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Yorkshire
Regiment Memorials Overseas, - The Soissons Memorial |
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The Soissons Memorial
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
The original British Expeditionary Force crossed the Aisne in August 1914 a few kilometres west of Soissons, and re-crossed it in September a few kilometres east. For the next three and a half years, this part of the front was held by French forces and the city remained within the range of German artillery.
At the end of April 1918, five divisions of Commonwealth forces (IX Corps) were posted to the French 6th Army in this sector to rest and refit following the German offensives on the Somme and Lys. Here, at the end of May, they found themselves facing the overwhelming German attack which, despite fierce opposition, pushed the Allies back across the Aisne to the Marne. Having suffered 15,000 fatal casualties, IX Corps was withdrawn from this front in early July, but was replaced by XXII Corps, who took part in the Allied counter attack that had driven back the Germans by early August and recovered the lost ground.
The Soissons Memorial commemorates 3882 officers and men of the United Kingdom forces who died during the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne in 1918 and who have no known grave.
The memorial was designed by G.H. Holt and V.O. Rees, with sculpture by Eric
Kennington. It was unveiled by Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon on 22 July 1928.
Of the 3882 names on the memorial, 146 are for men of the Yorkshire Regiment
. Photos of the panels bearing the names are shown below, with a transcription
of the names (and links to further details of the names) below the photos.
To view a larger version of the name panels which opens in a new window, select
the small sized image.
Soldiers who originally served in the Yorkshire Regiment, but were serving
in another regiment when they lost their lives, are shown in parenthesis,
below. e.g. Private Dawkins, J H.
We are extremely grateful to Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) for taking the photos of the Soissons Memorial.
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Names, Officers & NCO's & Privates "Ca"
- "Hu" |
Names, Privates "An" - "Ca"
& "Jo" - "Pe" |
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Names "Ra" - "Wo"
(Private Soldiers) |
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Yorkshire Regiment Names on the Soissons Memorial
Photos : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
The names of the men of the Yorkshire Regiment found on the Soissons Memorial are listed below. For further details on each name, select the initial letter above the surnames to be taken to another page which contains data on men whose surname starts with that letter.
Private Anderson, G Private Andrews, G F 
Corporal Bagley, T Private Bainbridge, A A Private Baines, J Private Banham, P Private Bannister, F Private Barker, W G Private Baxter, J T 2nd Lieut Bicknell, H B B Private Bishop, W J L/Cpl Bissell, J W Private Black, T Private Brooks, R J Private Broom, F Private Brown, J Private Brown, W J Private Brydon, J Private Budd, H J Private Bullock, S E Private Butler, W J 
Private Cadman, E Private Calvert, A B Private Carlin, B Private Carter, W Private Castle, J Private Christmas, B C Private Clarke, H Private Claybrough, T Private Clifford, H Lieutenant Close, R W M Private Clough, J J Corporal Collins, G J Private Cromack, J Private Cross, E Private Crow, H Private Curry, C 
Private Dawkins, J H Serjeant Dawson, J Private Day, A D Private Denham, E M Private Densley, R J Private Dinsdale, J R Private Dixon, J H Private Dodd, F Private Donnell, W Private Dowdeswell, A Private Dowie, J G Private Drinkwater, J Private Dunkerley, W 
Private Ely, S Private Eskholme, G Private Essam, B Private Evans, P
2nd Lieut Firth, P Private Fleet, W Serjeant Foster, W Lieutenant Fraser, H H Corporal Freeman, W S |
Private Gillions, V J Private Goodman, H W G Private Goosey, C Private Gough, F Private Green, W Private Greensides, A Private Griffiths, T H Private Guest, P J Private Guy, T 
Private Hansom, E O V Private Harker, J J Private Harrison, M Private Harvey, S Private Hazell, A J Private Hill, A J L/Cpl Horner, H Serjeant Houlston, H L/Cpl Hunt, H W Private Hunter, J J 
L/Cpl Ireland, W J 
L/Cpl Johnson, S Private Johnston, J A 2nd Lieut Jones, W H 2nd Lieut Jowett, S F Private Jukes, R 
Private Kelly, J P Lieut Colonel Kent, R E D 
Private Laverick, J W Private Liddle, R M 2nd Lieut Lowther, W Private Lumley, J W 
Private Maybray, W C L/Cpl McCabe, P Private McDonnell, J Private Metcalfe, G 2nd Lieut Milburn, R N Private Mills, A E Serjeant Moore, L J (DCM *) Private Morgan, G H Private Morris, P Private Morris, R J Corporal Moses, J Private Mudd, G 
Private Newton, H V Corporal Nicholson, H Private Norrell, L A  Private Oxley, J H |
Private Parker, A F Private Parker, J H Private Patterson, R Corporal Peacock, E Private Pearson, F Private Pendergast, W Private Perks, F V Private Phillips, O W H 
Private Ratcliffe, C Private Reed, G Private Rennison, A Private Richards, C Private Richardson, G Private Richardson, Jas Private Richardson, John J Private Richardson, L L/Cpl Ringrose, J W MM Private Rippin, W Private Roberts, H F Private Robertson, J W Serjeant Roe, J Private Routledge, J Private Russ, A F 
Private Savory, J H Private Scott, F Private Shaw, J Private Smith, A Private Smith, J Private Smith, W Private Smithson, J E Private Spear, A T H Private Spoors, W Private Standen, H H Private Staton, J Private Stobart, A E Private Strawford, R Private Summers, H Private Swindell, W H 
Private Tapken, J F Private Taylor, W Private Thomas, J H Private Tooley, C Corporal Tranmer, J W Private Tummey, L Private Turner, H H Private Tweddle, W 
Private Vernon, J E 
Private Wagstaff, F Private Walker, S Private Webb, W J Private Webster, J Private Weekes, H G Private Wharrie, H A Private White, W Captain Wiggins, T Private Wilson, A J Private Wilson, T Private Wilson, W H Private Wood, A Private Wood, C A Private Woodrow, H J |
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KOYLI Names on the Soissons Memorial (includes 2nd Lieut R N Milburn)
To view a larger version of above panel which opens in a new window, select
the small sized image.
Photo : Paul R on the Find
a Grave Website
The Soissons Memorial
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
The Soissons Memorial
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)