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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JULY 1916. KEMMEL. DEATHS AT HOME.
14th JULY. Quiet day with slight trench mortaring and 1 other rank wounded.
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3833 Pte Harris William. Home at Skelton in Cleveland. Died at home. Buried at New Skelton Cemetery, N Yorks.
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15th JULY. The whole line was subjected to a severe bombardment by Trench Mortars. Casualties were 2 other ranks and 5 wounded.
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4584 Pte Carey Arthur. 1 Old Cottages, West Lane, Middlesbrough. Killed in action Age 19. Buried at Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery.
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5310 Pte Scuffham Joseph, Wright. Home at 50 Harker St, Skelton Green, N Yorks, place of birth. Enlisted at Saltburn, N Yorks. Killed in action. Age 20. Buried at Kemmel Chateau Military. Cemetery
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Private William Harris' grave in New Skelton Cemetery, N Yorks.
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17th JULY. 24th Division on the right did a raid. 3 other ranks of 4th Yorks killed.
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2118 Pte Alderson Walter. Home in Brompton, N Yorks. Born Darlington. Enlisted at Northallerton. Killed in action. Age 31. Buried at Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery.
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The following 3 men were killed in action, have no known grave and are commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
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4853 Pte Boden John. W. Home at - N Ormesby, Mboro, town of enlistment.
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3850 Pte Cooper John. Enlisted at Thirsk N Yorks.
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2337 Pte Letty Robert, Angus. Home at Osborne House, Marske by the Sea, N Yorks. Born at Saltburn Yorks and enlisted at Redcar, N Yorks. Age 22.
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18th JULY. The line was subjected to intermittent mortaring which knocked the trenches about but caused no casualties.
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5310 Private Joseph Wright Scuffham.
Killed, Age 20, on the 15th July 1916 by German Trench Mortars.
Buried at Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery.
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19th JULY.
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5229 Pte Olley Alfred, H. Home at 3 France St, Redcar, N Yorks, place of birth. Enlisted at Northallerton. Killed in action. Age 19. Buried at Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery.
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The Bn were relieved in the front line trenches by 5th Bn D.L.I. X Comany went to Entrenching Battalion position, W Coy to Kemmel Chateau and the remainder to R.C. Farm.
Diary - "The billets near R C Farm are situated in the neighbourhood of most foul and "poached" ground and are not fit for troops. Added to which batteries surround the place and it is impossible to obtain rest."
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New Skelton Cemetery, N Yorks.
Two men of the 4th Yorks Battalion are buried here.
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2nd Lts D Spurway, W J Hayton, J Robson, R B Abrahams and J R James joint the Unit and Capt W F Mott rejoined.
24th JULY. The Bn relieved 4th East Yorks in the Trenches. Diary - "Trenches J3, J4 and K1 are subjected to severe Minnenwerfer bombardments and are in very low, boggy, wet ground. The trenches between K1 and K2 do not exist having been obliterated."
25th JULY. Severe bombardment by mortars and shells. Casualties 10 other ranks wounded.
26th JULY. Quiet until 5 p.m when G and H trenches were heavily bombarded. 9.2s fired with good effect in the evening. Casualties 1 other rank killed and 4 wounded.
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2933 Pte Grierson Percy. Home at Enterpen, Hutton Rudby, Yarm, N Yorks. Born at Gayton, Yorks. Enlisted Northallerton, Yorks. Died of wounds. Age 23. Buried at Bailleul Communal [Base Hospital] Cemetery . Extension Nord.
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4464 Pte Theobald Robert. Home at Great Ayton N Yorks. Enlisted at Stokesley. Killed in action. Buried at Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery.
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