The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Jarrow, - St. Paul's Church

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The Roll of Honour in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow
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The First World War Roll of Honour in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow, is a framed wooden triptych. The commemorations are shown in a decorative script held in the three panels. Names "A" - "K" are in the centre panel, Names "K" - "R" in the left-hand panel, and names "R" - "W" in the right-hand panel. Surnames, initials, and rank are shown.

Altogether 422 names are commemorated on this Roll of Honour.

19 names have been identified as being those of soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.

Private William Scott Brown. 14309. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Mary Alice Brown, of 11, Cobden St., Jarrow-on-Tyne. Died 14 August 1917. Aged 23.
Born Jarrow, Enlisted Jarrow.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Private George Thomas Clark. 11755.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George King Clark and Jane Ann Clark. Died at home 23 July 1916. Aged 23.
Born Jarrow, Enlisted Jarrow.
Buried in PLYMOUTH (EFFORD) CEMETERY.
(Name spelt "Clarke" in SDGW)
There is additional biographical information on George Thomas Clark on the Find a Grave website.

Private Herbert Cooper. 14139. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Cooper, of 12, Prince Consort Rd., Jarrow, Co. Durham. Died 28 May 1916. Aged 24.
Born Jarrow, Enlisted Jarrow.
Buried DARTMOOR CEMETERY.

Private George Coyle. 16912. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Patrick and Rose Ann Coyle, of Jarrow-on-Tyne; husband of Elizabeth Brown (formerly Coyle), of 23, Newstead View, Fitzwilliam, Pontefract, Yorks. Vernon Street Cem. Died 1 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born Jarrow, Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Jarrow.
Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private Frederick Dean. 17299.
12th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles and Margaret Dean, of Jarrow-on-Tyne. Killed 11 April 1918. Aged 35.
Born Jarrow, Enlisted Wallsend-on-Tyne, Resided Jarrow.
Buried CROIX-DU-BAC BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private John James Doyle. 205323. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 March 1918.
Born Jarrow (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Jarrow.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, POZIERES MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Green. 3/9369. 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Eleanor Minnie Green, of 79, Tyne St., Jarrow.
Died at home 19 August 1920. Aged 46.
Buried JARROW CEMETERY.

Private Charles Grieves. 50825. 9th Battalion Manchester Regiment, formerly 45078 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 March 1918.
Born Jarrow-on-Tyne (Durham), Enlisted Jarrow.
Commemorated on Panel 64 to 67, POZIERES MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal William Steven Hepburn. 16588. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 July 1916.
Born Jarrow, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Monkton (Jarrow).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Joicey. 49899. 1st/8th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 44907 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 31 July 1917.
Born Durston (Durham), Enlisted Jarrow (Durham), Resided Jarrow.
Commemorated Panel 4 and 6, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Knox, 36259. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 16504 East Yorks Regt. Killed 2 April 1917.
Born Hebburn (Durham), Enlisted Wallsend, Resided Bellquay-on-Tyne.Aged 22.
Buried HENIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
(Richard Roberts, <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>, commented;-
"The 1911 census showed Thomas Knox to be living in Jarrow with his family. He was shown as a "Steel Works Traffic Boy aged 16". His Pension Record card shows his mother, Eliz, as a resident of Jarrow.")

Private Edward McKee. 17963. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Janet McKee; husband of Catherine Garrity (formerly McKee), of 31, Shamrock St., Hebburn New Town, Co. Durham. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 25.
Born Hebburn (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Jarrow.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas O'Brien. 11081. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Ann O'Brien, of 15, Milton St., Jarrow-on-Tyne, Co. Durham. Killed 21 August 1915. Aged 30.
Born South Shields, Enlisted South Shields, Resided Jarrow.
(SDGW gives Regimental No as 11061)
Commemorated on Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Private Samuel Pinder. 63550. 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 39096 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. J. R. Pinder, of 10, Ellison Place, Jarrow-on-Tyne. Killed 7 October 1918. Aged 21.
Born Jarrow, Enlisted Jarrow.
Buried BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY.

Serjeant John James Shields, MM. 17901.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Jarrow, Enlisted Wallsend-on-Tyne, Resided Jarrow-on-Tyne.
Buried SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No 2.
*John James Shields name also appears on a list of Jarrow's War Heroes, where a fund was established to present each nominee with a gold watch. His name appears at the top of the list shown on the left-hand panel.

Private Joseph Marmaduke Simpson. 48293. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly TR/5/11-346 87th T R Battn. Killed 20 September 1918.
Born Walker (Northumberland), Enlisted Jarrow.
Buried BERLIN SOUTH WESTERN CEMETERY.

Private Joseph Smith, 15947. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 May 1916.
Born Hebburn (Durham), Enlisted South Shields, Resided Jarrow.
Buried TRANCHEE DE MECKNES EMETERY.

Corporal William Spoors, 14308. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Margaret Spoors, of 30, Birch St., Jarrow-on-Tyne. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born Monckton (Jarrow), Enlisted Jarrow.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Ralph Wycliffe Watson. 63324. 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 13500 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Francis W. and Margaret Ann Watson, of Jarrow-on-Tyne. Killed 18 August 1918. Aged 27.
Born Tyne Dock, Enlisted Jarrow (Northumberland).
Buried THELUS MILITARY CEMETERY.

St. Paul's Church, Jarrow, (right) and the adjacent Monastery Ruins.
Photo © Copyright Andrew Curtis and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

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