The Ploegsteert Memorial - Surnames B
Photo : Chris Weekes
The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with “B” listed on the Ploegsteert Memorial are recorded below.
A photograph of the commemorative panel for the Yorkshire Regiment and the one of the Lions gurading the memorial can be viewed by selecting here.
Men commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial
Private Leonard Henry Barber
241848. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 11 April 1918.
Born Reepham (Norfolk), Enlisted Cromer, Resided Aylsham (Norfolk).
Private James Richard Beer
35012. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 1647 Reserve Battalion (Cyclist) Welsh Regiment. Died 13 April 1918.
Born Cardiff, Enlisted Cardiff.
Private William George John Beevor
33149. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 6206 Norfolk Regiment. Died 11 April 1918.
Born Great Yarmouth (Norfolk), Enlisted Yarmouth.
Private Willie Bell
33749. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 308344 RASC. Son of Tom and Hannah Bell; husband of Lily Bell, of 599, Killinghall Rd., Bradford. Died 9 April 1918.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Private Alfred Edmund Binks
46175. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 180429 RE. Son of Martha Binks, of Wood Villa, Ashill, Thetford, Norfolk, and the late Josiah Binks; husband of the late Emma Binks. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 39.
Born Saham Toney(Norfolk), Enlisted Watton (Norfolk).
Private James Richard Binks
20143. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John J. and Mary Binks, of 7, St. Barnabus Rd. (sic), Middlesbrough; husband of Annie Kate Binks, of 14, Aske Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 26.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Linthorpe.
Private Alfred Board
241279. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 12 April 1918.
Born London, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
(Married Ethel (born 5/1/83). Children Charles (b.3/7/11), Ethel (b.6/9/12, Irene (b. 2/10/13, Gladys (B. 1/1/16). Family lived in Middlesbrough).
Private Percy Bottomley
27598. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Philip and Annie Bottomley, of 5, Upper Stubbin, Triangle, Halifax. Died Between 9 April - 11 April 1918. Aged 21.
Born Sowerby Bridge (Yorks), Enlisted Halifax, Resided Triangle (Halifax).
Private Arthur Lewis Brearley
27437. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John William and Hannah Brearley, of 75, Albert Rd., Sowerby Bridge, Yorks. Died 16 September 1916. Aged 24.
Born Elland (Yorks), Enlisted Halifax, Resided Sowerby Bridge.
Private Walter Brotherhood
46179. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Elizabeth Brotherhood, of Church Lane, Shepshed, Loughborough. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 24.
Born Shepshed (Leics), Enlisted Mansfield, Resided Shepshed.
Lance Corporal Charles Henry Brown
7860. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 12 April 1918.
Born Castleford, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Castleford.
Private James Brown
43719. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 9 April 1918.
Born Hartlepool, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Hartlepool.
Private Roy Brown
58755. 31st Coy Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 32623 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 12 April 1918.
Born York, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees.
Commemorated Panel 11, Ploegsteert Memorial.
Private Percy Burt
33932. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 13 April 1918.
Born West Ham, Enlisted Stratford, Resided Forest Gate (London).
A Photograph of the Yorkshire Regiment Commemorative Panel on the Ploegsteert Memorial and one of the Guardian Lions.
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Photo : Christopher Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Photo : Edward Nicholl