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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - The Le Touret Memorial, Surnames "H" |
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The
Le Touret Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery (1)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
| The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "H" listed on the Le Touret Memorial are;- |
Private James Hacking. 5856. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 12 March 1915.
Born Salford (Lancs), Enlisted Manchester, Resided Scarborough
Lieutenant Gerald Francis Hadow. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 21.
The following comes from M L Ferrar's "Officers of the Green Howards
1688 - 1931";-
Born at Scarborough, 24th January, 1894, son of Colonel A. de S Hadow, late
19th Foot.
2nd Lieut., 15th August, 1914 ; Lieut., 8th March, 1915.
Took part in the battles of Neuve Chapelle and Festubert.
Killed in action at Givenchy, 15th June, 1915.
" He had reached the German barbed wire, and finding he was practically
alone, returned to his own trenches, which he reached untouched. Here he found
his Captain killed and all the other officers dead or wounded. His company
went into action 180 strong and had 142 casualties. He returned to report
to the C.O., and on the way was struck on the head by a piece of shell. A
captain under whom he served wrote : ' I feel I have lost a young friend whom
I had got to know and tested in perhaps the most severe time — war time
— and he never failed. He was such a gallant little fellow and quite
ready to die for the good cause.' "
Private James Hainsworth. 7124. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Private George Haithwaite. 7097. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late Samuel and Margaret Haithwaite. Killed 11 March 1915. Aged
40.
Born Otley (Keighley), Enlisted Keighley
Private William Henry Hancock. 3/8391. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 11 March 1915.
Born Battersea (London), Enlisted Battersea
Private Joseph George Hand. 10320. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John William and Ellen Lucy Hand, of 224, Old Kent Rd., London. Killed
11 March 1915. Aged 20.
Born Shadwell (London), Enlisted London, Resided Old Kent Road (S E)
Private Alfred Harbour. 10451. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mrs. E. Davies (formerly Harbour), of 145, Colegrave Rd., Stratford,
London, and the late Alfred Thomas Harbour. Killed 15 June 1915.
Aged 18.
Born Hackney, Enlisted Stratford, Resided Homerton.
Private Robert Alfred Hardcastle. 3/8757. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Morley (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Pontefract.
Private Fred Hardman. 10308. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 13 March 1915.
Born Heywood (Manchester), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Rochdale
Private John William Harrison. 3/8455. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees.
Lance Corporal Alfred George Hartley. 9462. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Normington (Derby), Enlisted Scarborough.
Private Henry Heath. 8436. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Elizabeth Heath, of 8, Alderson St., Deptford, Sunderland. Killed
10 March 1915. Aged 36.
Born Wanderbury (Warwick), Enlisted Sunderland
Private John Hedley. 3/8736. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Christchurch (West Hartlepool), Enlisted West Hartlepool.
Private Henry Ernest Hewerdine. 3/8083. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Rosaleana Hewerdine, of 19, Howard St., Leeds; husband
of Bessie M. Falkingham (formerly Hewerdine), of 82, Rosebank View, Leeds.
Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 21.
Born Acomb (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds
Private Harry Hibbert. 10509. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Joseph and Sarah Alice Hibbert, of 44, Stockport Rd., Romiley, Cheshire.
Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 19.
Born Stockport, Enlisted Eastbourne, Resided Romiley (Cheshire)
Private John Hickey. 9987. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Frank Hickey, of The Cottage, Bowling Iron Works, Bradford. Killed
15 June 1915. Aged 24.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford, Resided Bowling
Private Peter Hill. 3/7995. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Bramley (Leeds), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Bramley
Private Walter Hill. 3/7444. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mrs. Polly Hunt, of 2 Court, Jessop Lane, Sheffield. Killed 15 June
1915. Aged 23.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield
Private William Johnson Hill. 3/7576. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Stockton (Durham), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees
Corporal William Holliday. 8149. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 17 May 1915.
Born Holbeck (Lancs), Enlisted Batley, Resided Holbeck
Private Albert Holman, 9254. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband
of Janet Simpson (formerly Holman), of Ainsleys Court, Whitby, Yorks. Killed
12 March 1915. Aged 24.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Henry Holmes, 8029. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
12 March 1915.
Born Northallerton, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Northallerton.
Private James Holmes. 7963. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Eccleshall (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield
Private Harry Holton, 3/6992. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 11 March 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough
Private Horace Hope, 7002. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
11 March 1915.
Born Neepsend (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield
Lance Corporal Joseph Hopkinson, 3/7479. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 10 March 1915.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford
Private Joseph Howard. 7601. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Hunslet (Leeds), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Hunslet
Private Thomas Hughes. 5948. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Aldershot, Enlisted Middlesbrough
Private Thomas Henry Hutchinson. 3/7739. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Thomas Hutchinson, of 11, Cairns St., Oldham. Killed 15 June
1915. Aged 23.
Born Thornaby (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Thornaby
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)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)