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Yorkshire
Regiment , Memorials Overseas Thiepval Memorial, Surnames "C" |
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The Thiepval Memorial
Photograph : "The Green Howard", Issue 10 April 2011
| The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "C" listed on the Thiepval Memorial are;- |
Private John William Cable. 13600. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 14 September 1916.
Born Hendon (Sunderland), Enlisted South Shields.
Private Sam Charlesworth. 9235. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 29 September 1916.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Private Edward Cain. 14578. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
1 July 1916.
Born Penshaw, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Fencehouses.
Private James Calvert. 3/8149. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
30 September 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Robert Campbell. 18297. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Matthew and Isabella Campbell, of 54, Castle St., Castletown, Sunderland.
Killed 29 September 1916. Aged 24.
Born Easington (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Southwick.
Private William Campbell. 14880. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 5 November 1916.
Born South Shields, Enlisted South Shields.
Private Charles Camps. 33341. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
4449 Suffolk Regt. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. Camps, of Reach, Cambs; husband
of Eliza Ethel Camps, of Crown Hall Farm, Burwell, Cambs. Killed 18 January
1917. Aged 22.
Born Swaffham Fen (Cambs), Enlisted Newmarket, Resided Burwell.
Lance Serjeant Bernard Carr. 12847. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 6 November 1916.
Born Willington (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Brandon Colliery.
Private John Carr. 13138. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
the late Owen and Bridget Carr. Native of Middlesbro', Yorks. Killed 10 July
1916. Aged 33.
Born Port Clarence (Middlesbrough), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Corporal Robert Carr. 11137. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of James and Anne Carr, of 12, Aged Miners' Homes, Wheatley Hill, Co. Durham.
Killed 8 February 1917. Aged 21.
Born Cassop (Durham), Enlisted Wheatley Hill.
Private Arthur Carter.
34205. 8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly
26010 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 October 1916.
Born Bradford (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford.
Commemorated Pier and Face 14 A and 14 B, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Serjeant Charles Carter. 6695. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Beatrice Carter, of 7 Court, 4 House, St. John's Rd., Park, Sheffield.
Killed 3 July 1916. Aged 34.
Born Attercliffe (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield.
Private Frederick Carter. 11334. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 8 February 1917.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Private Fred Carver. 19402. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
10 July 1916.
Born Boosbeck (Rso), Enlisted Richmond, Resided Lingdale (Boosbeck).
Lieutenant Rowland Telford Casebourne. 3rd Battalion attached attd.
(Adjt.) 5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Son
of the late Charles Townsend Casebourne and Eliza Jane Casebourne, of Greatham
House, Greatham, Co. Durham; husband of Eva Gertrude Casebourne, of Hartburn,
Stockton-on-Tees. Served in the South African Campaign. Killed 2 July 1916.
Aged 39.
Resided West Hartlepool.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
The following biographical notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"An older soldier Rowland Casebourne had seen service during the Boer
War.
He was with the 3rd Reserve Battalion of the Yorkshires mainly engaged in
training of drafts for the front and coastal defence of the North East coast
of England.
Due to his experience however he was posted to France and attached to the
5th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment.
He was with them in July 1916 when the Somme offensive began and was killed
in action on July 2nd 1916 as the West Yorks fought at the Schwaben Redoubt,
he was 39 years old."
Private Daniel Cattle. 36235. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
21882 East Yorkshire Regt. Son of Thomas Isaac Cattle, of 2, Wilbert Terrace,
Wilbert Lane, Beverley, Yorks, and the late Maria Cattle. Killed 18 October
1916. Aged 34.
Born Beverley (Yorks), Enlisted Beverley.
Lance Corporal John Cattle. 1916. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John Cattle, of 17A, Belle Vue St., Scarborough. Killed 17 September
1916. Aged 21.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Private Thomas William Cave. 18254. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John Thomas and Jane Cave, of 4, Chapel St., Quebec, Co. Durham; husband
of Elizabeth Jane Cave, of 7, Richardson's Row, Sunnyside, Tow Law, Co. Durham.
