seaham (Sunderland), Enlisted Seaham, Resided New Seaham.
Private Harold Wanless
241501. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private George Ward
28292. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 8553 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James Ward, of Linton-on-Ouse, and the late Jane Ward; husband of Elizabeth Ward, of Linton-on-Ouse, York. Killed 12 May 1917. Aged 28.
Born Alne (Yorks), Enlisted Tollerton, Resided Alne.
Commemorated Bay 4 and 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Serjeant James Ward
41841. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 160054 RFA. Husband of Elizabeth Ward, of 110, Lynwood Avenue, Darwen, Lancs. Killed 11 April 1917. Aged 33.
Born Darwen, Enlisted Darwen.
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson, VC, DSO
Cdg. 2nd/5th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Son of William Spencer Watson, F.R.C.S., and Georgine Mary Jane Mair Watson. Served in the Tirah Campaign with the Yorkshire Regt., also served in China during the Boxer rebellion.
Died 28 March 1918. Aged 41.
Commemorated on Bay v1, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private George Meers Watson
123141. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 3879 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Zephaniah and M. S. Watson, of 16, Park St., Middlesbrough. Killed 28 March 1918. Aged 19.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Bay 10, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Cyril Spence WATSON, VC, DSO
Cdg. 2nd/5th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Son of William Spencer Watson, F.R.C.S., and Georgine Mary Jane Mair Watson. Served in the Tirah Campaign with the Yorkshire Regt., also served in China during the Boxer rebellion.
Died 28 March 1918. Aged 41.
Commemorated on Bay v1, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private William Watson
39242. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 May 1917.
Born West Ditchbourne (Northumberland), Enlisted Gateshead.
Private Harry Webley
15550. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private William Webster
29826. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 32321 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Burton-on-Trent, Enlisted Marylebone (London).
Private Sydney James Weighell
200943. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Northallerton.
Private Frederick Wells
38001. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Wells, of Well Place, Ipsden, Wallingford, Berks. Killed 24 April 1917.
Born Hipstone (Berks), Enlisted Malton, Resided Hovingham.
Corporal Leonard Wemyss
36300. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 227 East Yorks Regt. Son of F. M. Wemyss, of 78, English St., Hull, and the late William Wemyss. Killed 9 April 1917. Aged 21.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Private James Vincent Westwood
201131. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Albert White
46818. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 11504 86th T R Battn. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Wolverhampton, Enlisted Tipton.
Private Albert Edward White
14831. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George William and Margaret Annie White, of 84, Ed. Burdis St., Southwick, Sunderland. Killed 10 May 1917. Aged 24.
Born East Boldon, Enlisted Sunderland.
Lieutenant Frank Brenand Whitehead
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Private George Whittaker
235111. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Lance Corporal Arnold Widdop
28293. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4808 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 May 1917.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Commemorated Bay 4 and 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Andrew Walter Williams
34031. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 2340 Army Veterinary Corps. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Clerkenwell, Enlisted London, Resided Hoxton (N E).
Private Claudian Henry Edward Williams
260022. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 April 1917.
Born Everingham (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Everingham.
Private Dick Wilson
25935. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 August 1916.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Armley.
2nd Lieutenant John Winn
Yorkshire Regiment, attached 7th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment. Son of the late William and Margaret Ann Winn. Killed 23 March 1918. Aged 19.
Private Arthur Woods
38834. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Annie Woods, of 27, New Street, Broadbottom, Manchester. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged 40.
Born Manchester, Enlisted Manchester.
Lance Corporal Edward Wort
26266. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 2 April 1917.
Born Bartley (Hants), Enlisted Richmond.
(According to the 1911 Census, his full name was Edward Ernest Wort and he was living at 14 Berkeley Road, Southampton.
From the Hampshire War Memorials website, Edward Wort was also commemorated on a lost memorial in St Mark's Church.)
Private Charles Edwin Wright
33298. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 2632 Yorks Hussars. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Kirby Overblow (Leeds), Enlisted York, Resided Kirby Overblow (Leeds).
Corporal Edwin Wright, MM
240962. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of M. and T. Wright, of Hull; husband of Susannah Wright, of 9, Lily Grove, Regent St., Hull. An employee of N.E.R. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 39.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Private Harry Wright
202337. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4102 Northamptonshire Regt. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Kettering.
Photographs of Arras Memorial Commemorative Panels
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