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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JUNE/JULY 1917. BACK IN THE LINE AT ARRAS.
1st to 15th JUNE. The Btn were training at Bayencourt. Practising with aeroplanes and wrestling on "Mokes". The whole Btn was inoculated during this period.
15th JUNE. The Btn moved to a Camp nearer Arras and the next day relieved the 11th Btn Royal Fusiliers in Hindenberg Support Line. "Y" Coy in Grey Street Trench and "Z" Coy in Earl's Court Trench.
22/23rd JUNE. "Y" and "Z" Coys moved to Cuckoo and Sunken Road Trenches to support a planned attack by the 5th Btn Durham Light Infantry on the Germans who were occupying trenches in front of the village of Fontaine Les Crosilles.
The enemy could not be seen as his trenches were hidden by a ridge.
25th JUNE. There were no more major offensives on the Front before Arras as Haig's plans switched back to Ypres. On this night the 4th Green Howards made a small raid with one officer and 15 other ranks to cut out an enemy post. The post was found surrounded with no less than 5 rows of barbed concertina wire and no gap could be found. The raiders climbed the wire and found the trenches deserted but were fired on by machine guns and suffered a few casualties. |
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On the 15th June the Btn moved back to the Front into trenches in the area marked by the blue line.
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200363 Sgt Beadle Herbert. Home at Kirkgate, Thirsk, town of birth and enlistment. Died of wounds on the 25th. Age 26. Buried at Achiet Le Grand Communal Cemetery Extension.
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16328 Pte Strong William. Born Jarrow. Enlisted Sunderland Co Durham. Died of wounds on the 26th. Buried at Rookery British Cemetery, Heninel.
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27th JUNE.
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201230 Pte Hodgson Herbert. Home at 16 Railway Tce, Sowerby, Thirsk, N Yorks.. Died of wounds. Age 27. St Martin Calvaire British Cemetery, St Martin sur Cojeul.
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200667 CSM Hopper Frederick, James. Home at - 33 Borough Rd, Darlington, Co Durham, place of birth. Enlisted at Northallerton, N Yorks. Killed in action. Age 32. Buried at Rookery British Cemetery, Heninel.
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201349 Pte Robinson Joseph. Enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Died of wounds Buried at St Martin Calvaire British Cemetery.
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201835 Pte Ruddick George. Home at Nunthorpe N Yorks. Born at Newby and enlisted at Masham, N Yorks. Died of wounds. Buried at Rookery British Cemetery, Heninel.
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29th JUNE.
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202967 Cpl Venables Alfred, William. Born Castle Eden, Co Durham and enlisted at .Wheatley Hill Killed in action. Buried at Rookery British Cemetery, Heninel.
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30th JUNE.
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201691 Pte Bland Richard. Home at - 9 Eston Grange, Grangetown, N Yorks. Enlisted at Middlesbrough. Died. Age 21. Buried at Achiet Le Grand Communal Cemetery Extension.
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Paul von Hindenburg.
The formidable line of defence was named after this German Field Marshal.
He had been called out of retirement at the start of the War and after defeating the Russians at the Battle of Tannenberg rose in the Kaiser's and the public's esteem.
In 1916 he replaced Falkenhayn as Chief of the General Staff and with his deputy Ludendorff controlled the German direction of the War right up to the closing weeks of the War.
13th JULY. The following 4 men were killed in action and are buried at Rookery British Cemetery Heninel.
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201304 Pte Catterson John. Enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks.
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202972 L/Cpl Kinsey William, Edward. Born Coton, Cambs and enlisted at Cambridge.
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200116 Pte Oliver John W Born and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks.
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201804 Cpl Graham Frederick. Home at 153 Marian St, Gateshead on Tyne, place of birth. Enlisted at Yarm N Yorks. Age 36.
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202279 Pte Fall Albert. Home at - 46 Melbourne St, Wellingborough Rd, Northampton, town of enlistment. Born Hackney, London. Age 29. Ex Northants Regt. Buried at Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension.
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The Trenches as seen by the Flying Corps.
[Photo from A Popular History of the Great War - J A Hammerton. 1920s.]
16th JULY.
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203163 Pte Major Harry. Home at - 11 Chelmsford St, Darlington, Co Durham. Born at Middlesbrough and enlisted at Darlington, Co Durham. Killed in action. Age 28. Buried at Rookery British Cemetery Heninel Z" Company
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19th JULY. The following 4 men were killed in action and are buried at Rookery British Cemetery, Heninel.
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200691 L/Cpl Hartley Joseph, Francis. Enlisted at Redcar, N Yorks.
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235208 Pte Lemon Reuben, Jonathan, James. Home at Ely Cambs. Enlisted at Cambridge.
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203051 Pte Nichols Isaac. Born and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks.
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36398 Pte Taylor Ernest. Enlisted at Leeds, Yorks.
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202315 Sgt Carwardine William Born Braunston, Daventry Northants and enlisted Daventry. Killed in action. Buried at Cojeul British Cemetery, St Martin sur Cojeul. Ex 326 4th Northants Regt.
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202017 Pte Davies John, Alfred. Born and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Killed in action. Place of commemoration not yet found.
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200331 Pte Styles Henry, William. Home at 48 Haywood Rd, Bromley Common, Kent. Born Camberwell, London. Enlisted at Northampton. Age 39. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
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240446 Pte Howes Charles Stanley Home at 58 Havelock Cres, Quay Rd, Bridlington, Yorks, place of birth and enlistment. Died of wounds 170724 19 Railway Dugouts Burial Ground.
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235911 Pte Raistrick William Born at Baildon and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks Died 170725 28 Bucquoy Rd Cemy Ficheux.
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