Killed 8 July 1916. Aged 31.
Born High Grange (Crook, Co. Durham), Enlisted Crook, Resided Tow Law.
Private Walter Chadwick. 13315. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Private Alfred Chamberlain. 201983. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 11 November 1916.
Born Ickleford (Herts), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Hull.
Private George Chambers.
34867. 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly
5486 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 September 1916.
Born Barton (Lincs), Enlisted Hull.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Ernest Chapman. 27390. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John and Emma Elizabeth Chapman, of 16, Headland St., Liversedge, Yorks.
Killed 3 July 1916. Aged 26.
Born Liversedge (Yorks), Enlisted Heckmondwike, Resided Liversedge.
Private James Chapman. 13329. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of the late Ralph and Eliza Chapman, of Hendon, Sunderland. Killed 3 October
1916. Aged 21.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Private Joseph Chapplow. 19282. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 27 September 1916.
Born Bankhead (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Leamside (Durham).
Private Sam Charlesworth. 9235. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 29 September 1916.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Private Lancelot Tone Charlton. 18148. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Elizabeth Charlton, of 18, Encombe Terrace, Ferryhill, Co. Durham, and
the late James Charlton. Killed 30 September 1916. Aged 35.
Born Deafhill (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ferryhill.
Private William James Morrison Child. 36052. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 18 October 1916.
Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted West Hartlepool.
Private Thomas Henry Chilton. 19620. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Christiana Chilton, of 35, Hutchinson St., Middlesbrough. Killed
3 July 1916. Aged 33.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Robert Marshall Christie. 27536. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Private Mark Churchill. 11044. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Patrick and Mary Churchill; husband of Maud Churchill, of 4, Church Place,
Felling-on-Tyne, Co. Durham. Killed 8 July 1916. Aged 35.
Born Barrow, Enlisted Felling.
Corporal George Churchley. 1770. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 17 September 1916.
Born Warwick, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Newcastle.
Private Horace Clark. 25934. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Only
son of George and Mary Elizabeth Clark, of 31, Colville Terrace, Thorpe, Wakefield,
Yorks. Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born Churwell (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds.
Private John Clark. 3/7264. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
9 July 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private John Robert Clark. 14863. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 8 October 1916.
Born Harton, Enlisted Boldon.
Serjeant Thomas Clark, 15181. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
14 September 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Lowestoft.
Private Thomas Clark, 38059. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
10 July 1916.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Richmond, Resided Whitby.
Private James Clarke. 19645. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of the late Thomas and Mary Clarke, of Middlesbrough; husband of Nellie Clarke,
of 14, Broadbent St., Brotton, Yorks. Killed 12 July 1916. Aged 39.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Skinningrove.
Private Joseph Clarke. 3/6826. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
1 July 1916.
Born Over Chester (Cheshire), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private James Clarkson. 12217. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Hugh William Clarkson, of Northumberland; husband of Bertha Clarkson,
of 4, Langford St., Kirkstall Rd., Leeds. Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 35.
Born Hamilton (Lanarkshire), Enlisted Leeds.
Lance Corporal John George Clement. 21098. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Formerly 22572 D L I. Killed 17 January 1917.
Born Wilton (Ferryhill), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Wheatley Hill (Durham).
Private Thomas William Close. 11952. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Emma Close (stepmother), of 72, Stoorn St., Ormesby, Middlesbrough, and
the late Thomas W. Close. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 25.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private James Cloughton. 18649. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 27 September 1916.
Born Tow Law (Durham), Enlisted Crook, Resided Tow Law.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Coates. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Coates, of Fulwood, Preston, Lancs. Killed 27 October 1916. Aged 23.
Private Stanley Coates. 201949. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 September 1916.
Born Whitkirk (Yorks), Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Nunthorpe.
Private Thomas Coates. 26160. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
10 July 1916.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees.
Private Tom Wood Coates. 36221. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 20099 East Yorkshire Regt. Killed 18 October 1916.
Born Rawcliffe Bridge (Yorks), Enlisted Hull, Resided Gilberdyke (East Yorks).
Private William Cockfield, 23502.
