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Yorkshire
Regiment Memorials Overseas, - The Soissons Memorial, Surnames "W" |
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The Soissons Memorial
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
| The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "W" listed on the Soissons memorial are;- |
Private Frank Wagstaff. 260094. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 27 May 1918.
Born Yelding (Beds), Enlisted Rushden, Resided Yeldon (Sharnbrooke - Beds).
Private Stewart Walker. 35275. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 35586 9th T R Battn. Killed 12 October 1918.
Born Banrony (Lanarkshire), Enlisted Glasgow, Resided Leeds.
Private Walter James Webb. 35766. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 238901 12th Yeo Cyclists Battn. Son of Walter and Edith Webb, of
6 Back., 100, Percy Rd., Greet, Birmingham. KIlled 27 May 1918. Aged 19.
Born Birmingham, Enlisted Birmingham.
Private James Webster. 14566. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
KIlled 27 May 1918.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Private Herbert George Weekes. 35798. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 229549 R F A. Son of Mrs. E. Weekes, of 27, Palatine St.,
Church Lane, Harpurhey, Manchester; husband of Annie Weekes, of 13, Simister
St., Moston, Manchester. KIlled 27 May 1918. Aged 27.
Born Warminster (Wilts), Enlisted Manchester, Resided Moston.
Private Herbert Arthur Wharrie. 41799. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 185002 R F A. KIlled 27 May 1918.
Enlisted Horncastle (Lincs).
Private William White. 19903. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Florence White, of 10, Maple St., Cargo Fleet, Middlesbrough, Yorks.
Died 27 May 1918. Aged 31.
Born Derby, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Cargo Fleet.
Captain Thomas Wiggins. 4th Bn. attached to 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 May 1918.
Private Albert James Wilson. 30688.
1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 29156 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 28 May 1918.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Private Thomas Wilson. 25282. 2nd/4th
Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 45688 the
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles
and Susan Wilson, of Ledston, Castleford, Yorks. Killed 20 July 1918. Aged
23.
Born Ledsham (Yorks), Enlisted Yorks, Resided Castleford (Yorks).
Private Walter Henry Wilson. 46821. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 6/11505 86th T R Battn. Son of Mrs. H. A. Wilson, of Camblesforth,
Selby, Yorks. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 19.
Born Cambleforth (Selby), Enlisted Goole.
Private Arthur Wood. 142221. 21st Battalion
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 26009 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 27 May 1918.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
(For a photo of the panel on which Private Arthur Wood is commemorated, see
the Find
a Grave website.)
Private Claude Albert Wood. 48073. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 629628 R A O C. Son of John and Sarah Wood, of 39, Talbot St., Nottingham;
husband of Ada Wood, of 27, Market St., Devonport. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged
36.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Plymouth.
Private Henry John Woodrow. 235273. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Eva Adeline Woodrow, of Beccles Rd., Thurton, Norton,
Norwich. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 31.
Born Gorleston, Enlisted Great Yarmouth, Resided Langley (Norwich).
The Soissons Memorial
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
The Soissons Memorial
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)