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Yorkshire
Regiment , Memorials Overseas Thiepval Memorial, Surnames "D" |
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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 "D" listed on the Thiepval Memorial are;- |
Private Joseph Arthur Dakin. 29836. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 32435 Notts & Derby Regt. Son of Henry Dakin, of Canal Cottages,
Willington, Derby. Killed 1 May 1917. Aged 22.
Born Wellington (Derbyshire), Enlisted Derby.
(SDGW spells surname "Daykin")
Private John Dale. 3014. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
17 September 1916.
Enlisted Darlington, Resided Barton.
Private Charles Dalton, 34875.
9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly
2808 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Edith Mary Pilkington,
of 49, Minster Moor Gate, Beverley, Yorks. Killed 16 September 1916. Aged
18.
Enlisted Beverley.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Robert Darwin. 241782. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
145084 R F A. Killed 20 February 1917.
Enlisted Sheffield.
Private John Davis. 1598. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
15 September 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Private John William Davis. 16501. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 30 September 1916.
Born Swaithe (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private William George Davis. 13924. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of William and Sarah Ann Davis, of 64, Morris St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough,
Yorks. Killed 11 July 1916. Aged 20
Born Salford (Manchester), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.
Private William Davy. 14265. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
5 August 1916.
Born South Shields, Enlisted South Shields.
Private Charles Gavin Dawson. 20453. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 27 September 1916.
Born Bradford, Enlisted London, Resided Blackfriars.
Lance Corporal Reginald Dawson, 2166. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of George and Annie Dawson, of Hovingham. Malton. Yorks. Killed
17 September 1916. Aged 21.
Born Hovingham (Yorks), Enlisted Malton, Resided Hovingham.
Private Thomas Edward Deighton. 20634. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 July 1916.
Born Nether Poppleton (Yorks), Enlisted Thirsk, Resided Nether Poppleton.
Private Peter Easingwold Delaney.
34881. 9th Battalion King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), formerly
5398 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 September 1916.
Enlisted Easingwold (Yorks).
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Serjeant Patrick Dempsey, DCM. 7766. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Patrick and Mary Dempsey, of Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford; husband of
Mary Dempsey. of Newbridge St., Birr, Offaly. Killed 30 September 1916. Aged
30.
Born Edgeworthtown (Longford), Enlisted Newry, Resided Birr (King's Co, Ireland).
Private John William Denning. 28168. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 25 April 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private John William Dennis. 23486. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John and Sarah Hannah Dennis, of 70, South Parade, West Hartlepool.
Killed 5 November 1916. Aged 21.
Born Stokesley, Enlisted West Hartlepool.
(surname spelt "Deanis" in SDGW)
Private Alfred Denny. 3321. Fought under alias of "Dunnington".
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 November 1916.
Enlisted Malton, Resided Amotherby.
Rifleman Daniel Devine, 40630.
1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, formerly 19781
the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 November 1916.
Enlisted South Shields (Durham).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 15 A and 15 B, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Wallace Dews. 33540. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
31537 11th Reserve Hussars Regt. Killed 17 January 1917.
Born Halifax, Enlisted Queensbury.
Private John Albert Dick. 7517. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 November 1916.
Born West Pelton (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided New Silksworth.
Private Arthur Dickinson. 28325. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 7 October 1916.
Born Snainton (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Snainton.
Private George Dixon. 17663. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
8 July 1916.
Born Castle Eden (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring.
Lance Corporal James Dixon. 14772. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 11 July 1916.
Buried SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Monkwearmouth.
(Another example of a body being recovered and identified after the name was
put on a memorial as having no known grave.)
Private Robert William Dixon. 15341. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Wheatley Hill (Durham), Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Wheatley Hill.
Serjeant Thomas Dixon. 16818. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 6 July 1916.
Born Burnmoor (Houghton-le-Spring), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Fencehouses.
Private Thomas Dixon,
34195. 8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly
12872 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Hannah Dixon, of Woodman's
Cottage, Lythe, Whitby, Yorks. Killed 7 October 1916. Aged 23.