Machine Gun Corps. Formerly 1928 Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 September 1916.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Nunthorpe
Commemorated Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C, Thiepval Memorial.
A comprehensive biography of William Cockfield, with a portrait photo, can
be found on the Stokesley
Heritage website.
Private Tom Cocking. 8402. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
8 July 1916.
Born Dewsbury, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Bradford.
Private Frederick John Coe. 200127. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 4571 Durham L I. Killed 31 July 1916.
Born Leicester, Enlisted Leicester.
Private Norman Cole. 19388. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
30 September 1916.
Born Seaham Colliery, Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Seaham Colliery.
Corporal James Collins. 6389. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
8 July 1916.
Born Fulham (London), Enlisted London, Resided Sheffield.
Private Arthur Ernest Collinson. 16146. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of James William and Elizabeth Collinson, of 8, Grove St., Norton,
Malton, Yorks. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born Norton, Enlisted Malton, Resided Norton.
Private Thomas Gibson Collinson. 18699. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Annie Collinson, of Soldiers Homes, Crook, Co. Durham.
Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 27.
Born Auckland Park (Durham), Enlisted Crook, Resided Tow Law (Durham).
Private Joseph Connolly. 16151. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 5 August 1916.
Born Ryhope, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ryhope.
Private John Patrick Connolly. 3/8036. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 8 July 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
(Regimental number = 8035 in CWG but 3/8036 in SDGW)
Private John Cook. 3496. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
15 September 1916.
Born Wigan (Lancs), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes.
Private Arthur Cooke. 4093. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Alfred and Sarah Cooke, of Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed 11 November
1916. Aged 32.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Skelton.
Private Robert Cooke, 2945. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Alfred and Sarah Cooke, of 31 Cleveland St, Skelton-in-Cleveland, N Yorks.
Killed on 17 September 1916. Aged 30.
Enlisted Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Private William Cooke, DCM. 29659. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 30881 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 29 April 1917.
Born Arnold (Notts), Enlisted Nottingham, Resided Arnold.
Private William Cooling. 9163. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Alfred and Eliza Cooling; husband of Rose Cooling, of 28, Courtenay St.,
Kennington, London. Enlisted in 1890. Served in India and in the South African
Campaign. Re-enlisted in 1914. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 44.
Born Lambeth (London), Enlisted Lambeth, Resided Kennington (S E).
Private John Cooper. 13085. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Jesse and Eliza Cooper, of 20, Derwent Rd., Anerley, London. Killed 10 July
1916. Aged 22.
Born Lambeth (London), Enlisted Lambeth, Resided Upper Norwood.
Private Joseph Cooper. 5565. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Jane Cooper, of 6, The Promenade, Maryport, Cumberland, and the late William
Cooper. Killed 11 November 1916. Aged 32.
Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Netherton (Maryport, Cumberland).
Private John Richard Cooper. 3763. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 26 September 1916.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Albert Cope. 11572. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Brother
of Mrs. L. Dawson, of 25, Morris St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Killed 11
July 1916. Aged 25.
Born North Ormesby, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.
2nd Lieutenant Hubert Arthur Cornaby. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Arthur and Margaret Baker Cornaby, of Hankow; husband of Jessie Cornaby, of 1046, Avenue Joffre, Shanghai, China. Killed 15 July 1916. Aged 26.
Private John Cornish. 14869. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
13 October 1916.
Born Ryhope, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Washington.
Private Lawrence Corns. 18613. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
30 September 1916.
Born Sand Hutton (Yorks), Enlisted Thirsk, Resided Sand Hutton.
Private Michael Corr. 12496. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
27 September 1916.
Born Jarrow, Enlisted South Bank (Yorks).
Private Ernest Coser. 13743. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
11 July 1916.
Born Whitby, Enlisted South Bank, Resided Middlesbrough.
Private George Robert Costello. 15606. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Private Patrick Costello. 19480. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late Patrick and Mary Costello. Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 50.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
(No further information can be found on Patrick Costello. There was a Patrick
Costello living in St. Hilda's, Middlesbrough, in the 1911 census. He was
aged 40 and had been born in Ireland.
