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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BELLEWAARDE LOSSES. SANCTUARY WOOD.
25 MAY.
At 3.30am the Battalion began to arrive back at the hutments on the West side of Ypres.
The men were nearly exhausted. They had been at the centre of the gas and all suffering from it more or less.
Major H.L. de Legh though suffering neuritis worked like a slave among the men who were lying about being sick at intervals.
The casualties of NCOs and men stood at 30 killed, 70 wounded and 98 missing and wounded.
These latter were almost all accounted for in different hospitals either wounded or gassed, where all ranks did well.
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1648 Pte Ebbs Isaac. Home at Skinningrove N Yorks. Born at Seapalling, Norfolk. Enlisted at Skelton in Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed in action. Menin Gate Memorial Ypres.
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2092 Pte Latheron Walter Christopher. Born and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Killed in action. Buried at Klein Vierstraat British Cemetery.
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1442 L/Cpl Paterson Archibald James. Born at Garston, Liverpool and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Died of wounds. Age 24.Buried at Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery.
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Klein Vierstraat British Cemetery. 6k South West of Ypres town.
After the War burials from smaller cemeteries were brought in.
[Picture courtesy of - "WW1Cemeteries.com".]
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2543 Pte Williams Fred Bertrand. Enlisted at Northallerton, N Yorks. Killed in action. Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
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26 MAY to 6 JUNE
They stayed at the huts recovering, although on the 26th they began sending working parties to the trenches, the first party being 150 men, which was all the men in the Battalion able to move.
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2143 Pte Benson Henry George. Born and enlisted at Richmond, N Yorks. Killed in action. Age 26. Menin Gate Memorial Ypres.
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1665 Pte Richardson Herbert. Born and enlisted at Guisborough N Yorks. Died of wounds. Age 23. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery.
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2 JUNE.
In the 6 weeks from embarkation to the end of May, the 50th Division had sustained terrible losses. |
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About 60k South West of Ypres and used by Casualty Clearing Stations. Three 4th Yorks' men are buried here.
[Picture courtesy of - "WW1Cemeteries.com".]
[The total for the British Army in the same period were 2,150 Officers and 57,125 other ranks.]
During this time its units had been attached to other Divisions and its Artillery held at first in Reserve.
Now it was ordered to take over a section of the Line on its own.
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2001 Pte Jemmeson James. Home at - 74 Commercial St, Norton, Malton, N Yorks, place of birth. Enlisted at Northallerton, N Yorks. Died. Age 22. Ste Marie Cemetery Le Havre.
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3 JUNE.
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2437 Pte Walker Charles Edward. Born and enlisted at Middlesbrough, N Yorks. Killed in action. Age 19. "A" Company. Harlebeke New British Cemetery.
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6 to 23 JUNE.
The Battalion were in trenches in Sanctuary Wood.
The Bn Diary says "there was no fighting". The German offensive had ceased but the attrition went on and during this period 3 men were killed and 12 wounded.
8 JUNE.
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1151 Pte Downes Arthur Banks. Home at Saltburn N Yorks, place of birth. Enlisted at Redcar, N Yorks. Died of wounds. Saltburn and Marske [Saltburn] Cemetery.
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15 JUNE.
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Capt G.H. Bowes-Wilson was killed outside his dug-out by a stray bullet.
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3241 Pte Gibbon Arthur. Home at - Warrenby Redcar Yorks, place of enlistment. Died of wounds. Place of commemoration not found.
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The 4th Yorks Bn were part of the line in Sanctuary Wood.
The enemy in Shrewsbury Forest. |
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