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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PRISONERS OF WAR.
The following 8 men of the 4th Yorks Btn are buried in Berlin South Western Cemetery. All died in 1918.
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200301 Pte Thorpe Aaron. Home at 32 Park St, Skelton Green, N Yorks.Born at Newcastle upon Tyne and enlisted at Skelton in Cleveland, N Yorks. Died 1st September.
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35192 Pte Day Clifford. Home at Webheath Redditch. Born at Headless Cross Redditch, Enlisted at Birmingham. Died 7th September. Age 19.
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35562 Pte Underwood Walter. Born Oxford, Enlisted at Reading, Berks. Died 17th September. Age 20.
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35604 Pte Ushaw Frank. Home at 12A Alma Cottage, Skinner St, Whitby, N Yorks, Enlisted at Darlington. Died 21st October. Age 10.
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201286 Pte Wright Harold. Home at The Naggs Head Inn, Northallerton, N Yorks, place of enlistment. Died 22nd October. Age 25. Of "Z" Company.
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200473 Pte Ro(d)gers John, James. Home at Middleton Tyas N Yorks. Born Greta Bridge and enlisted at Northallerton, N Yorks. Died 23rd October. Age 23.
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202703 Pte Jowett Francis, W. Born and enlisted at Burnley Lancs. Died 28 October.
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Berlin South western Cemetery.
Situated near the village of Stahnsdorf, about 25k from Berlin, it holds 1,176 graves of Commonwealth servicemen.
These were moved from many smaller cemeteries in Eastern Germany after the War.
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204141 Pte Robinson Benjamin. Home at Burradon Newcastle on Tyne, place of birth and enlistment. Died 3rd November. Age 25.
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The following 17 men of the 4th Yorks Btn are buried at Glageon Communal Cemetery and Extension. All died in 1918.
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203030 Pte Jackson Benjamin, Harold. Home at The Clippers Arms, Walton Highway, Wisbech, Cambs.Born and enlisted at Wisbech Lincs. Died 4th September. Age 20. Ex Cambs Regt.
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19136 Pte Bawn Joseph, Percival. Born Sheffield and enlisted at Leeds W Yorks. Died of wounds on 8th September.
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35035 Pte Garner William. Home at Great Lever Bolton Lancs, place of birth and enlistment. Died on 14th September. Age 30. Ex 16/36325 Liverpool Regt.
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204398 Pte Stuart Matthew, Robert. Home at 55 Gordon St, Amble, Northumberland, place of enlistment. Died 22nd September. Age 22.
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203399 Pte Chilvers Percy. Home at - 20 Heathfield Gardens, Chiswick, London, place of enlistment. Died 24th September. Age 32.
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35581 Pte Chappell John, A. Home at Wantage Berks. Born at Almondsbury and enlisted at Abingdon. Died 25 September. Ex 3813 R Berks Regt.
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Glageon Communal Cemetery and Extension.
Situated about 56k East of Cambrai the Cemetery was used by the Germans to bury their own casualties and Allied prisoners.
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235516 Pte Baker William, Lawrence. Home at - 181 H S Edward St, South Shields, Co Durham. Born Sunderland. Enlisted at Jarrow. Died 26 September. Age 20. Ex 4372 Durham Light Infantry.
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204192 Pte Ball Andrew. Home at - Seaton Delaval, Durham, Born Dublin. Enlisted at Newcastle. Died 1st October.
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48422 Pte Castle T, Leonard. Born and enlisted at Sleaford Lincs. Died 3rd October. Ex TR/5/70862 T R Battn.
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35647 Pte O'Neill William. Born at Shank Hill, Antrim and enlisted at Belfast. Died 4th October. Ex Inniskilling Fusiliers.
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48369 Pte Wallis Frederick, William. Home at 8 Jane St, Rise Carr, Darlington, Co Durham, place of birth. Enlisted at Sunderland. Died 4th October. Age 19. Ex 87th T R Battn. "Y" Company.
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29417 Pte Frettingham John, Robert. Home at - 85 Bloomsgrove St, Radford, Nottingham, place of birth and enlistment. Died 5th October. Age 21. Ex Notts and Derby Regt.
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33924 Pte Anderson James. Born and enlisted at Paisley, Scotland Died of wounds 8th October. Ex S/4/041682 RASC.
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13412 Pte Cooper Frederick, Henry. Born Milham, Co Durham and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Died of wounds 8th October.
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201105 Pte Crowe Fred. Enlisted at Northallerton, N Yorks. Died 13 October.
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201066 Pte Pearse William. Home at Loftus N Yorks. Enlisted at Whitby, N Yorks. Died 13th October. Age 20.
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201120 Pte Skinner Thomas, Ross. Home at Stockton on Tees. Born at Pocklington. Enlisted at W Hartlepool, Co Durham. Died 16 October. Age 30.
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