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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MARCH 1916. ARMAGH WOOD. CO KILLED.
2nd MARCH.
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2741 Pte Mitchell Albert. Home at N Ormesby, Middlesbrough, N Yorks, place of enlistment. Born at Stockton on Tees. Killed in action. Buried Maple Copse Cemetery.
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1812 Pte Tyreman William. Home at Brompton, Northallerton, N Yorks, place of birth and enlistment. Killed in action. Buried at Maple Copse Cemetery.
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3893 Pte Forth Bertie Home at Ainderby Steeple, Northallerton, N Yorks, town of enlistment. Died of wounds. Age 18. Buried at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground.
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Diagram of zig-zag lay out of trenches.
A further demonstration was ordered at 5.32 a.m. The Bird Cage opposite was trench mortared and mine sprung.
The enemy retaliated and "enfiladed" [The Bn was in the difficult situation where the Germans were in front and to the left, enabling them to fire down the length of the trench] our trenches the whole day.
Lieut G.H. Hutchinson was killed and 12 other ranks wounded.
3rd MARCH. The 2 Companies of the Bn in the front line were relieved by the two in reserve.
8th MARCH. 2nd Lt K.L Harris was injured on the 5th, but otherwise all was quiet. On this day the Bn were relieved by the 8th Bn The Buffs. 14th MARCH. On the 9th the Bn had moved to a Hop Factory at Poperinghe, where they rested in billets and on this day they were brought back by train and went back into close support near Armagh Wood. |
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Cross section of general trench pattern to show the relative placings of Reserve, Support, Cover and Fire Trenches.
Over the course of the War, Trench construction was turned into a fine art, with all kinds of ground and weather problems to surmount.
16th MARCH.
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1762 Pte Robinson Allan. Home at Coatham Redcar, N Yorks place of birth and enlistment. Died of wounds. Age 23. Buried at Wimereux Communal [Hospital 5k North of Boulogne] Cemetery.
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17th MARCH.
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Major L.A. Barrett was killed whilst going round the trenches preparatory to taking over.
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Lt R.M. Howes and 29 other ranks joined the Bn.
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Wimeraux Communal Cemetery.
Situated about 5k North of Boulogne, it was used as a Hospital cemetery.
5 men of the 4th Yorks Battalion are buried here.
[Picture courtesy of - "WW1Cemeteries.com".]
18th MARCH. Major F.F. Deakin took over command of the Battalion.
2 other ranks were wounded.
19th MARCH. 2nd Lt Brentnall and 80 other ranks joined the Battalion.
20th MARCH. Relatively quiet but German Trench Mortars into number 47 Bombing sap killed 3 other ranks of "Z" Company. They are all buried in
Railway Dugouts Military Cemetery. |
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Ground plan of Trenches.
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2857 Pte Hansell R. Stanley. Home at 5 Arundel St, Redcar Yorks, town of enlistment. Killed in action. Age 20.
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1479 Pte Walker Charles. Home at Brompton, Northallerton, N Yorks, place of birth and enlistment. Killed in action. Age 20.
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3032 Pte Wilbor Richard. Home at Black Swan Yard, Northallerton, N Yorks, place of enlistment. Killed in action. Age 21. "Z" Company
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20th MARCH. The Bn were relieved in the Front line by the 5th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers and moved back to Support trenches.
There it was quiet and they provided working parties until moving on the 25th back to Canada Huts at Dickebusch. |
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