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

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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.

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Private Willoughby Ward Walker. 1580. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 July 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Private Arthur John Waller. 1881. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 April 1915.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Bridlington, Resided Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Lance Corporal Albert Victor Walters. 15344. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frederick and Janet Walters, of 33, St. Mary's Walk, Scarborough. Died 16 October 1915. Aged 18.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated X FARM CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES.

Private John William Warwick. 14922. 1st Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), formerly 5622 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Warwick, of Scarborough. Killed 30 October 1918. Aged 32.
Born Scarborough (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Scarborough (Yorks).
Buried LANDRECIES BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private John Thomas Watkinson. 220460. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 2512 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Christopher Watkinson, of 111, Trafalgar Rd., Scarborough, Yorks. Killed 25 April 1918. Aged 19.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, Tyne Cot Memorial.

Corporal Fred Watson, MM. 240174. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 October 1917.
Born Seamer (Scarborough), Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.

Private Harry Webster. 1912. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Jane Ann Webster of 10 Ida View, Stourton, Leeds. Killed 16 September 1916. Aged 28.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Addenda Panel 5, Front Terrace, Thiepval Memorial.

Private Harry Webster. 2152. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. W. H. and Mrs. M. E. Webster, of 35, Rothbury St., Scarborough. Killed 28 October 1916. Aged 21.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT.

Private Harry Wharton. 1454. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 September 1915.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES OLD MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private James Dyson Whitaker. 9418. 1st Garrison Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Alice Maud Dyson Whitaker, of Scarborough, N. Yorks. Died 6 June 1918.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL.

Private William White. 15212. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Rhoda White; husband of Charlotte White, of 36, Trafalgar Rd., Scarborough. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 38.
Born Pontefract (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Thiepval Memorial.

Private Harry Whitehead. 21025. 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly 10635 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Ada Whitehead, of 5, William St., Scarborough. Killed 10 October 1916.
Born Scarborough (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Charles Wilson. 16274. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 September 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Thiepval Memorial.

Private Charles Wilson. 7995. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Thomas and Hannah Wilson. Killed Between 22 October 1914 and 6 November 1914. Aged 30.
Born Brompton (Scarborough), Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Private Ernest Frederick Wilson. 30421. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary Jane Wilson, of 18, Prospect Park, Prospect Mount, Scarborough. Killed 2 August 1917. Aged 40.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Serjeant Walter Ernest Wilson. 3/8603. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 September 1916.
Born Aycliffe, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided West Hartlepool.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Thiepval Memorial.

Serjeant Herbert Wood. 240329. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Sarah Ann Wood, of 57, Enfields, Beverley, Yorks. Killed 28 March 1918. Aged 40.
Born Beverley, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Beverley.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.

Private Tom Wood. 20280. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 January 1916. Aged 33.
Born Malton, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES.

Lance Serjeant George William Wynne, MM. 240375. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 28 October 1917.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

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