The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

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Batley
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The War Memorial for Batley
Photo © Copyright Betty Longbottom and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence

The War Memorial for Batley is of a figure of a soldier wearing a greatcoat and cap, standing in a mourning pose, standing on a square base carrying the dedicatory inscription. The memorial is enclosed by a low wall with 12 pillars, - on each of which are bronze plaques commemorating the names of those who lost their lives in the two World Wars and later conflicts. The memorial is located in the Memorial Gardens, off Market Place in Batley.

There are 822 names of those who fell in the First World War commemorated on this memorial, together with 253 names of those who lost their lives in the Second World War.

The names commemorated on this memorial have been transcribed, together with photos of the plaques, on the Kirklees Council website for Batley War Memorial.

18 of the names commemorated are those of men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.

Private Ernest Allen, 36330. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 October 1917.
Born Heckmondwyke, Enlisted Heckmondwyke, Resided Kilpin Hill Lane Nr. Dewsbury.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Beaumont. 235487. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 7538 DLI. Son of George and Eliza K. Beaumont, of 24, Cobden St., Batley, Yorks. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 21.
Born Grimsby, Enlisted Pontefract, Resided Batley (Yorks).
Buried BEAUREVOIR COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION.

Private Arthur Lee Binns. 23218. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 May 1917.
Born Batley (Yorks), Enlisted Batley.
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.

Serjeant James William Breheny, MM, 23336. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 22 March 1918.
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury, Resided Bartley Carr.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Private John William Dean. 40893. 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5478 K O Y L I. Son of the late Joseph Dean, and of Mary H. Dean (step-mother), of 66, Purlwell Lane, Batley. Died at home 5 March 1917. Aged 38.
Enlisted Batley (Yorks).
Buried BATLEY CEMETERY.

Private Christopher Wharton Farrar. 44746. 20th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 31692 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Sarah Farrar, of 70, Upper Rd., Batley Carr, Dewsbury. Killed 5 July 1918. Aged 28.
Born Batley, Enlisted Dewsbury.
Buried LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private Joseph Guider. 24690. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 September 1918.
Born Batley (Leeds), Enlisted Batley.
Buried COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY.

Private Herbert Haigh, 235419. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4866 Northumberland Fus. Son of Tom and Mary Haigh, of Dewsbury; husband of Edith Haigh, of 37, Bradford Rd., Batley Carr, Batley, Yorkshire. Killed 11 July 1918. Aged 33.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Dewsbury, Resided Batley.
Buried BARENTHAL MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private George Harford, 24783. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 May 1918.
Born Batley, Enlisted Bradford, Resided Dewsbury.
Buried ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private Willie Hinchliffe, 41367. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 5 March 1919.
Buried VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Biographical details of Willie Hinchliffe are provided on the website for Batley's Roll of Honour.
He first served with the 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, before transferring to the 6th and then the 2nd Battalion. ref. Medal Rolls Index.
The 2nd Battalion were at Valenciennes after the Armistice, where they were gradually demobilised. Drafts were also used to help provide the Army of Occupation in Germany.
Willie Hinchliffe died of influenza whilst with the battalion at Valenciennes.

Private Michael Lydon. 48517. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 September 1918.
Born Batley (Yorks), Enlisted Batley.
Buried VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private Herbert Pollard. 25699. 121st Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 24645 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Pollard, of 13, Coal Pit Lane, Carlinghow, Batley, Yorks. Killed 8 April 1917. Aged 21.
Born Batley (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Batley.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Arthur Redfearn. 41435. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 38180 Durham L I. Son of Sam and Susan Redfearn, of Batley, Yorks; husband of Ellen J. Redfearn, of Healey Cottage, Kingston, Kingsbridge, Devon. Killed 27 July 1917. Aged 32.
Born Batley (Yorks), Enlisted Batley.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private John William Scorah. 22148. 1st Garrison Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 356 West Yorks Regt. Husband of Julia Scorah, of Batley, W. Yorks. Died 30 October 1918. Aged 36.
Born Batley (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Batley.
Commemorated on the KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL.

Private John Benjamin Spedding. 54101. 18th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 28763 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Frances Spedding of The Poplars, Mount Pleasant, Batley, Yorks. Killed 7 May 1917. Aged 29.
Born Batley, Enlisted Batley.
Buried NESLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY.

Private Percy Gladstone Spencer. 34788. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 4999 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Bob Spencer, of Badey, Yorks; husband of the late Beatrice Mary Spencer. Killed 25 September 1916. Aged 28.
Born Batley (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal Tom Stead. 47879. 12th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 170252 Royal Engineers. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Stead, of Dewsbury; husband of Annie Eliza Stead, of 44, Sherbourne Rd., North Shore, Blackpool. Killed 11 April 1918. Aged 33.
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Huddersfield.
Buried CROIX-DU-BAC BRITISH CEMETERY.
(CWGC has L/Cpl Stead as being in the Royal Engineers, formerly Yorks Regt; GH Gazette database has him in the Yorks Regt)

Private Robert Thompson. 35264. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 35173 9th T R Battalion. Son of Matthew D. and Eliza Thompson, of 8, Albert St., Field Lane, Batley, Yorks. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 18.
Born Harrogate, Enlisted Dewsbury, Resided Batley.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.

The War Memorial for Batley The War Memorial for Batley
Photo : Gordon Hodgson, of the Yorkshire Indexers website

Names "A" - "B" on the War Memorial for Batley
Photo : Gordon Hodgson, of the Yorkshire Indexers website

Names "H" - "J" on the War Memorial for Batley
Photo : Kirklees Council on the War Memorials On Line website

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