Yorkshire Regiment Memorials Overseas, - Delhi Memorial (India Gate)

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Of the 13,300 Commonwealth servicemen commemorated by name on the memorial, just over 1,000 lie in cemeteries to the west of the River Indus, where maintenance was not possible. The remainder died in fighting on or beyond the North West Frontier and during the Third Afghan War, and have no known grave.

The Delhi Memorial also acts as a national memorial to all the 70,000 soldiers of undivided India who died during the years 1914-1921, the majority of whom are commemorated by name outside the confines of India.
The dedication of this memorial is shown in the photograph below.

The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. It was unveiled by Lord Irwin on 12 February 1931.

There are over 13,000 names on the memorial. 62 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment are named on the memorial, of whom 18 are buried in the Rawalpindi War Cemetery (the remaining 44 soldiers are buried elsewhere and/or have no known, or maintained, graves).

We are very grateful to Julian Panton (<pantonjf@gmail.com>) for the photos of the Delhi Memorial (India Gate).

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Drummer Clarence John Ahier. 7715. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 31 October 1918.
Born St. Helier's (Jersey - CI), Enlisted Jersey.
Buried Cherat New Cemetery).

Private Fred Barrett. 32742. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Middleton Barrett and the late George Barrett; husband of Frances Shaw Barrett, of Weardley, Harewood, Leeds. Born at Harewood. (Buried Peshawar (Right) B.C. XLIV. 23.). Killed 13 July 1918. Aged 35.
Born Weardley (Harewood, Yorks), Enlisted Harrogate, Resided Harewood (nr Leeds).

Private Samuel Andrew Bebington. 9554. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John T. and Hannas Bebington, of 17, Hill St., Middlesbrough. Died 28 October 1918. Aged 27.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY.

Private William Binks. 44414. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5/73427 88th T R Battn. Died 22 October 1918.
Enlisted Barnard Castle, Resided Darlington.
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C. XLV. 8.

Private Herbert Edwin Blueman. 7441. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Charles and Sarah Blueman. Killed 4 August 1915. Aged 30.
Born Cowton (Northallerton), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Northallerton.
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Private Thomas Brady. 22244. 1st Garrison Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 11277 D L I. Died 10 July 1918.
Born Edinburgh, Enlisted Deaf Hill (Co Durham), Resided Thornley (Co. Durham).
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Lance Corporal James Campbell. 9420. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 16 July 1915.
Born Thornaby, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Thornaby.
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Private Charles Carr. 8250. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 20 December 1917. Aged 30.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Private Henry Clarkson. 242134. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Harry and Ellen Clarkson; husband of the late Louisa Clarkson. Killed 10 December 1917. Aged 40.
Enlisted Leeds.
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Private Charles Arthur Dyson. 10001. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 October 1918.
Born Ravensthorpe Mirfield (Yorks), Enlisted Mirfield, Resided Battysford (Yorks).
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Private Fred Ellis. 6146. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Ellis, of 32, Huddersfield Rd., Meltham, Yorks., and the late Samuel Ellis. Killed 1 August 1915. Aged 37.
Born Meltham (Huddersfield), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Meltham
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Lance Corporal Richard Ellis. 8807. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Mary Ellis, of 25, Gladstone St., Bedford. (Buried Cherat New Cem. C. 47.). Died 28 October 1918. Aged 30.
Born St. Martin's (Bedford), Enlisted Aldershot, Resided Bedford.

Private Horace Fogg. 44432. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 3 November 1918.
Born King Cross (Halifax), Enlisted Halifax.
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY, C. 54.

Private William Henry Gilbey. 9127. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 29 December 1914.
Born York, Enlisted Thirsk, Resided Easingwold (Yorks).
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Private Philip Goodchild. 8841. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 25 October 1918.
Born Mortimer (Reading), Enlisted Aldershot, Resided Reading.
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY, C. 41.

Private Clifford Graham. 9017. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 26 October 1918.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Leeds.
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY, A.211.

