Home. Origins of the Battalion.
Page 1. Start of the First World War.
Page 2. To the Ypres Salient.
Page 3. Ypres. The Battle of St Julien.
Page 4. April 1915. Ypres. Gas.
Page 5. Battle of St Julien losses.
Page 6. New Division Name.
Page 7. The Battle of Bellewaarde.
Page 8. Bellewaarde Losses. Sanctuary Wood.
Page 9. Neuve Eglise, Kemmel Sector.
Page 10. August 1915. To Armentieres.
Page 11. Sep/Oct 1915. Armentieres.
Page 12. October 1915. Armentieres.
Page 13. Oct/Nov 1915. Armentieres.
Page 14. Nov/Dec 1915. To Merris.
Page 15. Back to the Ypres Salient.
Page 16. Jan 1916. Armagh Wood.
Page 17. Feb 1916. Hill 60.
Page 18. Mine Explosion.
Page 19. Feb 1916. Ypres. Hill 60.
Page 20. Armagh Wood. CO Killed.
Page 21. Mar/Apr 1916. Kemmel.
Page 22. Apr/May 1916. Fletre. Kemmel.
Page 23. June 1916. Friendly Fire Kemmel.
Page 24. Jun/Jul 1916. Kemmel.
Page 25. July 1916. Kemmel.
Page 26. Aug 1916. To the Somme.
Page 27. Battle of Flers Courcelette.
Page 28. Sep 1916. Flers-Courcelette.
Page 29. The Thiepval Memorial.
Page 30. Flers-Courcelette. Losses.
Page 31. Flers-Courcelette. Attack repelled.
Page 32.Training. Martinpuich.
Page 33. In the Line near Flers.
Page 34. Nov 1916. Martinpuich. Flers.
Page 35. Flers. To Belloy.
Page 36. Feb/Mar 1917. Belloy.
Page 37. April 1917. To Arras.
Page 38. Capt D.P. Hirsch. V.C.
Page 39. The Arras Memorial.
Page 40. The Arras Memorial.
Page 41. Arras Burial Sites.
Page 42. Arras. Famechon.
Page 43. May 1917. Famechon. Bayencourt.
Page 44. June 1917 Back in the Line. Arras.
Page 45. Sep 1917. Arras. Wancourt.
Page 46. Oct 1917. Back to Ypres.
Page 47. Nov 1917. Passchendaele.
Page 48. Jan 1918. Ypres.
Page 49. Feb 1918. Last of Ypres.
Page 50. The Battle of St Quentin.
Page 51. German Offensive. Michael.
Page 52. German Advance. Pozieres Memorial.
Page 53. Losses on both sides.
Page 54. From the Somme to the Lys.
Page 55. April 1918. Battle of Estaires.
Page 56. Ploegsteert Memorial.
Page 57. From the Lys to the Aisne.
Page 58. German Offensive. Blucher-Yorck.
Page 59. May 1918. 150th Brigade decimated.
Page 60. End of the 4th Yorks.
Page 61. Last Weeks of War.
Page 62. Prisoners of War.
Page 63. Prisoners of War.
Page 64. Prisoners of War.
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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1915. DEFENDING THE LINE AT ARMENTIERES.
1st SEPTEMBER.
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1328 Pte Watson John, Charles. Home at 35 Cecil St, Stockton on Tees. Born at Yarm, N Yorks, place of birth and enlistment. Killed in action. Age 21. Buried at Strand Military Cemetery.
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5th SEPTEMBER.
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1362 L/Cpl Marston Herbert Hildred. From Yarm N Yorks. Killed in action. Age 24. Buried at Strand Military Cemetery.
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11th SEPTEMBER.
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1631 Pte Thomas James, Henry. Home at Brotton N Yorks, place of birth. Enlisted at Skelton in Cleveland, N Yorks. Died of wounds. Buried at Brotton Church Cemetery.
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15th SEPTEMBER.
