Yorkshire Regiment War Graves
Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, -
The Arras Memorial,
Surnames "S"
Yorkshire Regiment War Graves

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The Arras Memorial aan the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery
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 "S" listed on the Arras Memorial are;-

Private James Saul. 31286. 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 29102 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Grace Annie Saul, of Clarrich Terrace, Ingleton, Carnforth, Lancs. Killed 9 April 1917. Aged 23.
Born Ingleton (Yorks), Enlisted Lancaster, Resided Ingleton.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Private Walter Scaife. 24410. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 2 April 1917.
Born Maunby (Yorks), Enlisted Thirsk, Resided Maunby.

Lieutenant Isaac Hinton Scarth. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Isaac Scarth, M.B., B.Sc (Lond.), and Rosa Marion Scarth, of Stanghow House, Stanghow, Boosbeck, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 23.

Private Charles Scott, 8252. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Yarm.

Private Frederick Charles Scott. 39197. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Perrin (Cornwall), Enlisted Hartlepool.

Private Thomas Sealey, 34001. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 6572 AVC. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Mitcham (Surrey), Enlisted Wimbledon, Resided Mitcham.

Private Walter Stewart Sergeant, 33353. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4289 Suffolk Regt. Killed 16 August 1916.
Born Frome (Som), Enlisted Cambridge.

Private Robert Sharples , 235110. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 38.
Enlisted Hawes.

Lance Corporal John James Shepherd. 17334. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 April 1917.
Born East Hartlepool, Enlisted Wallsend-on-Tyne, Resided East Hartlepool.

Captain Harry Hargreaves Simpkin. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John William and Emily Simpkin, of Norton Royd, Woodkirk, Dewsbury, Yorks. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 22.

Private George Arthur Simpson. 241346. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Beverley (Yorks).

Private John Joseph Simpson. 201809. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Guisborough.

Serjeant Preston Simpson, 28304. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert Woodliffe Simpson and Mary E. Simpson, of Wellfield House, Foggy Furze, West Hartlepool. Killed 12 May 1917. Aged 24.
Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted Darlington, Resided 54 Church Street West Hartlepool.

Private William Smailes, 202032. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Emma Smailes, of Rectory St., Nunnington, York. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 21.
Born Nunnington, Enlisted Malton, Resided Nunnington.

Private Tom Smelt. 240294. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Beverley (Yorks), Enlisted Beverley.

Lance Corporal Benjamin Smith. 6491. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 May 1917.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Bradford, Resided Leeds.
(Lived at No 5, Accomodation Road, Leeds. Ref : North Leeds News, Christopher Noble, <cjnoble01@virginmedia.com>)

Private Frank Smith. 23877. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Corporal George Smith. 203204. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5th Battalion. Son of John and Bridget Smith, of Lower Wellington St., Matlock, Derbyshire. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 18.
Born Plymouth (Devon), Enlisted Scarborough.

Private Joseph Frederick Smith, 201443. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Tom and Miriam Elizabeth Smith, of South Otterington, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 21.
Enlisted Northallerton.

Private Joseph William Smith. 18875. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 May 1917.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.

Private Thomas Smith. 25794. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Ellen Smith, of 16, Lower Globe St., Bradford. Killed 18 August 1916. Aged 21.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.

Private Thomas Smith. 241814. 7th (West. and Cumb. Yeomanry) Battalion Border Regiment, formerly 4935 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 March 1918..
Enlisted Middlesbrough (Yorks).
Commemorated Bay 6, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Private Samuel Frederick Snowball. 32678. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 May 1917.
Born Howsham (Yorks), Enlisted York, Resided Brockfield Hall (York).

Private Harry Southwick. 235099. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 3 April 1917.
Enlisted Beverley (Yorks).

Private George Edwin Speight. 28992. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 April 1917.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Todmorden.

Private Joseph Spottiswood. 32822. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 May 1917.
Born Gilston (Cumberland), Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Serjeant John Ford Stafford. 13933. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Sarah Ann Stafford, of 22, Avon St., Washington Station, Co. Durham, and the late William Stafford. Killed 12 May 1917. Aged 21.
Born Houghton, Enlisted Washington.

Private Ellis Standley, 26486. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Emily Standley, of 105, Pym St., South Bank, Yorks. and the late Robert Standley. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 26.
Born South Bank (Yorks), Enlisted South Bank.

Private Arthur Stanley. 29830. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 32357 Notts & Derby Regt. Son of the late John Stanley and Lavinia Stanley. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 22.
Born Birmingham, Enlisted Walsall.
SDGW gives number as 20830)

Private Maynard Stephenson. 24972. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 September 1916.
Born York, Enlisted York.

Private William Stephenson. 24864. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 August 1916.
Born Bohemia (Austria), Enlisted Wakefield, Resided Horbury Junction (Yorks).

Private Robert Trim Stevens. 45532. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Eldest son of William and Mary Jane Stevens, of 9, Clifton Row, Netherton Colliery, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 21.
Born Broomhill (Northumberland), Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Netherton.

Private George Richard Stevenson. 47816. 13th Battalion Royal Scots, formerly 33333 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 May 1918.
Enlisted Ipswich (Suffolk).
Commemorated Bay 1 and 2, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Private Ernest Stirzaker. 38187. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 April 1917.
Born Raistrick (Yorks), Enlisted Birstall.

Private Henry William Styles. 202331. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4594 Northants Regt. Brother of Mrs. Clara Fryer, of 48, Haywood Rd., Bromley Common, Kent. Killed 19 July 1917. Aged 39.
Born Camberwell (London), Enlisted Northampton.

Private Albert Sumner. 16335. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 April 1917.
Born Workington (Sunderland), Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private William Sutclffe. 29536. 14th Battalion Highland Light Infantry, formerly 25744 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 September 1916.
Born Batley (Yorks), Enlisted Huddersfield (Yorks).
Commemorated Bay 8, ARRAS MEMORIAL

Private Bertram Suthern. 26452. 151st Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 24182 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 April 1917.
Born Sedgefield (Co. Durham), Enlisted Bedale.
Commemorated Bay 10, ARRAS MEMORIAL

Private Harry Sutton. 33470. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 1890 E Yorks Regt. Son of Walter Sutton, of 28, New St., Brierley Hill, Staffs, and the late Sarah Ann Sutton. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged 23.
Born Brierley Hill (Staffs), Enlisted Brierley Hill.

Private Caleb Swales. 235263. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Frank and Margaret Swales, of Guisborough; husband of the late Christiana Swales, of 54, Northgate, Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 14 May 1917. Aged 37.
Born Cockley, Enlisted Guisborough.

Private Thomas Swatman. 201415. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private James Sykes. 29160. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Mary Sykes, of Penistone Rd., Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield. Killed 13 May 1917. Aged 26.
Born Almondsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Huddersfield.



One of the Panels for the Yorkshire Regiment on the Arras Memorial.
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.
Detail of the above Panel on the Arras Memorial showing the name of Captain Hirsch, VC.
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)

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