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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - The Arras Memorial, Surnames "P" |
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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 "P" listed on the Arras Memorial are;- |
Corporal Peter Parry. 10607. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
25 April 1917.
Born Llandudno (Wales), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Arthur Patchett.
40776. 23rd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers,
formerly 27487 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 29 April 1917.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Commemorated Bay 2 and 3, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private James Patterson, 17093. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Ralph and Jane Patterson, of Belford House, Usworth Station Rd., New
Washington; husband of Jane Patterson, of 2, New Row, South, New Washington,
Co. Durham. Killed 5 April 1917. Aged 39.
Born Washington (Co Durham), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Fencehouses.
Sub-Lieutenant Robert Henry Pawson. Drake Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve. Formerly 3339 3rd/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. (Commissioned
22/11/1916 into Royal Naval Division.) Son of Rhoda Pawson, of Kildale Rectory,
Grosmont, Yorks, and the late Rev. L. Pawson. Killed 25 March 1918. Aged 32.
Commemorated Bay 1, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private John George Peacock. 200582. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mrs. Margaret Ann Peacock, of Stainton, Streatlam, Barnard Castle,
Durham. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 23.
Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Darlington.
Private Alfred Pearl. 235259. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 12 May 1917.
Born Bentley Heath (Middx), Enlisted New Barnet, Resided Bentley Heath.
Private Alfred Pearson. 203180. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Edward Pearson, of 2, Dorlcote Place, Norton-on-Tees, Stockton. Killed
23 April 1917. Aged 19.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Stockton, Resided Norton.
Private Henry Pearson. 28400. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Middleton Tyas (Yorks).
Private John Peckitt.
203443. 14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment,
formerly 3259 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 June 1916.
Enlisted Driffield (Yorks).
Commemorated Bay 8, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Arthur Edward Penton. 42574. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 11/1059 East Yorks Regt. Killed 2 December 1917.
Born Southcoates, Enlisted Hull, Resided Southcoates.
Private Herbert Andrew Percy. 201028. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Alice Ann Percy, of 32, Ruby St., Middlesbrough, and the late William
Percy; husband of Harmah Robson (formerly Percy), of 37, Sidney St., Middlesbrough.
Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 23.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Walter Percy. 34878. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 86260 91st T R Battn. Son of John and Isabella Percy, of 166, Colston
St., Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Killed 24 March 1918. Aged 19.
Born Berwick-on-Tweed, Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided Newcastle.
Private James Phillips.
250681. 1st/6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry,
formerly 30620 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 April 1917.
Born Charlestown (Ireland), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Bay 8, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private George Plews. 202958. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Allan and Armie Plews, of 64, Reservoir St., Wardley, Pelaw, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 20.
Born Langley Park (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Pelaw-on-Tyne (Newcastle).
Private James William Pollard.
28341. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
25591 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 April 1917.
Born York, Enlisted York.
Commemorated on Bay 4 and 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Walter Pollard. 29106. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Pollard, of 33, Bootham Square, York. Killed 13
May 1917. Aged 20.
Born York, Enlisted York.
(SDGW gives number as 29108)
Private Thomas Stanley Poole. 11649. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Edward and Mary Ellen Poole, of 73, Longnewton St., Dawdon Colliery,
Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 21.
Born Whitehaven, Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Dawdon.
Private William Allanson Poole, 20571. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John and Jane Poole, of Eastgate, Pickering, Yorks. Killed 23 April
1917. Aged 22.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Malton, Resided Pickering.
Private John William Pope. 20271. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 11 April 1917.
Enlisted Spennymoor.
Private Harold Poppleton.
G/52270. 23rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment,
formerly 45445 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 March 1918.
Born Bawton (Yorks), Enlisted Easingwold (Yorks), Resided Sutton-on-Forest
(Yorks).
Commemorated on Bay 7, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private William Edward Porter. 203179. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Albert Edward and Mary Jane Porter, of 34, Water St., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 21.
Born Newcastle-on-Tyne, Enlisted Elwick, Resided Newcastle.
Private William Surrey Porter. 235257. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 14 May 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Thomas Postgate. 19543. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mrs. Margaret H. Grundy, of 55, Caroline St., Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham.
Killed 11 April 1917. Aged 22.
Born Bankhead, Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Fencehouses.
Private Alfred Henry Potter. 16992. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Alfred and Mary Potter, of 21, West Bridge St., Penshaw, Staithes,
Philadelphia, Co. Durham. Killed 4 August 1916. Aged 28.
Born Harraton, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Penshaw Staith (Fencehouses).
Private John William Potter. 30539. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 2 April 1917.
Born Rude Isle (USA), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Skegness.
Private John Powson. 3/8357. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died
2 April 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private John Price. 13258. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died
22 March 1918.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private George Robert Pulford.
31318. 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
24511 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert J. and Jane A. Pulford,
of 23, Park St., Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed 3 May 1917. Aged 21.
Born Suffolk, Enlisted Skelton.
Commemorated on Bay 4 and 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Fred Mason Purcell. 41831. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,formerly
160028 RFA. Son of Frances Mary Harrison Purcell, and the late Alfred Stanley
Purcell; husband of Mary Ethel Purcell, of 13, St. Brendan's Rd. North, Withington,
Manchester. Killed 11 April 1917. Aged 37.
Born Manchester, Enlisted Manchester, Resided Withington.
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>)