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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - The Arras Memorial, Surnames "C" |
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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 "C" listed on the Arras Memorial are;- |
Private Thomas Callaby. 201440. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Thomas R. and Charlotte Ann Callaby, of 30, Morris St., North Ormesby,
Middlesbrough. Killed 23 March 1917. Aged 19.
Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.
Private James Campbell,
23408. 1st/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, formerly
25570 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Mary Alice Campbell,
of 34, Hanson St., Redcar, Yorks. Killed 29 June 1917. Aged 22.
Born Redcar (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Redcar (Yorks).
Commemorated Bay 7 and 8, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Francis Canavan, 24496.
2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly
30844 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 3 May 1917.
Born Thornaby-on-Tees, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Thornaby-on-Tees.
Commemorated Bay 6, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Thomas Candler. 200245. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Northallerton, Enlisted Northallerton.
Private James Carr.
36617. 5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Formerly
(24998) Yorkshire Regiment. Died 25 March 1918.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Cliffe Carter. 235204. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Benjamin and Annie Carter, of South End, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed
14 May 1917. Aged 24.
Enlisted Northallerton.
Private Tom Caygill. 45346. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
5/41822 80th T R Battn. Son of Edmund Caygill, of Leeming, Bedale, Yorks;
husband of Ada Caygill, of 5, Yard, 126, Highgate, Kendal. Killed 24 April
1917. Aged 39.
Born Leeming Bridge, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Gilling West.
Private Herbert Chapman. 202319. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 4489 Northamptonshire Regt. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Northampton.
Private Tom Chatwood. 25458. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Alfred and Hannah Chatwood, of 36, Kilburn's Yard Flats, Dewsbury, Yorks.
Killed 12 May 1917. Aged 20.
Born Dewsbury, Enlisted Dewsbury (Yorks).
Private Harry Leader Chew. 33851. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 039091 RASC. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Chew; husband of Agnes Gertrude
Dazely (formerly Chew), of The Riddy, Bourne, Cambs. Killed 27 March 1918.
Aged 29.
Born Bourne (Cambs), Enlisted Cambridge, Resided Bourne.
Lance Corporal Percy Clark. 36298. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 659 East Yorkshire Regt. Killed 2 April 1917.
Born Southcoates (Hull), Enlisted Hull .
Corporal Ernest Clarke. 201549. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Arthur and Martha Clarke, of 19, Victoria Rd., Middlesbrough; husband
of the late Gertrude Clarke. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 27.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private George Clarke. 260055. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George and Eliza Clarke. Killed 13 May 1917. Aged 22.
Born West Hall (Suffolk), Enlisted Lowestoft, Resided Wangford (Suffolk).
Private Percy Charles Clarke. 33770. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 315281 RASC. Son of Arthur John and Mary Clarke, of 43, York St.,
Bedford. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 19.
Born Royston (Hertford), Enlisted Bedford.
Private William Ernest Clarke. 203070. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Edgar and Ada Clarke, of I, Clarke's Court, North Walls, Stafford.
Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 26.
Born Stafford (Staffs), Enlisted Stafford, Resided Doxey.
Private Charles Stead Clayforth. 32491. 13th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Private John Cockburn. 203069. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Croxdale (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Fencehouses.
(SDGW has number as 203000)
Private Frederick Cockerill. 27269. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mr. A. P. Cockerill, of Green End, Coathland, York. Killed 14 May 1917.
Aged 23.
Born Goathland (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Goathland (Yorks).
Private Fred Cocks. 38231. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Fred and Elizabeth Cocks, of 17, Bridge St., Springhead, Oldham. Killed
25 April 1917. Aged 23.
Born Hey (Lancs), Enlisted Oldham, Resided Springhead.
Private Ernest Thomas Cole. 203000. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 2621 Cambs Regt. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Littleport (Cambridge), Enlisted Littleport, Resided Kedrington (Haverhill).
Lance Corporal George Coles. 33898. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 02613 RASC. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born West Hatch (Somerset), Enlisted Taunton, Resided Broadway (Nr Ilminster
- Somerset).
Private John Conroy. 201252. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
23 April 1917.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Albert Constable. 203192. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George and Mary Constable, of 25, Minster Moor Gate, Beverley, Yorks.
