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. FROM THE RIVER LYS TO THE RIVER AISNE.
13th APRIL. Diary - "At 5.30 a.m. the huts at La Motte au Bois were heavily shelled and had to be evacuated. At about 8 a.m. orders were received to march to the neighbourhood of Le Parc, where the 50th Division was assembling. On arrival at Le Parc the Btn waited in a field for orders. Late in the afternoon we moved into billets in the neighbourhood and spent the night there."
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200862 Pte Bell Robert Home at Helmsley, N Yorks. Born at Hawnby Yorks and enlisted at Northallerton. Died of wounds. Age 30. Buried at Ebblinghem Military Cemetery.
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200840 Pte Cripps William. Home at 61 Boosbeck Rd, Skelton Green, N Yorks. Born Corsham. Enlisted Boosbeck, N Yorks. Died of wounds. Age 21. Buried at Longuenesse, St Omer, Souvenir [Hospital] Cemetery.
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46513 Pte Taylor William. Born and enlisted at West Hartlepool, Co Durham. Died of wounds. Age 31. Buried at Ebblinghem Military Cemetery.
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German Artillery.
[Picture from - "Das Archiv zum 1. Weltkrieg ".]
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14th APRIL. Working party supplied to dig Reserve trenches South of the Bois des Vaches
Many more stragglers joined the Battalion. Major R.E.D Kemp reported for duty and assumed Command of the Battalion.
15th APRIL.
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202230 Pte Cole William, Charles. Home at East Haddon Northants, place of birth. Enlisted at Northampton. Died of wounds. Buried at Anzac Cemetery, Sailly Sur La Lys. Ex 1010 Northants Regt.
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201358 Pte Mason Arthur, Lancelot. Home at 16 Parliament St, Stockton on Tees.Enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Died of wounds. Age 20. Buried at Etaples Military [Hospital] Cemetery
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16th to 25th APRIL. The Btn marched to La Lacque and went into Camp, where they stayed training.
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22608 Pte Andrews George, Henry. Born and enlisted in Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Died of wounds. Age 25. Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
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35102 Pte Canter Albert, R. C. 49 Avondale Rd, Harringay, London. Died of wounds. Age 18. Buried at Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension. Ex 9th T R Bn.
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The Three German Offensives of Spring 1918.
The 50th Division was sent to what was supposed to be a quiet sector to recover from the trials of the Somme and Lys. They expected to be training the many new reinforcements they had just received.
The 4th Yorks Btn were in billets near Fismes.
On the 27th of May the Germans launched the Blucher-Yorck offensive in what was to be their final attempt to win the War.
Only 3 other Divisions experienced all three German onslaughts.
26th APRIL. The Btn were taken by bus to Calonne Ricquart where they boarded trains at 6.0 p.m.
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25146 Pte Bryan David. Home at - 66 Hartington Rd, Stockton on Tees, town of enlistment. Born at Bilstan Staffs. Killed in action. Age 25. Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial.
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28th APRIL. All of the 27th was spent on the trains and they arrived at Fismes at 8.0 a.m. From here they marched to Courville and went into billets.
30th APRIL. Reinforcements must have been received some time at the end of the month, as the effective strength is given as 34 Officers and 1104 Other ranks compared to 20 Officers and 642 other ranks at the 1st.
1st to 7th MAY. Resting and training at Courville and on the 4th they moved to Maizy where this continued.
The Division had been warned that it would probably relieve the 51st French Division in the line about the 5th.
This would be in an area North of Rheims and the Aisne, a river which followed a winding course with many bridges and the villages of Maizy and Concevreux on its Southern bank.
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35174 Pte Hughes Richard, Llewellyn. Home at - The Drifts, Didlington, Brandon, Suffolk. Native of N Walsham, Norfolk. Born North Walsham and enlisted at Attleborough. Died on the 5th. Age 18. Prisoner of War. Buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery. Ex 9th T R Battn.
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German Machine Gun Team.
[Picture from - "Das Archiv zum 1. Weltkrieg ".]
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33352 Pte Pywell Frederick. Home at Bury St Edmunds Suffolk. Born at Buckton, Hunts. Enlisted at Ipswich, Suffolk. Died of wounds on the 10th. Age 36. Buried at Etaples [Hospital] Military Cemetery
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35145 Pte Gilder Edwin. Born and enlisted at Sheffield Yorks. Died of wounds on the 11th. Buried at Pont Du Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue. Ex 9th T R Battn.
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15th May. Btn relieved 5th Yorks in the right sub-sector at Craonne, where they had a quiet tour.
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243094 Pte Morley Walter. Home at Cockfield, Co Durham. Enlisted at Bishop Auckland, Co Durham. Died on the 15th. Buried at Anzac Cemetery, Sailly Sur La Lys.
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35190 Pte Parker Albert, Ernest. Born at Christchurch, Derby, place of enlistment. Died of wounds on the 15th. Age 20. Buried at Pont du Hem Mil Cemetery, La Gorgue. Ex 10th T R Battn.
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35342 Pte Peill Isaac. Home at Waterford Lancs, place of birth. Enlisted at Rawtenstall. Died of wounds on the 15th. Age 19. Buried at Pont du Hem Mil Cemetary, La Gorgue.
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38937 Pte Ellison Thomas, Swinburn. Home at - 36 Keswick St, Gateshead, Co Durham. Enlisted at Newcastle on Tyne. Died of wounds on the 17th. Age 35. Buried at Avesnes Sur Helpe Communal Cemetery.
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35643 Pte Tate William. Home at Poplar London, place of birth. Enlisted at Stratford, London. Killed in action on the 18th. Buried at Beaurepaire French National Cemetery Pontavert.
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