Private Henry William Butcher Green. 44548. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 36822 Leicester Regt. Husband of Mabel Sarah Green, of Copston Magna, Hinckley, Leics. Died 4 November 1918. Aged 40.
Born Loxley (Warwick), Enlisted Rugby, Resided Whelstone (Leicester).
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY, C55.

Lieutenant Edward Henry Hare. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, attached 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Rev. Henry Hare and Helen Hare. Killed 23 July 1919. Aged 21.
Commemorated on Face 23, DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE).
(Edward Henry Hare was almost certainly an under-age soldier when he first entered the War in August 1915, fighting at Gallipoli. He was commissioned in September 1917, and was killed fighting in Afghanistan.)
Further comments by Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>).

Private William Henry Holliday, 9908. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 29 October 1918.
Born Denver (Downham Market - Norfolk), Enlisted Norwich, Resided Denver.
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C. XLV. 22.

Private Joseph William Hood, 8774. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 January 1916. Aged 30.
Born Yarm (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Ferryhill Station.
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Private Frederick Ibberson. 44447. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 4 November 1918.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield.
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY, C. 56.

Private Leonard Jennison. 240449. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died in India 30 October 1918.
Born Bridlington, Enlisted Bridlington.
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C. XLV. 24.
(Shown in the CWGC register as "L Jenninson. Not shown in GH Gazette d/b, though there is an "F Jennison, 240395" shown as kia.
Information from Richard Roberts, <richard@nosnailshere.co.uk>, is that "he was born in 1895 and his parents were George and Sarah Jennison.")

Private Arthur Kenny, 43494. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 75555 88th T R Battn. Died 29 October 1918.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Wakefield.
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY, C. 11.

Private Henry Kinlan. 8294. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Kinlan, of Middlesbrough. Died 10 December 1917. Aged 30.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Private Albert Lambert. 32668. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Henry Lambert, of Langthorpe, Boroughbridge, Yorks. Died 24 July 1919. Aged 22.
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C. XLIV. 32.

Private Arthur Patrick Laughran. 8255. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 17 May 1919. Aged 30.
Born St. Mary's (Middlesbrough), Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Walter Limmex. 8712. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 6 February 1918..
Born Leytonstone (London), Enlisted Stratford (London), Resided East Ham.
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C. XLIV. 21.

Private Andrew James Mahon. 21831. 1st Garrison Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 6529 K O Y L I. Son of the late John and Margaret Ann Mahon, of 9, Hamilton Terrace, Willington, Derby; husband of Harriet Louisa Mahon, of Cattle Laithe, Knottingley, Yorks. Served in the South African War. Died 11 July 1918. Aged 38.
Born Rugeley (Staffs), Enlisted Manchester, Resided Knottingley (Yorks).
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Private Arthur Reginald Marsh. 44561. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late William and Mary Augusta Marsh, of Husbands Bosworth, Leics. Died 25 June 1918. Aged 33.
Born Husbands (Bosworth - Leicester), Enlisted Market Harborough, Resided Husbands (Bosworth).
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C. XXV. 729.

Private Douglas Hugh Master. 23711. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Lydia Florence Blanch Todd (formerly Master), and the late Edward John Coventry Master, Supt. Northern India Salt Revenue, and grandson of Gen. R. A. Master, C.B. Died 27 October1918. Aged 18.
Born Rawalpindi (India), Enlisted Rawalpindi.
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY, C. 48.

Captain Gerald William Edward Maude. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Born at Rylstone, Co. York, 20th November, 1888, elder son Lieut. Col, William Wade Maude, 4th West Yorkshire Militia, of Skipton-in-Craven.
Served in India with 1st Battn. during the Great War. Wounded in action at Dakka, Afghanistan, 17th May, 1919.
Died at Peshawar of pneumonia, 5th November, 1919.
"He was a soldier in the truest sense of the word. His devotion to his regiment, his esprit de corps was wonderful. He longed to see his battalion do something more than peace soldiering and he saw it. There was no better disciplinarian, no one more determined to uphold the traditions of the old regiment. He knew his work thoroughly, and his courage and fearlessness on every occasion won for him the utmost confidence of his men " (Green Howards Gazette).

