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

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.

2nd Lieutenant Matthew Henry Fell. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Matthew Henry and Mary Ellen Fell, of 14, Alexandra Park, Scarborough. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 24.
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.

Private Ralph William Fenwick. 40146. 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 28056 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ralph and Anna Fenwick, of Naman's Leases, Aldbrough, Darlington. Killed 10 February 1917. Aged 20.
Born Aldborough (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Buried FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS.

Private John Finn. 1624. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Harriet Finn, of Scarborough, Yorks. Killed 28 February 1916. Aged 24.
Born Lincoln, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private Thomas Finn. 203195. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 February 1917.
Born Kirton Lindsay (Lincs), Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
(Regimental Number given in SDGW as 8012)

Serjeant Richard Fleming. 8574. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 November 1915.
Born West Ham (London), Enlisted Stratford, Resided Canning Town.
Buried GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY.
(NOT the R Fleming on the Scarborough Memorial. This man was Royal Edmund Fleming, Deckhand in the Mercantile Marine, killed on 7 April 1915)

Private William Foster. 3298. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 January 1916.
Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private Edward Found. 18553. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Martha Elizabeth Found, of 21, Wykeham St., Scarborough. Killed 14 November 1915. Aged 37.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried HILL 10 CEMETERY.

Major Valentine Fowler. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Evelyn Fowler, of 5, Esplanade Gardens, Scarborough. Killed 2 June 1917. Aged 40.
Buried CROISILLES BRITISH CEMETERY.

Lance Corporal Charles James Fox, 15237. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Charles James and Emma Fox. Served at Gallipoli, and in Egypt. Three times wounded. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 32.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Bristol.

Private Charles James Fox, 1789. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Annie J. Fox, of Scarborough. Killed 29 December 1915. Aged 40.
Buried VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY
Born Leicester, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Leicester.

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