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2201 Pte Pearson Ernest. Home at Great Ayton N Yorks, place of birth. Enlisted at Stokesley, N Yorks. Killed in action. Ploegsteert Memorial
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[Picture from - "Das Archiv zum 1. Weltkrieg ".]
1st SEPTEMBER.
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1328 Pte Watson John, Charles. Home at 35 Cecil St, Stockton on Tees. Born at Yarm, N Yorks, place of birth and enlistment. Killed in action. Age 21. Buried at Strand Military Cemetery.
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5th SEPTEMBER.
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1362 L/Cpl Marston Herbert Hildred. From Yarm N Yorks. Killed in action. Age 24. Buried at Strand Military Cemetery.
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11th SEPTEMBER.
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1631 Pte Thomas James, Henry. Home at Brotton N Yorks, place of birth. Enlisted at Skelton in Cleveland, N Yorks. Died of wounds. Buried at Brotton Church Cemetery.
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15th SEPTEMBER.
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2201 Pte Pearson Ernest. Home at Great Ayton N Yorks, place of birth. Enlisted at Stokesley, N Yorks. Killed in action. Ploegsteert Memorial
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The Ploegsteert Memorial.
Situated in the Strand Military Cemetery, it commemorates over 11,000 Commonwealth servicemen who died in the area during the course of the War and have no known grave.
36 men of the 1/4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment are among them.
[Picture courtesy of - "WW1Cemeteries.com".]
19th SEPTEMBER.
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1384 Pte Mellanby Ernest, William. Of "B" Company. Born and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Killed in action. Age 21. Buried at La Chapelle D'Armentieres Communal Cemetery.
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20th SEPTEMBER.
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2682 Pte Leeks John, Robert. Home at - 1 Dixon St, Brotton, N Yorks. Enlisted at Skelton in Cleveland, N Yorks. Died of wounds. Age 29. Etaples Military Cemetery. [Hospital Cemetery 27k South of Boulogne.]
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2Lt Beresford and 3 ORs proceeded on leave.
2nd Lt Girling and LCpl Pinkney went on a course of Bomb Throwing at Terdeghem and LCpl Stobbs [Instructor], with 4 ORs went to Asylum, Armentieres for similar training. [This had been the lunatic asylum and was at the start of one of the communication trenches called Lunatic Lane.]
25th SEPTEMBER. Three men were slightly wounded with an enemy "Whiz-bang" [Germany Artillery shell] during a demonstration.
27th SEPTEMBER. The Battalion Headquarters were moved from Square Farm to Haystacks Farm.
28th SEPTEMBER. Captain Stead and Lt Constantine, who had been wounded, rejoined the unit from England. |
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Etaples Military Cemetery.
Situated 27k South of Boulogne this area had 15 hospitals to cope with the thousands who were brought back by rail from the Front.
The cemetery has over 11,000 burials of British servicemen,
including six 4th Yorks' men.
[Picture courtesy of - "WW1Cemeteries.com".]
29th SEPTEMBER. A Bomb Sergeant proceeded to Divisional School to train a Brigade of "Kitchener's Army".
30th SEPTEMBER. A party of 9th Loyal N Lancs were attached for instruction in Trench duties.
1st OCTOBER. The Bn was relieved in the trenches by the 5th Yorks Bn and proceeded to the Asylum, Armentieres in Brigade Reserve.
A draft of 51 men was received from England.
2nd OCTOBER. One man was wounded in a digging party.
[As the men said at the time - when they were not in the line fighting, they were in the line digging.]
4th OCTOBER. The Bn relieved the 5th Bn DLI in trenches 71,72 and 73.
6th OCTOBER.
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2250 Pte Gowton Thomas. Born at Mansfield, Yorks and enlisted at Cliffe. Killed in action. Buried at Chapelle D'Armentieres Old Military Cemetery. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1217 Pte Walker Thomas. Home at Thirsk N Yorks, place of birth. Enlisted at Skelton in Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed in action. Buried at Chapelle D'Armentieres New Military Cemetery.
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