Private Anthony Mulcurran. 3947. 1st Garrison Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 28 December 1915. Aged 43
Born Clifton (Co. Galway), Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees.
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Private Henry Samuel Neal. 9748. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles and Sarah Bessie Neal, of 315, Dowsett Rd. Bruce Grove, Tottenham. Killed 19 September 1917. Aged 24.
Born Holborn (London), Enlisted London, Resided Tottenham.
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Private William Newby. 21668. 1st Garrison Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 20108 K O Y L I. Husband of Minnie Pythen (formerly Newby), of "Woodland View", Stanley Hill, Wakefield. Killed 2 September 1917. Aged 25.
Enlisted Wakefield, Resided Stanley (Yorks).
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Private Patrick O'Connell. 8795. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Michael and Margaret O'Connell, of 5, Pilson's Lane, Blarney St., Cork. Died 30 December 1918. Aged 29.
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C.XXI. 302.

Private George Martin Owen. 21538. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 14393 West Yorks Regt. Died 27 October 1918.
Born Ynvsybwl (Glams), Enlisted Birmingham, Resided Northfield (Near Birmingham).
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY C. 12.

Lieutenant Luigi Parisotti. 4th Battalion Gurka Rifles. attd. 2nd Battalion 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles, formerly 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 21 January 1920. Aged 29.
(Buried Jandola Cem. 16.)
(His younger brother, Private Joseph Bernard Bruno Parisotti, was killed whilst serving in the Irish Guards and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.)

Private Percy Parker, 9278. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 25 October 1918.
Born Normanby (Middlesbrough), Enlisted Eston (Yorks).
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY.

Private William Henry Garner Parrott, 32895. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 4 November 1918.
Born Loftus-in-Cleveland, Enlisted Doncaster, Resided Bentley (Doncaster).
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C. XLV. 36.

Private Ernest George Pike. 40130. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5/78847 89th T R Battn. Son of Joseph and Margaretta Pike, of 204, Albion Rd., Newtown, New Mills, Stockport. Died 29 October 1918. Aged 24.
Born Gorton (Lancs), Enlisted Buxton, Resided Stockport.
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C. 21.

Private Joseph Pilkington. 9692. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Pilkington, of 15, Redoubt St., Nottingham. Died 18 October 1918.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried NOWSHERA MILITARY CEMETERY L. 3.

Private Watson Porritt. 44470. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5/73429 88th T R Battn. Son of Mrs. Hannah Porritt, of Denton, Darlington. Died 8 July 1918. Aged 39.
Born Castleton (Cleveland), Enlisted Darlington, Resided Connescliffe.
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C. XXV. 730.

Serjeant George Porteous. 23712. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 3 September 1915.
Born Escrick (York), Enlisted Rawalpindi (India).
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Private Charles Victor Rasin. 9004. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 27 January 1916. Aged 26.
Born Colchester (Essex), Enlisted Stratford (London), Resided Southend-on-Sea.
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.

Lance Corporal William Richardson. 240171. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 May 1919.
Born Driffield, Enlisted Driffield.
Buried LANDI KOTAL CEMETERY O. 20.
(Shown in the CWGC register as "F Richardson", and SDGW as "William Richardson". Medal Rolls Index card shows him as Private William Richardson, 1379 / 240171, - first served in France 18/4/1915. On the India GS / Afghan NWFF Roll 1919.)

Private William Robertson. 9749. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 27 May 1918.
Born Thornaby-on-Tees, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY C. 49.

Private Christian Robinson. 8568. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 October 1918.
Born Farnham, Enlisted Aldershot, Resided Lower Bourne (Farnham).
Buried LANDI KOTAL CEMETERY O. 20.

Private George Rodgers. 9390. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 October 1918.
Born Hebburn-on-Tyne, Enlisted Jarrow, Resided Hebburn.
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY C. 39.

