Yorkshire Regiment War Graves
Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, -
The Le Touret Memorial,
Surnames "B"
Yorkshire Regiment War Graves

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The Le Touret Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery (1)The Le Touret Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery (1)
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The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "B" listed on the Le Touret Memorial are;-

Private George Banks. 3/8540. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Masham (Yorks), Enlisted Masham (Yorks)

Lance Corporal John Barker. 10249. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds

Private John Barnes. 11418. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Rhondda Valley (South Wales), Enlisted Deaf Hill Colliery, Resided Trimdon Colliery

Private Owen Batey. 3/7107. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Batey; husband of Edith May Batey, of 160, Marsh Rd., Middlesbrough. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 24.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough

Private William Batey. 3/8027. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Batey. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 33.
Born Cleator Moor, Enlisted Middlesbrough

Private Walter Stanley Beale. 8520. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Edmonton, Enlisted Pickering, Resided Forest Hill

Private Charles Bell. 3/7957. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John William Bell, of 87, Marton Rd., Middlesbrough. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough

Private James Bell. 6082. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary Bell, of 4, Rutland St., Middlesbrough. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 30.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough

Private William Beswick Bell. 7027. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 March 1915. Aged 19.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Whitby

Private George Yates Blakeman. 3/9263. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Harriet Blakeman, of 47, Upleatham Rd., Saltburn, and the late George Blakeman; husband of Annie Blakeman, of 55, Middle Oxford St., South Bank, Yorks. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 40.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough

Private Arthur Bland. 10498. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry Bland, of 10, Haver Lane, Haymarket, York, and the late Ada Bland. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 20.
Born York, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided York

Private William Boggis. 10373. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born London, Enlisted London

Private Israel Bomberg. 10460. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 March 1915.
Born Cardiff, Enlisted Stratford, Resided London.
Further details on Israel Bomberg are in the website British Jews in the First World War.
**Private Bomberg was one of 16 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment who are commemorated in the British Jewry Book of Honour. Of the 50,000 Jews who served with the British and Colonial Forces during the First World War, 2,324 lost their lives and are commemorated in this book.
(He is shown in the book as "J Bomberg".)
Private Harold David Aarons, 43067


Private Robert Bowes
. 7634. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough

Private John Thomas Boyle. 3/7368. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Annie Boyle, of 25, Codd, South Bank, Yorks. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 20.
Born Lackenby (Redcar, Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided South Bank

Private John Bradley. 3/7634. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Daniel and Catherine Bradley. Killed 17 June 1915. Aged 20.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough

Private Michael Bradley. 3/7864. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Margaret Bradley, of 43, Marsh St., Middlesbrough. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough

Private Joseph Rueben Bramley. 9645. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Mrs. Frances Young, of 33, Peckham Park Rd., Old Kent Rd., London. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Bermondsey, Enlisted London, Resided Bermondsey

Private George Brannon. 16533. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frances Hugill (formerly Brannon), of 71, Vaughan St., Grangetown, Yorks, and the late Patrick Brannon. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 18.
Born Warrenby (Redcar), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Grangetown

Private William Bright. 10462. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 May 1915.
Born Bradford-on-Avon (Wilts), Enlisted Stratford, Resided Sunderland

Private James Brodie. 3/8140. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Mary Ann Brodie, of 18, Lloyd St., Middlesbrough; husband of Mary Jones (formerly Brodie), of 6, Nixon St., Middlesbrough. Killed 10 March 1915. Aged 38.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough

Serjeant William Edward Bullen. 9479. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Josephine Bullen, of 82, King St., Gillingham, Kent, and the late Harry Bullen. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 24.
Born Chatham, Enlisted Chatham, Resided Gillingham

Lance Corporal Thomas Benjamin Burcombe. 10234. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Burcombe, of 36, Tuilerie St., Hackney Rd., London. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 20.
Born Bethnal Green (London), Enlisted Stratford, Resided Bethnal Green

Lance Corporal James Burgin. 10127. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. W. F. and Mrs. E. A. Burgin, of 1, Victoria Rd., Gleadless, Sheffield. Killed 12 March 1915. Aged 25.
Born Heeley (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield, Resided Gleadless

Private William Burn. 16571. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Joseph and Sarah Burn (nee Richardson), of 20, Forster St., South Hetton, Co. Durham. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 18.
Born Wingate (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided South Hetton

Private Thomas Burns. 3/8207. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Sarah Burns, of 23, Thorrold Terrace, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Killed 12 March 1915. Aged 32.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough

Private Dudley Bushell. 10449. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles and Annie Bushell, of 52, Ernald Avenue, East Ham, London. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 20.
Born Kingston-on-Thames, Enlisted Stratford, Resided East Ham



The Le Touret Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery (2) The Le Touret Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery (2)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)

The Le Touret Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery (3)The Le Touret Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery (3)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)

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