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The Covers of the two volumes "The Bond of Sacrifce" by Colonel C L Clutterbuck et al, Published by the Naval & Military Press LtdThe Covers of the two volumes "The Bond of Sacrifce" by Colonel C L Clutterbuck et al, Published by the Naval & Military Press Ltd

A 2-volume biographical record of British Officers who fell in the Great War. Volume 1 covers the biographies of Officers who lost their lives between August and December 1914. Volume 2 covers the period January to June 1915 (though there are biographies of Officers killed in August 1915.)
Amost 1000 pages in the two volumes include the photos and biographies of about 5000 Officers. However, some of the Officers are included by name, date and regiment only with no biographical information.

The following Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment included in the above volumes. Some of these entries have neither a photo or biography, though the links below are for those Officers who have photos and biographies


Captain Geogre Hutton Bowes-Wilson
2nd Lieutenant Erasmus Darwin
Captain Edward Dickinson
Lieutenant Malccolm Hewley Graham
Lieutenant John Dampier Hallifax
Lieutenant Alexis Randolph Kingcombe
Captain Edgar Wilberforce Leather
Major Harold Carey Matthews
Lieutenant John Oscar Pritchard-Barrett
Lieutenant Allan Pyman
2nd Lieutenant Logan Studley

Lieutenant Colonel Walter Lorenzo ALEXANDER.
Lieutenant Colonel Walter Lorenzo Alexander.
CO 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Susan Alexander, of Erindale, Co. Carlow; husband of Mrs. A. M. Alexander, of The Thatched Cottage, Northiam, Sussex. Killed 14 May 1915. Aged 42.
Buried LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY.

Select the image on the left for Colonel Alexander's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Captain Geoffrey Carew Barber.
Captain Geoffrey Carew Barber.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Walter and Emmeline Barber, of West Ayton, Yorks. Killed 25 April 1915. Aged 24.
Commemorated on Panel 33. YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL.

Select the image on the left for Captain Barber's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
2nd Lieutenant Hugh Godfrey Brooksbank.
2nd Lieutenant Hugh Godfrey Brooksbank.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home 16 December 1914. Aged 21. Son of Sir Edward Clitheroe Brooksbank, 1st Bart., of Healaugh, Tadcaster, Yorks; and of Dame Katherine Graham Brooksbank.
Buried in HEALAUGH CHURCHYARD, North West corner.

Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Brooksbank's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Captain Ernest Scot Broun.
Captain Ernest Scot Broun.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late James Broun. Former A.D.C. to the Govenor of Barbadoes (sic). 30 October 1914. Aged 34.
Commemorated on Panel 33. YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL.

Select the image on the left for Captain Broun's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Lt Colonel Edward Henry Chapman.
Lt Colonel Edward Henry Chapman.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. E. H. and Mrs. E. E. Chapman, of Carr Hall, Whitby, Yorks, and of Cobrey Park, Ross, Herefordshire. Served on the North-West Frontier of India (Tirah, 1897/8). Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 40.
Buried AZMAC CEMETERY, TURKEY.

Select the image on the left for Colonel Chapman's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Lieutenant Herbert Waller Cummins.
Lieutenant Herbert Waller Cummins.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 May 1915.
Commemorated on Panel 33. YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL.

Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Cummin's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Captain Thomas Ernest Dufty.
Captain Thomas Ernest Dufty.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Arthur Richard and Kate Dufty, of Nottinghamshire; husband of Beatrice DCEMETERY.ufty, of "Deepdale," Meads, Eastbourne. Killed 19 May 1917. Aged 35.
Buried VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY

Select the image on the left for Captain Dufty's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Captain Francis Edward Fish.
Captain Francis Edward Fish.
3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion. Son of Ralph and Elizabeth Margaret Fish. Killed 13 March 1915. Aged 39.
Buried GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY.

Select the image on the left for Captain Fish's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
2nd Lieutenant Edward Humbert Fisher.
2nd Lieutenant Edward Humbert Fisher.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Dora Fisher, of Aspley Guise, Bletchley, Beds. Killed 19 May 1915. Aged 30.
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.

Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Fisher's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Lieutenant Gerald Francis HADOW.
Lieutenant Gerald Francis Hadow.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 21.
Commmeorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.

Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Hadow's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Charles Hatton
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Charles Hatton.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Alfred Charles and Louisa Frances Minetta Hatton; husband of Mrs. E. A. M. Hatton, of 4, West Terrace, Richmond, Yorks. Served in the South African Campaign. Killed 30 October 1914. Aged 36.
Commemorated on Panel 33. YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL.

Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Hatton's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Lieutenant Henry Francis Heatly.
Lieutenant Henry Francis Heatly.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry Louis and Kate S. Heatly, of 29, Carleton Rd., Tufnell Park, London. Killed 22 February 1915. Aged 24.
Buried CABARET ROUGE CEMETERY.6.
Commemorated on Panel 33. YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL.

Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Heatly's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
2nd Lieutenant Edgar Francis Hutchinson.
2nd Lieutenant Edgar Francis Hutchinson.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James M. and Elizabeth Hutchinson, of Gilside House, 2, Victoria Rd., Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorks. Died 24 May 1915. Aged 24.
Buried BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY.

Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Hutchinson's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Hunter Hyland.
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Hunter Hyland.
RFC, formerly 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Eleanor Hyland, of Radcliffe House, Pudsey, Yorks. Killed 23 May 1915. Aged 23.
Buried VIEUX-BERQUIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY.

Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Hyland's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Lieutenant Leonard Percy I'Anson.
Lieutenant Leonard Percy I'Anson.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 25 April 1915.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Select the image on the left for Captain I'Anson's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Captain Claud Giffard Jeffery.
Captain Claud Giffard Jeffery.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Nellie Jeffery, of Coldingham, Winchfield, Hants. Killed 24 October 1914. Aged 34.
Buried in YPRES TOWN CEMETERY.

Select the image on the left for Captain Jeffery's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Arthur Cecil King.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Arthur Cecil King.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and R. Maria King; husband of Adela Margaret King, of 33, Evelyn Gardens, South Kensington, London. Served in the Sudan, Burmese, and the South African Campaigns (Brevet Maj.). Twice Mentioned in Despatches.
Killed 30 October 1914. Aged 51.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Select the image on the left for Colonel King's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Lieutenant Frank Cooper Ledgard.
Lieutenant Frank Cooper Ledgard.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Armitage and Helen Ledgard, of The Manor House, Thorner, Leeds. Killed 23 October 1914. Aged 23.
Buried HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY.

Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Ledgard's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Captain John Vivian Nancarrow.
Captain John Vivian Nancarrow.
4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Bennett Nancarrow and Charlotte Alice Nancarrow, of "Ravenscroft," Grove Hill, Middlesbrough. Killed 25 April 1915. Aged 30.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Ledgard's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Lieutenant William Percy Orde-Powlett.
Lieutenant William Percy Orde-Powlett.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Hon. A. and Mrs. Orde-Powlett, now 5th Baron Bolton and Lady Bolton, of Bolton Hall, Leyburn, Yorks. Killed on 17 May 1915. Aged 21.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Orde-Powlett's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Lieutenant Richard Herbert Phayre.
Lieutenant Richard Herbert Phayre.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Eldest son of Lt. Col. R. Phayre, O.B.E., D.L., and Mrs. Frances Anne Phayre, of "Belgaum," Woking, Surrey. Killed 26 October 1914. Aged 24.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Phayre's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Lieutenant William Cread Sheay.
Lieutenant William Cread Sheay.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 May 1915. Aged 35.
Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY.


Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Phayre's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Major Wilfred Beckett Walker.
Major Wilfred Beckett Walker.
2nd Batallion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 29 October 1914. Aged 38.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.


Select the image on the left for Major Walker's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".
Lieutenant Richard Walmesley.
Lieutenant Richard Walmesley.
2nd Batallion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Walmesley, of Lucknam, Chippenham, Wilts.
Killed 21 October 1914, aged 23.
Buried in AEROPLANE CEMETERY, BELGIUM.


Select the image on the left for Lieutenant Walmesley's entry in the "Bond of Sacrifice".

 

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