Private Joshua Royal. 39918. 1st Garrison Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 13/H B/467, East Yorkshire Regt. Died 10 July 1918. Aged 26.
Born Colchester (Essex), Enlisted Stratford (London), Resided Southend-on-Sea.
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.
(Shown in CWGC Register as "T Royal", but "J Royal" in GH Gazette database. SDGW shows him as L/Cpl)

Private James Robert Spence. 9600. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jane Ann Hall (formerly Spence), of III, Southend Villas, Crook, Co. Durham, and Anthony Hall (stepfather). (Buried Cherat New Cem. C. 53.). Died 2 November 1918. Aged 28.
Born Northallerton, Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Crook.

Private Anthony Suggett, 8943. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 31 October 1918.
Born Yarm (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Yarm.
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY C. 51.

Private William James Tarsey. 9698. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 21 October 1918.
Born Iver (Bucks), Enlisted St. Albans (Herts).
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY C. 42.

Private Wallace Taylor. 21801. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 20551 13th Res. Cavalry Regt. Son of Mary Alice Taylor, of 192, Bolton St., Bury, and the late James Taylor. Died 28 October 1918. Aged 28.
Born Elton (Bury - Lancs), Enlisted Bury.
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY A. 227.

Private William Christopher Thubron, 202067. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of W. H. and A. M. Thubron; husband of M. D. Thubron, of The Foundry, Castle Eden, Co. Durham. Killed 23 July 1919. Aged 33.
Born Castle Eden (Co. Durham), Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Castle Eden.

Private Michael Tracey. 38408. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly R/56987 R F A. Died 17 June 1918.
Born Chorlton-on-Medlock, Enlisted Manchester.
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C. XXI. 292.

Private George William True, 44577. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 36865 Leics Regt. Died 28 October 1918.
Born Kegworth, Enlisted Leicester, Resided Kegworth (Nr Derby).

Private Ned N Walker. 8587. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 20 November 1919.
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C.XLV. 302.

Private John Ward. 9895. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 1 August 1918.
Born Attercliffe (Sheffield), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Attercliffe.
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C. XXV. 734.

Private Arthur Warmington. 9888. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 23 October 1918.
Born Penryn (Falmouth - Cornwall), Enlisted Guernsey (C I).
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY C. 34.
(Shown in SDGW as a "Bandsman")

Serjeant Ernest Alfred Westcott. 9320. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 July 1919.
Born Castlebar (Co. Galway), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Halifax.

Private Herbert Charles Wildish. 8781. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 July 1919.
Born Chelmsford (Essex), Enlisted London, Resided Seven Kings (Essex).

Private Ernest Wood. 9625. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.Son of John William and Alice J Wood, of 5, Haigh Farm, Moorside Rd., Eccleshill, Bradford. Died 26 October 1919. Aged 34.
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C.XLV. 71.

Private Fred Wright. 44853. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 36898 Leicester Regt. Son of George William and Fanny Wright, of Church Farm, Barrowden, Stamford, Rutland. Died 4 November 1918. Aged 27.
Born Barrowden (Rutland), Enlisted Uppingham (Barrowden).
Buried PESHAWAR (Right) B.C. XLV. 35.

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The Dedication on the Delhi Memorial (India Gate)
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Photo : Julian Panton (<pantonjf@gmail.com>)

Names of Private Soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment on the Delhi Memorial, "H" - "W"
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The Delhii Memorial (India Gate)
Photo : Julian Panton (<pantonjf@gmail.com>)

The Plan of the Delhi Memorial (India Gate)
Photo : Commonwealth War Graves Commission website

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Further comments on Lieutenant Hare by Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>);-

I have had a good look into this officer’s background. He was born in 1898 in Dublin City. The 1911 Ireland Census shows him aged 13, a scholar living with his widowed mother Helen Hare, a boarding house keeper, at Frederick Street North, Rotunda, Dublin. He had an older brother George, aged 25 and a younger one, Archibald John James aged 11. His father shows up on the 1901 Ireland Census, aged 64, a Clerk in Holy Orders, Rector of the Church of Ireland living apart from the family at Killywilliam, Laragh, Fermanagh whilst his family are at the same Frederick Street address in Dublin as in 1911.

I have done a diligent search of the various websites which cover war memorials in Ireland and Henry hasn’t turned up on any of them and there is no indication that he ever lived this side of the Irish Sea.