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.
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202318 Pte Cunnington Frederick. Home at Aldwinckle Thrapston, Northants. Enlisted Northampton. Died of wounds 30 June 18. Buried at Hamburg Cemetery. Ex Northants Regt.
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6593 Pte Selman Henry. Home at St Pancras London, place of birth and enlistment. Died 9 July 18. Buried at Hamburg Cemetery.
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238010 Pte Jones William David Home at Penmorfa, Portmadoc Wales. Enlisted at Carnarvon. Died 22nd November 18. Commemorated on the Malbork Memorial. [South East of Gdansk, Poland].
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48162 Pte Whysall Walter. Born Barnsley. Enlisted at Pontefract. Died 13 October 18. Commemorated on the Malbork Memorial. Ex 87th T R Battn.
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235093 Pte Lane Arthur. Enlisted at Northampton. Died 26 October 18. Malbork Memorial.
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34925 Pte Hugh William. Home at Penycraig Wales, place of birth. Enlisted at Tonypandy. Died 28 October 18. Ex Welch Regt.
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British Prisoners of War.
[Picture from - "Das Archiv zum 1. Weltkrieg ".]
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200628 Pte Drury John, William. Home at - 5 Back Garnet St, Saltburn, N Yorks. Enlisted at Skelton in Cleveland, N Yorks. Died of wounds on the 6th. Age 40. Buried at Chambieres French National Cemetery, Metz
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200951 Pte Thorpe Richard, Matthew. Born and enlisted at Skelton in Cleveland, N Yorks. Died of wounds 8 June 18. Buried in Chambieres French National Cemetery, Metz
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235308 Pte Butterfield Ellis-Taylor. Home at - 2 Goodbey, Oakworth, Keighley W Yorks, place of enlistment. Born at Holmfield, Halifax. Died 19 June 18. Age 20. Buried at Plaine French National Cemetery. Ex 6266 West Riding Regt.
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The following five 4th Yorks men are buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery.
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35098 Pte Burdell Vivian. Home at - 229 Ilkeston Rd, Nottingham, place of birth. Enlisted at Derby. Died of wounds on the 4th June 18. Age 19. Ex 88740 Notts and Derby Regt.
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41153 Pte Kirby George, Home at - 6 William St, Seaham Harbour, Co Durham. Died 11 November 19. Age 23.
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43569 Pte Garton Frederick, Hadfield. Home at - 69 Main Rd, Darnall, Sheffield, place of birth and enlistment. Died 28 September 18. Age 19. Ex 87th T R Battn.
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34699 Cpl Hargreave Joseph. Home at -7 The Terrace, Beeston Hill, Leeds, Yorks, place of enlistment. Died 16 October 18. Age 20. Ex Yorks Dragoons.
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33118 Pte Abnett Percy, Victor. Home in Snodland, Kent. Enlisted at Maidstone. Died 28 October 18. Ex 12592 R West Kent Regt.
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Cologne Southern Cemetery.
Situated about 5k South of Cologne it holds the graves of 2,482 Commonwealth servicemen.
They were brought together from 183 other burial grounds after the War.
[Picture courtesy of - "WW1Cemeteries.com".]
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33009 Cpl Hutchinson Thomas. Home at - Urlay Nook Durham, place of birth. Enlisted at Northallerton, N Yorks. Died 9 November 18. Buried at Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery
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35641 Pte Watts Walter John Home at Sulhampstead, Berks. Born Newton,
Wilts and enlisted at Newbury. Died 15 November 18. Age 19. Buried at Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery. Ex Berks Yeomanry.
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201675 Pte Connolly Matthew. Born at Port Clarence N Yorks and enlisted at Middlesbrough. Died 22 September 18. Buried at Sedan-Torcy French National Cemetery
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35100 Pte Butt Charles, William, Thomas. Born at Enfield Green Surrey and enlisted at Hampton Hill, Middlesex. Died 25 October 18. Buried at Sedan Torcy French National Cemetery. Ex 34599 TR Battn.
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204636 Pte Scurrah Arthur, George. Born and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Died 23 September 18. Age 21. Buried at Worms Hochheim Hill Cemetery. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
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35101 Pte Caldecoat Percy. Born and enlisted at Cambridge. Died 13 October 18. Buries at Worms Hochheim Hill Cemetery. Ex Tr/5/3471 T R Battn.
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201879 Pte Laws Harry, Norman. Home at Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Enlisted at Saltburn, N Yorks. Died 30 October 18. Buried at Worms (Hochheim Hill) Cemetery.
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35641 Pte Watts Walter, John. Home at Sulhampstead, Berks. Born Newton, Wilts and enlisted at Newbury. Died 181115 19 Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery. Ex Berks Yeomanry
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29229 Pte West Frank. Born at Eston, N Yorks and enlisted at Driffield Yorks. Died of wouds 5 June 18. Buried at Yutz Est Old Cemetery.
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