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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FLERS-COURCELETTE. ATTACK REPELLED.
24th SEPTEMBER. Day passed fairly quietly.
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3888 Pte Johnson Frederick. Home at - 8 Long St, Thirsk, N Yorks Killed in action. Age 19. Buried at Adanac Military Cemetery Miraumont.
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25th SEPTEMBER. 5.15 p.m Wire received from 50th Div ordering preparation to take tomorrow the German trench running from Flers Line.
A "jumping off line" was ordered to be dug by 151 Bde.
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3405 Cpl Nunn Benjamin. Home at 5 Holmebeck Rd, North Skelton, N Yorks. Enlisted at Northallerton, N Yorks. Died of wounds. Age 21. Buried at St Sever [Hospital} Cemetery, Rouen.
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26th/27th SEPTEMBER. Owing to working parties getting lost the trenches were not dug.
The Bosche trenches were to have been siezed at 4 a.m and this was cancelled. The 4th Yorks were in Prue Trench and Starfish line.
At 11 p.m the 4th and 5th Yorks were ordered to attack trenches in conjunction with 1st Div and 5th D.L.I. and to work up Crescent Alley to junction of Trench. |
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Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension.
Situated about 3k South of Albert, the extension to the village communal Cemetery was opened in August 1916.
The area was used by Casualty Clearing stations and graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields after the War.
10 men of the 4th Yorks Battalion are buried here.
[Picture courtesy of - "WW1Cemeteries.com".]
The attack took place but not with 1 Div, who "lost themselves". The 5th Yorks Bn lost direction and got into Crescent Alley which they held. The 4th Yorks got into the German trench with both wings "up in the air" and were driven out by a strong counter attack.
The casualties were heavy with 2 Officers killed and 5 wounded and 8 other ranks killed and about 90 wounded. The Btn was ordered to Starfish Trench to reform.
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5376 Pte Gibson George, Herbert. Home at Barton Yorks. Born at Melsonby, Yorks and enlisted at Northallerton. Died of wounds on the 26th. Age 22. Buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension.
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The following 7 men were killed in this action and are commemorated on the Theipval Memorial.
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4429 Pte Aspinall William, Henry. Enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks.
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German Maxim Machine Gun team.
[Picture courtesy of - "Photos of The Great War".]
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7505 Pte Brough George, Henry. Born at Derby and enlisted at Malton, N Yorks.
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2572 Pte Buckle John. Home at Helmingham Suffolk. Enlisted at Northallerton N Yorks.
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20297 Pte Burrows Frederick. Home at March Cambs, place of birth. Enlisted at Cambridge. Ex 23176 The Cambridge Regt.
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5176 Pte Horn John, William. Home at - Burtersett, Hawes, N Yorks, place of birth. Enlisted at Askrigg, N Yorks. Age 20.
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St Pierre Cemetery. Amiens
Situated on the North Eastern edge of Amiens, the Cemetery was used by Base Hospitals.
One 4th Yorks Btn man is buried here.
[Picture courtesy of - "WW1Cemeteries.com".]
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1854 Sgt Hunter Nicholas. Home at - 30 Gronelle Rd, Grangetown, Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Born Eston and enlisted Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Age 24.
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200648 Pte Wilson John, Alfred. Of Brotton N Yorks, Enlisted Skelton in Cleveland.
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3099 Pte Hardwick John, William. Home at - 4 Thomas St, New Skelton, N Yorks, place of enlistment. Died of wounds. Age 33. Buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension.
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29th to 30th SEPTEMBER. The Btn were relieved by the 6th Btn D.L.I. and moved to Clarke's Trench where they were relieved by 6th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers and moved into Divisional reserve trenches.
Day spent in rearranging Companies and allotting drafts. Nothing was done for the comfort of the men coming out and consequently practically every man was physically incapable of further action and the Companies were composed almost entirely of drafts.
The Diary is signed off by Major B.H. Charlton. |
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