In the 1901 census there was a Patrick Costello born in Middlesbrough in 1875,
who was in Dartmoor jail.)
Private Samuel Cotton. 2249. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
17 September 1916.
Born Bainston (Bridlington), Enlisted Bridlington.
Lance Corporal Arnold W Coultas. 12891. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Lucy Coultas, of The Nutshell, Scalby, Scarborough, and the late George
Coultas. Killed 5 July 1916. Aged 22.
Buried SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Born Scalby (Nr. Scarborough), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Hovingham.
(Another example of a body being recovered and identified after the name was
put on a memorial as having no known grave.)
Private James Couper.
34194. 8th Battalion York and Lancaster
Regiment, formerly 26358 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Grandson of W. E. Couper, of 123. Second Avenue, Trafford Park, Manchester.
Killed 29 September 1916. Aged 21.
Born Manchester, Enlisted Bedale (Yorks).
Commemorated Pier and Face 14 A and 14 B, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Thomas Cowan. 14571. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of James and Clara A. Cowan, of Sherburn Colliery, Durham. Killed 5 July
1916. Aged 20.
Born Sherburn, Enlisted Durham, Resided Sherburn.
Private William John Cowlard. 33154. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 12973 Royal West Kent Regt. Son of John and Emily Cowlard, of Camden
Cottages, Wateringbury; husband of Florence Maud Cowlard, of Camden Cottages,
Wateringbury, Kent. Killed 29 September 1916. Aged 27.
Born Chilsfield (Kent), Enlisted Maidstone, Resided Wateringbury (Nr Maidstone).
Private George William Crabtree. 3/9420. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 17 January 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Thomas Craddock. 10610. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 7 October 1916.
Born Clifton (Bedale, Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Bedale.
Private James Cranson. 16915. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
3 October 1916.
Born Coxhoe (Durham), Enlisted Houghton, Resided Coxhoe.
Private Joseph Cregan. 12111. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Mrs. Sarah Dorothy Cregan, of 10, Italy St., Middlesbrough. Killed 10 July
1916. Aged 28.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Errol Crisp. 26371. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
5 November 1916.
Born South Bank (Yorks), Enlisted Thirsk.
Private Charles Crosby. 2829. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
17 September 1916.
Enlisted Redcar.
Private John Crosby. 19372. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
26 December 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.
Private Edward Cross. 3630. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
27 October 1916.
Enlisted Beverley.
Private Sam Crowther. 27391. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Tom and Eliza Crowther, of 74, Knowle Hill, Littletown, Liversedge, Yorks.
Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 26.
Born LIversedge (Yorks), Enlisted Cleckheaton, Resided Liversedge.
Serjeant Stanley Crute. 15024. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
5 July 1916.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Private Mark Cummin. 14463. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Robert Cummin, of 12, Gothay St., Wheatley Hill, Co. Durham, and the late
Margaret Cummin. Killed 5 July 1916. Aged 22.
Born Murton, Enlisted Wheatley Hill.
Private Stephen Cummings. 18226. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 5 October 1916.
Born Amble (Northumberland), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton-le-Hole.
Private Charles Cundill.
34871. 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly
2493 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 September 1916.
Enlisted Driffield.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Cunnah. 16708. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
5 October 1916.
Born West Cornforth (Ferryhill Station), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ferryhill.
Private George Cunningham. 3/9820. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 18 October 1916.
Born Bishop Auckland, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Harry Curtis. 33119. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
12723 Royal West Kent Regt. Son of George Curtis, of 3, Gedds Pond, Boxley,
Maidstone. Killed 23 September 1916. Aged 34.
Born Boxley (Kent), Enlisted Maidstone, Resided Boxley (Kent).
Private John Cusworth. 8885. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Jacob and Maggie Cusworth, of 34, Bear Tree Rd., Parkgate, Rotherham. Killed
10 July 1916. Aged 24.
Born Rotherham (Yorks), Enlisted Attercliffe (Sheffield), Resided Pargate (Nr
Rotherham).
The top of the Thiepval Memorial
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)