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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APRIL 1917. ARRAS BURIAL SITES.
The following 15 men were killed in action on the 23rd and are buried at Wancourt British Cemetery.
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201087 Pte Cope Thomas. Home at - 31 Lord St, Middlesbrough, N Yorks, town of enlistment. Age 42.
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202280 Pte Finch Horace. Home at Kettering Northants and enlisted at Northampton. Ex Northants Regt.
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200236 Pte Flanary Harry. Home at - 161 Westgate, Guisborough, N Yorks, place of birth and enlistment. Age 20.
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203091 Pte Garbutt William, Parkinson. Home at - 11 Church Green, Bridlington, N Yorks, place of enlistment. Born at Manchester. Age 20.
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202240 Pte Goodman Arthur. Home at - 22 Ambush St, St James End, Northampton, place of birth and enlistment. Age 22. Ex Northants Regt.
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202289 Pte Holloway Ernest. Home at 18 Norfolk St, Northampton. Age 30. Ex Northants Regt.
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203082 Cpl Humphrey Sidney. Born at Stulcoates, Hull, place of enlistment.
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Wancourt British Cemetery.
Situated about 8k South West of Arras.
17 men of the 4th Yorks Btn are buried here.
[Picture courtesy of - "WW1Cemeteries.com".]
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202952 Pte Lunn Joseph, Gibson. Home at - 33 Bessemer Tce, Mount Pleasant, Spennymoor, Co Durham, place of birth and enlistment. Age 22.
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202954 Pte Matthews John, Naisbitt. Born at Spennymoor, Durham and enlisted at Ferryhill Durham. Age 22.
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203171 Pte Millington John. Home at Thornaby N Yorks, place of birth. Enlisted at Stockton on Tees. Age 20.
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20184 Pte Postgate George. Born at Hull, Yorks and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks.
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200591 L/Cpl Raine William, Ernest. Born at Darlington and enlisted at Northallerton, N Yorks. Age 20.
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201058 Pte Richards Harold. Home at Eston N Yorks. Enlisted at Northallerton, N Yorks. Age 39. Cemy
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243374 Pte Robinson John, William. Enlisted at Beverley Yorks. Age 22.
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202968 Pte Wallace John, George. Home at Low Spennymoor, Co Durham. Born Castle Eden and enlisted Deaf Hill Colliery, Co Durham.
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201786 Pte Whisker Raymond, Newton. Born and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks.
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[Picture courtesy of - "The Heritage of the Great War".]
The following 3 men were killed in action and are buried at Faubourg D'Amiens, Arras.
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203799 Pte Brown John, George. Born and enlisted at Richmond N Yorks.
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200318 Pte Smith John. E. Home at 78 Belmangate, Guisborough, N Yorks, place of enlistment. Age 29.
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200167 Pte Horton Frederick, William. Home at - 33 Bargate, Richmond, N Yorks, place of birth and enlistment. Age 20.
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The following 3 are buried at L'Homme Mort British Cemetery Ecoust St Mein.
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241674 Pte Eades Robert, William. Home at Lewisham Kent, place of birth. Enlisted at Hull, Yorks.
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235083 Pte Tann John, F. Home at Stibbard Norfolk. Born at Woodnorton Norfolk and enlisted at Norwich.
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203172 Pte Maude Robert, Henry. Home at - 8 Clowes Tce, Annfield Plain, Co Durham, place of birth. Enlisted at Sunderland. Age 21.
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The following 2 are buried at Dury Crucifix Cemetery.
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203107 Pte Bell Robert, Davies. Born and enlisted at Newcastle on Tyne.
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203050 Pte Dunnell Thomas. Home at - Ivy Bungalow, Brookbank Ave, Redcar, N Yorks. Born and enlisted at Middlesbrough. Age 19.
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200090 Pte Brand Reginald. Home at - 1 Gallowgate, Richmond N Yorks, place of birth and enlistment. Killed in action. Age 25. Buried at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery Wancourt
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Burial sites for the following 2 men not yet found.
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5273 Pte Miller Arthur Born and enlisted at Kettering Northants. Killed in action.
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203168 Pte Mordew Phillip. Born and enlisted at Newcastle on Tyne.
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