The Ploegsteert Memorial - Surnames H
Photo : Chris Weekes
The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with “H” 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
Lance Corporal Edward Hall
35001. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 3863 Welsh Fusiliers. Son of Joseph and Agnes Hall, of 20, New Rd., Llanfyllin, Mont.; husband of Clara Elizabeth Hall, of Park Green, Whittington Rd., Oswestry. Died 12 April 1918. Aged 29.
Born Elsmere, Enlisted Llanfyllin, Resided St. Albans.
Serjeant George Robert Hadley
20140. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 11 April 1918.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Reginald Sowden Hanson
235581. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 3862 Yorkshire Dragoons. Died 9 April 1918.
Born Heckmondwike (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Staincliffe (Batley).
Private William Hardy
17832. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Sarah Ann Hardy, of I, Gerald St., Ayres Quay, Sunderland. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 23.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Private James Harker
13281. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 18 September 1916.
Born Pelton (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Shotton Colliery.
Private Robert Archer Harland
38466. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Hannah Harland, of 7, Trent St., Norton Rd., Stockton-on-Tees. Died 15 October 1918.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton.
Private Joseph Harris
5118. 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 27613 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Lizzie Harris, of 20, Commercial St., Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, Yorks. Killed 4 September 1918. Aged 23.
Born Dewsbury, Enlisted Heckmondwike, Resided Dewsbury.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Private Philip Harvey
39005. 25th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 14092 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Philip and Mary Ann Harvey. Killed 11 April 1918. Aged 25.
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Commemorated Panel 2, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Private Oliver William Harwood
22507. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 13 April 1918.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Yarm.
PPrivate Albert Victor Hayle
28088. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Evangeline Hayle, of 27, Station Rd., Normanton, Yorks. Died 12 April 1918. Aged 20.
Born Batley (Yorks), Enlisted Normanton.
Private Ernest Arthur Head
35038. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 31572 Wilts Regiment. Son of S. G. Head; husband of Ethel Kate Head, of 140, Millbrook Rd., Freemantle, Southampton. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 39.
Born Southampton, Enlisted Southampton.
Private Neil Henderson
46243. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 223461 R E. Son of Duncan and Isabella Henderson, of 7, Glebe St., Campbeltown, Argyll. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 20.
Born Campbelltown (Argyle), Enlisted Campbelltown..
Private John Henry Heseltine
48184. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 5/11054, T R Battalion. Died 11 April 1918.
Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted West Hartlepool.
Private Albert Edward Hibell
241775. 8th Battalion Border Regiment, formerly 4294 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Annie Hibell, of 36, Rushford St., Middlesbrough, and the late Thomas Hibell. Died 10 April 1918. Aged 19.
Enlisted Middlesbrough (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 6, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Private Percy Baxter Higgins
43675. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 71606, 87th T R Battalion. Only son of Mrs. S. Higgins, of 25, Outram St., Leicester. Died 12 April 1918. Aged 18.
Born Donnington (Lincs), Enlisted Leicester.
Private Thomas Henry Holder
34924. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 203943, Worcester Regiment. Died 14 April 1918.
Born Birmingham, Enlisted Birmingham.
Private Reginald Hollingsworth
240442. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Lois Hollingsworth. Enlisted with 1st/5th Bn. Yorkshire Regt. in 1914. Previously wounded. Died 12 April 1918. Aged 26.
Born Flintham (Bingham, Notts), Enlisted Scarborough.
Private Ernest Edward Holmes
52800. 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 243823 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 June 1918.
Born Buxton (Derbyshire), Enlisted Buxton.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
(From Military Images, - Son of James and Susan Holmes. Commemorated on a family memorial at Buxton Cemetery, and also on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Aged 27.)
Private Fred Holroyd
35167. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 35579, 9th T R Battalion. Died 12 April 1918.
Born Sikehouse (Yorks), Enlisted Mexborough, Resided Hooton Pagnall.
Private Samuel Hornby
46241. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 224835 R E. Son of John William and Clara Hornby, of 1, Mint, Holbeck, Leeds. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 28.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Lance Serjeant John Hunt
18588. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and J. M. Hunt, of 25, Silver St., Murton Colliery, Co. Durham. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 24.
Born Murton (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Murton Colliery.
Private John Thomas Hutchinson
40152. 9th (Northumberland Hussars) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 28023 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hutchinson, of Rocky Plain, Osmotherly, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 11 April 1918. Aged 20.
Born Potto (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 2, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
2nd Lieutenant Stanley Fell Hutton
12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Agnes Hutton, of Hunts Bank Cottage, Wistaston, Nantwich, Cheshire. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 24.
A Photograph of the Yorkshire Regiment Commemorative Panel on the Ploegsteert Memorial and one of the Guardian Lions.
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Photo : Edward Nicholl