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 1918. PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
12 APRIL. 42 Other ranks were killed in action this day. The following 30 have no known grave and are commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
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241729 Pte Board Alfred. Born in London and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks.
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35103 Pte Carter Arthur, E. Of Bradford, W Yorks. Ex 35672 9th T R Battn.
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35105 Pte Champkins Ivor, Bertie. Home at - 19 Council Cottages, Dark Lane, Langford, Biggleswade, Beds, town of enlistment. Age 18. Ex 34525 9 TR. Battn.
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35129 Pte Darbyshire Harry. Home at 45 Chestnut Ave, Hyde Park, Leeds, place of enlistment. Born at Ripon, N Yorks. Age 18. Ex 9th T R Battn.
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35130 Pte Dixon James, Charles. Home at - 24 Carnarvon Rd, West Bridgford Notts. Born Nottingham. Enlisted Ilkeston. Age 18. Ex 9th T R Battn.
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35136 Pte Dumbrill Horace, Francis. Born at Hackney London and enlisted at Ilford Essex. Age 18. Ex 9th T R Bn.
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28836 Pte Fryer Percy. Home at - Old Scriven, Knaresborough N Yorks, place of birth. Enlisted at Harrogate, N Yorks. Age 21.
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35151 Pte Greenwood Thomas. Home at Enfield Tottenham, place of birth and enlistment. Ex 9th T R Battn.
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Area of Retreat April 1918.
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28088 Pte Hayle Albert, Victor, Warrington. Home at - 27 Station Rd, Normanton, Yorks. Born at Batley, Yorks. Age 20.
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43675 Pte Higgins Percy, Baxter. Home at 25 Outram St, Leicester. Age 18. Ex 87th T R Battn.
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240442 Pte Hollingsworth Reginald. Of Scarborough. Age 26. Enlisted with the 1/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in 1914. Previously wounded.
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35167 Pte Holroyd Fred. Of Mexborough Yorks. Ex 9th T R Battn.
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22677 Pte Johnson Albert. Of Middlesbrough, N Yorks.
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33236 Pte Kearton John, Chapman. Home at 8 Sleegill, Richmond, Yorks, place of enlistment. Born at Marrick, Yorks. Age 34.
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32928 Pte King James, Phillip. Home at - 56 Sharman Rd, St James, Northampton, place of birth. Enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Age 30.
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241465 L/Cpl Landess Albert. Home at - 13 Lamport St, Middlesbrough, N Yorks, place of enlistment. Age 19.
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42392 Pte Lee Frank. Home at 24 Orwell Rd, Coventry. Age 40.
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23864 Pte Marwood Archie. Born at Stockton on Tees and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks.
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35182 Pte Mitchell Edward. Home at 92 Bridge St, West Bromwich, place of birth. Enlisted at Smethwick. Age 19. Ex 6th T R Battn.
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35338 Pte Neil(l) Edward. Born and enlisted at Liverpool. Age 18.
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35187 Pte Nelson Thomas, William, Horsley. Home at 15 Oakland Gardens, Harrowgate Hill, Darlington, Co Durham, place of birth and enlistment. Age 19.
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240924 Pte Pybus Edwin. Enlisted at Malton, N Yorks. Military Medal
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Croix Du Bac British Cemetery.
Situated about 5k to the North East of Estaires.
9 men of the 4th Yorks Btn are buried here.
[Picture courtesy of - "WW1Cemeteries.com".]
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235184 Pte Quinlan John. Born and enlisted at Bolton Lancs. Died of wounds. Age 21.
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200604 Sgt Royle William. Home at Rosedale Abbey, Pickering, N Yorks. Enlisted at Guisborough, N Yorks. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
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46552 Pte Shields John. Home at Southwick on Weir. Born Chester Moor and enlisted at Birtley, Co Durham.
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240854 Pte Smith Harry. Home at Bridlington Yorks, place of birth. Enlisted at Driffield.
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203764 Pte Taylor John, T. Home at 26 Manor St, Nelson, Lancs, place of enlistment. Born at Burnley, Lancs. Age 35.
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260144 Pte Thompson George, Beattie. Enlisted at Chopwell. Ex Durham L I.
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204399 Pte Turner George. Home at 108 Beaumont Terrace, Westerhope, Newcastle upon Tyne, place of enlistment. Age 27.
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23868 L/Cpl White Charles. Home at 7 Lucknow St, Albert Hill, Darlington, Co Durham, place of birth and enlistment. Age 28.
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The following five are buried at Pont Du Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue.
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243523 Sgt Wood Albert, Edwin. Born and enlisted at Leeds Yorks. Age 35.
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200396 Sgt Smith Alfred. Home at Moortown Leeds. Born and enlisted at Richmond, N Yorks.
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35175 Pte Hukin Charles. Born and enlisted at Sheffield, Yorks. Ex 9th T R Battn.
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38441 Pte Christmas William, H. Home at - 29 Shaftesbury Sq, Rotherham, Yorks, town of enlistment. Born Parkgates, Yorks. Age 20. Ex 26039 Yorks and Lancs Regt.
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22705 Pte Bannister John, William. Home at Eston, N Yorks. Enlisted at Middlesbrough.
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The following 3 men are buried at Croix Du Bac Cemetery, Steenwerck.
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21068 Pte Watson Charles. Born at Sporle near Swaffham and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks.
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35297 Pte Hedditch George, William. Home at Darwen Lancs, place of birth. Enlisted at Blackburn.
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35302 Pte Halliwell Frank. Home at - 7 Jackson Tce, Chorlton on Medlock Manchester, place of birth and enlistment. Age 18. Ex 7th T R Battn.
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35337 Pte Nicholas Frederick, Stanley. Home at Manchester, place of birth and enlistment. Died of wounds. Age 18. Buried at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery. Ex 74th T R Battn.
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202296 Pte Lewington Charles. Born at Merstham, Surrey and enlisted at Northampton. Died of wounds.Buried at Aire Communal Cemetery.
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203114 Pte Bowey Francis. Of Sunderland. Killed in action. Buried at Anzac Cemetery, Sailly Sur La Lys.
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35133 Pte Dovey Charles, Edward. Home at 35 High St, Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, Staffs. Enlisted at Wolverhampton. Killed in action. Age 18. Buried at Anzac Cemetery Sailly Sur La Lys. Ex 9th T R Battn.
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35312 Pte Johns Wilfred. Of Nantyglo Abertillery. Died of wounds. Buried at Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery. Ex S Wales Borderers.
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