The Ploegsteert Memorial - Surnames V
Photo : Chris Weekes
The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with “V” 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 Charles Frank Velvick
35270. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.Formerly 35141 9th T R Battalion. Died 11 April 1918.
Born Tenterden (Kent), Enlisted Ashford, Resided Tenterden.
Private William Vickers
29398. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 27041 Sherwood Foresters. Son of Mrs. Ann Vickers, of Waterloo St., Derby; husband of Sarah Ann Vickers, of 13, Charlotte St., Derby. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 48.
Born Littleover (Derby), Enlisted Derby.
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