North Yorkshire War Memorials, - Yorkshire Regiment Names on the Scarborough WW1 Memorial (A)

The following names of men of the Yorkshire Regiment are to be found on the Scarborough War Memorial on Oliver's Mount. The data associated with each name is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register, together with data from Soldiers Died in the Great War as appropriate.

Private William Henry Anderson. 5512. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 12 January 1917.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS.

Private William Annandale. 36041. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Annandale. Died 22 March 1918.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.

Private Horace Appleton. 17194. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Jane Ann Appleton. Died 26 September 1915. Aged 22.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 44 and 45, Loos Memorial.

Private John Edward Archer. 39365. Depot, Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Ann Archer, of 91, Victoria Rd., Scarborough. Died at home 27 June 1917. Aged 27.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
(Shown in SDGW as Edward John Archer)
Buried SCARBOROUGH (MANOR ROAD) CEMETERY.

Private Charles Stamper Armstrong, 2293. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late John and Mary Armstrong. Killed 24 December 1915. Aged 23.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Private Walter Stanley Atkinson, 1525. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Florence Atkinson, of 3, Mount Pleasant, Queen St., Scarborough. Killed 30 July 1916. Aged 19.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).

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