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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - The Arras Memorial, Surnames "W" |
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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 "W" listed on the Arras Memorial are;- |
Private Fred Walker.
28298. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
24739 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
19 April 1917.
Born Brighouse (Yorks), Enlisted Huddersfield, Resided Brighouse.
Commemorated Bay 4 and 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Walker. 38435. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Serjeant Joseph Walton, MM. 17632. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 11 April 1917.
Born Seaham (Sunderland), Enlisted Seaham, Resided New Seaham.
Private Harold Wanless. 241501. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private George Ward.
28292. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
8553 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James Ward, of Linton-on-Ouse,
and the late Jane Ward; husband of Elizabeth Ward, of Linton-on-Ouse, York.
Killed 12 May 1917. Aged 28.
Born Alne (Yorks), Enlisted Tollerton, Resided Alne.
Commemorated Bay 4 and 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Serjeant James Ward. 41841. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
160054 RFA. Husband of Elizabeth Ward, of 110, Lynwood Avenue, Darwen, Lancs.
Killed 11 April 1917. Aged 33.
Born Darwen, Enlisted Darwen.
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson,
VC, DSO. Cdg. 2nd/5th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Son of William Spencer Watson, F.R.C.S., and Georgine Mary Jane Mair Watson.
Served in the Tirah Campaign with the Yorkshire Regt., also served in China
during the Boxer rebellion.
Died 28 March 1918. Aged 41.
Commemorated on Bay v1, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private George Meers Watson.
123141. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly
3879 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Zephaniah and M. S. Watson, of 16,
Park St., Middlesbrough. Killed 28 March 1918. Aged 19.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Bay 10, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private William Watson. 39242. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 10 May 1917.
Born West Ditchbourne (Northumberland), Enlisted Gateshead.
Private Harry Webley. 15550. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
23 April 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private William Webster. 29826. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 32321 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Burton-on-Trent, Enlisted Marylebone (London).
Private Sydney James Weighell. 200943. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Northallerton.
Private Frederick Wells. 38001. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John Wells, of Well Place, Ipsden, Wallingford, Berks. Killed 24 April
1917.
Born Hipstone (Berks), Enlisted Malton, Resided Hovingham.
Corporal Leonard Wemyss. 36300. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 227 East Yorks Regt. Son of F. M. Wemyss, of 78, English St., Hull,
and the late William Wemyss. Killed 9 April 1917. Aged 21.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Private James Vincent Westwood. 201131. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Albert White. 46818. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 11504 86th T R Battn. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Wolverhampton, Enlisted Tipton.
Private Albert Edward White. 14831. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George William and Margaret Annie White, of 84, Ed. Burdis St., Southwick,
Sunderland. Killed 10 May 1917. Aged 24.
Born East Boldon, Enlisted Sunderland.
Lieutenant Frank Brenand Whitehead. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Private George Whittaker. 235111. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Lance Corporal Arnold Widdop.
28293. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
4808 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 May 1917.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Commemorated Bay 4 and 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Andrew Walter Williams. 34031. 13th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 2340 Army Veterinary Corps. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Clerkenwell, Enlisted London, Resided Hoxton (N E).
Private Claudian Henry Edward Williams. 260022. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 11 April 1917.
Born Everingham (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Everingham.
Private Dick Wilson. 25935. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
18 August 1916.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Armley.
2nd Lieutenant John Winn. Yorkshire Regiment, attached 7th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment. Son of the late William and Margaret Ann Winn. Killed 23 March 1918. Aged 19.
Private Arthur Woods. 38834. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband
of Annie Woods, of 27, New Street, Broadbottom, Manchester. Killed 2 April
1917. Aged 40.
Born Manchester, Enlisted Manchester.
Lance Corporal Edward Wort. 26266. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 2 April 1917.
Born Bartley (Hants), Enlisted Richmond.
(According to the 1911
Census, his full name was Edward Ernest Wort and he was living at 14 Berkeley
Road, Southampton.
From the Hampshire
War Memorials website, Edward Wort was also commemorated on a lost memorial
in St Mark's Church.)
Private Charles Edwin Wright. 33298. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 2632 Yorks Hussars. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Kirby Overblow (Leeds), Enlisted York, Resided Kirby Overblow (Leeds).
Corporal Edwin Wright, MM. 240962. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of M. and T. Wright, of Hull; husband of Susannah Wright, of 9, Lily Grove,
Regent St., Hull. An employee of N.E.R. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 39.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Private Harry Wright. 202337. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 4102 Northamptonshire Regt. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Kettering.
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>)