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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - The Arras Memorial, Surnames "A" |
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The Arras Memorial and the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)
| The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "A" listed on the Arras Memorial are;- |
Lance Corporal Thomas Henry Abba. 36281. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 22536 East Yorks Regt. Killed 9 April 1917.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Private Charles Henry Abbott. 235198. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Abbott, of Grindale, Bridlington, Yorks. Killed
12 May 1917. Aged 23.
Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Bridlington (Yorks).
(SDGW gives number as 239198)
Private William Garbutt Abbott, 126704.
17th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly
46627 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 31 March 1918.
Born West Auckland (Durham), Enlisted Bishop Auckland.
Commemorated Bay 10, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Robert Andrew Allen. 24888. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 13 May 1917.
Born Darlington, Enlisted Hull.
Private Joseph Altham. 41801. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 159936 RFA. Son of John and Ellen Altham, of 13, Stone
Fold, Baxenden, Accrington; husband of Sarah Hannah Altham, of 232, Avenue
Parade, Accrington, Lancs. Killed 11 April 1917. Aged 38.
Born Haslingden (Lancaster), Enlisted Haslingden, Resided Baxenden.
Private William Annandale. 36041. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Annandale. Killed 22 March 1918
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Private Robert Archer. 200897. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Boosbeck (Yorks), Enlisted Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Private William Arthur Arksey. 25848. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Arksey, of 51, Nelson St., Bridlington. Killed 22 March
1918. Aged 23.
Born Bridlington, Enlisted Bridlington.
Private William Arrowsmith. 26697. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 24 March 1918.
Born North Ormesby (Yorks), Enlisted Redcar, Resided South Bank.
Private Frank Ashforth. 15858. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mrs. E. Ashforth, of 42, Burton St., Hillsborough, Sheffield. Killed
22 March 1918.
Born Hillsborough (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield.
Private John Ashton. 29810. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
32179 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Spalding (Lincs), Enlisted Spalding.
Private John William Asquith. 28770. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 12 May 1917.
Born Ossett (Yorks), Enlisted Ossett.
Private Eric Atack, 81275.
8th Coy Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 38104
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 May 1917.
Born Hebden Bridge (Yorks), Enlisted Halifax (Yorks), Resided Hebden Bridge.
Commemorated Bay 10, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Heatherington Atkinson. 25742. 13th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late William and Elizabeth Ann Atkinson, of 9, Avon St.,
Washington Station, Co. Durham. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 25.
Born West Kyo (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Washington Station.
One of the Panels for the Yorkshire Regiment on the Arras Memorial.
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Detail of the above Panel on the Arras Memorial showing the name of Captain
Hirsch, VC.
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)