War Memorials Elsewhere, - Yorkshire Regiment Names on the Stockton-on-Tees WW1 Memorial (G)

The following names of men of the Yorkshire Regiment are to be found in the Book of Remembrance held in the Church of St. Thomas, Stockton. 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 Thomas Clemmitt Gardner, 15361. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 July 1916.
Buried HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton.

Private William Gillson. 21043. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late John and Annie Gillson; husband of Frances Alice Gillson, of 14, Langley St., Stockton-on-Tees. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 37.
Commemorated Panel 4, Ploegsteert Memorial.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees.

Private Benjamin James Goldie, 260065. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 May 1917.
Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY.
Born Eaglescliffe (Durham), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Yarm.

Private Maurice Goodwill, 1557. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 May 1915.
Buried POPERINGHE OLD MILITARY CEMETERY.
Born Helperby (Yorks), Enlisted Brafferton, Resided Helperby.

Private Herbert Gotts, 22688. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Agnes Gotts, of 7, Tower St., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 26 October 1917. Aged 24.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Stockton.

Private Arthur Green, 30901. Labour Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, transferred to (12771) 22nd Coy. Labour Corps. Son of John Green of Frederick St., Thornaby-on-Tees; husband of Eleanor Young Morton (formerly Green), of 5, Globe Yard, Smithfield, Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 8 September 1917.
Buried DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY.
Born Middlesbrough (Yorks), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees (Durham).

Lance Corporal Walter Wilfred Green, 26148. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Rose Lydia Green, of 26, Atterby Terrace, Stockton-on-Tees, and the late John Andrews Green. Killed 6 October 1916. Aged 22.
Commmorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton.

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The Stockton-on-Tees War Memorial, outside the town's parish church of St. Thomas.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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