Killed 26 June 1917. Aged 24.
Born Barton (Hull), Enlisted Beverley.
Private Thomas Conway. 14155. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Patrick and Frances Conway, of 31, Highmarkland St., Bank; husband
of Sarah Ann Conway, of 29, Upper Cavalier St., Bank, Leeds. Killed 25 April
1917. Aged 31.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Serjeant Ernest Cook. 20563. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Henry and Grace Cook, of East Hesterton, Yorks. Killed 9 April 1917. Aged
22.
Born East Hesterton (Yorks), Enlisted Beverley, Resided East Hesterton.
Private William Cook. 243460. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Murton Colliery (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery.
Private Arthur Cooper. 201615. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Walton (Essex), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Horden (Durham).
Lieutenant Eberhardt George Steuart Corry. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 26 June 1917.
(There is some difficulty with the correct name for Lieutenant Corry. In the
1901 Census he is shown as "Everhard G S Corry". In the 1911 Census
he is shown as "George Eberhardt Steuart Corry". His Medal Rolls
Index card has him as "E G Steuart Corry". In "Baptism of Fire"
by Mark Marsay he is shown as "Steuart Eberhardt George Corry".
His birth, in Pickering - Q2 1892, was registered as "Eberhardt George
Corry.)
Private William Costigan.
39052. 25th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly
15760 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 March 1918.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring (Durham).
Commemorated on Bay 2 and 3, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Bertie Coulson. 35999. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 12 May 1917.
Born Pickering (Yorks), Enlisted Malton, Resided Thornton Dale (Pickering).
Private Charles Henry Cowens. 27911. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Elizabeth Mary Cowens, of Laburnum Cottage, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorks.
Killed 13 May 1917. Aged 23.
Born Sneaton (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Sneaton.
Private Stanley Cowperthwaite.
28266. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
4789 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 May 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Bay 4 and 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Corporal Albert Ernest Coxon, 20935. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Emma C. Coxon, of "Wave Crest", Shipley Terrace, Marske-by-the-Sea,
Yorks. Killed 11 April 1917.
Born Stiilington (Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Robert Cracknell. 235044. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Enfield, Enlisted Mill Hill, Resided Enfield.
Private Thomas Crelly. 38012. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 12 May 1917.
Born Bishop Auckland, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided South Bank (Yorks).
(Thomas Crelly's widow was Agnes Crelly. They had one daughter, Mary Agnes.
In 1911 they were living at 19 Frederick St, Middlesbrough. This was near
St. Patrick's RC Church (which has been demolished).
He was a general labourer in an iron works.There is no record of Thomas Crelly
in the 1901 Census.
In the BDM records a Thomas Crelly was born in Q3 1876 in Lanchester. There
is no record of a Thomas Crelly born in Bishop Auckland.)
Private Walter Cridland.
202644. 2nd/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly
25900 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 March 1918.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Commemorated on Bay 8, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Arthur Croft. 260053. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Florence Mabel Pratt (formerly Croft), of 9, Lankester Rd., Royston,
Herts. Killed 25 April 1917. Aged 25.
Born Great Wymondley (Herts), Enlisted Hitchin, Resided Stevenage (Herts).
Captain Randal William Shuckburgh Croft. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 May 1917.
Private Harold Cross. 30222. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
44572 Notts and Derby Regt. Husband of Evelyn Cross, of Wilford Rd., Ruddington,
Notts. Killed 25 April 1917. Aged 26.
Born Ruddington (Notts), Enlisted Nottingham, Resided Ruddington.
Private Clifford Crowther. 25802. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Joseph and Sarah Elizabeth Crowther, of 57, Dover St., Burley Rd.,
Leeds. Killed 2 October 1916. Aged 18.
Born Gomersall (Leeds), Enlisted Leeds.
Private Colin Cundall. 26713. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of William and Elizabeth Cundall, of Madona Cottage, Haxby Moor, Haxby,
Yorks; husband of Beatrice May Marsh (formerly Cundall), of 5, Albert Terrace,
Saltaire, Shipley, Yorks. Killed 25 April 1917. Aged 22.
Born Haxby (Yorks), Enlisted Haxby.
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>)