Born Lythe (Whitby), Enlisted Whitby.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 14 A and 14 B, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private William Dixon.
23503. Machine Gun Corps, formerly 1358 Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Lilian Dixon, of 9, West View, Redcar, Yorks.
Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 22.
Born St. Peter's (Redcar), Enlisted Redcar.
Commemorated Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private John Dobbs. 3/7088. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
20 September 1916.
Born Co. Tyrone, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Lance Corporal John George Dobie. 13584. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late William Dobie. Killed 9 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born Penshaw (Houghton, Durham), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided New Herrington.
Private Isaac Dobson. 4907. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Brother
of John Dobson, of 96, Charlton, Boosbeck, Yorks. Killed 15 September 1916.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Lingdale.
Private Arthur Dodds, 34189.
8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly
20479 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Dodds, of 17,
Albert Terrace, Esh Winning, Co. Durham. Killed 30 September 1916. Aged 21.
Born Brandon (Durham), Enlisted Durham.
Commemorated Pier and Face 14 A and 14 B, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private William Dodds. 13022. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
11 July 1916.
Born Hetton-le-Hole (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Easington Lane
(Durham).
Private John Doherty. 14934. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Patrick Doherty, of 9, Fancoat St., Newport, Middlesbrough. Killed 5 July
1916. Aged 22.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Henry Donaldson. 17728. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 5 July 1916.
Born South Shields, Enlisted South Shields.
Private John William Done, 23927.
8th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, formerly
7340 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 July 1916.
Born Bradford (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford.
Commemorated Pier and Face 6 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private John Doran. 16589. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
8 July 1916.
Buried OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY.
Born South Shields, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided West Cornforth (Ferryhill).
(Another example of a body being recovered and identified after the name was
put on a memorial as having no known grave.)
Lance Corporal John Douglass. 22810. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Rhoda Bosanquet Douglass. Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Deaf Hill, Resided Seaham Harbour.
Private Albert William Dove. 17766. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 6 October 1916.
Born Thornley (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Wheatley Hill (Durham).
Private James Dover. 15571. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
30 September 1916.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Private Mark Kirton Downes. 3427. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Robert and Annie Elizabeth Downes, of 1, Mulgrave Rd., West Hartlepool,
Co. Durham. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 19.
Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided West Hartlepool.
Private Thomas Drew. 13065. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Samuel Drew, of 63, Cleveland St., California, Eston, Yorks. Killed 5 July
1916. Aged 38.
Born Eston, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Eston.
Private Thomas Duffy, MM. 8875. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late John and Mary Duffy, of Liscosker, Kilkelly, Co. Mayo. Killed
11 July 1916. Aged 38.
Born Great Ayton (Yorks), Enlisted Aldershot, Resided Kilkelly (Co Mayo).
Lance Corporal Sam Dunham, 31296.
8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
28906 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Dix Dunham, of 23, Little
Cross St., West Bowling, Bradford, Yorks. Killed 14 November 1916. Aged 22.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 2 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Edward Dunn. 16729. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Joseph and Jessie Dunn, of 14, Dale St., Ushaw Moor; husband of Annie Dunn,
of Carlton House, Ushaw Moor Colliery, Durham. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 25.
Born Ushaw Moor, Enlisted Durham, Resided Ushaw Moor.
Private Harold Peacock Dunn. 11487. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Elizabeth Dunn, of "Harflour View" (sic), Cowbar, Staithes,
Yorks, and the late Robert Dunn; husband of Mary Jane Dunn, of 35, Station St.,
Middlesbrough. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 34.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Private James Dunn. 3/8776. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
1 July 1916.
Born Bradford (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford.
Private Thomas Dunn. 16154. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
9 July 1916.
Born Horden (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Horden.
Lance Corporal Alexander Dunning. 3/7789. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Annie M. Dunning, of 16, Queen St., Thornaby-on-Tees,
Yorks. Killed 15 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born Thornaby (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Thornaby-on-Tees.
Private Alfred Dunnington. 3321. True family name was "DENNY".
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 November 1916.
Enlisted Malton, Resided Amotherby.
Private John William Durham. 22928. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 8 October 1916.
Born Hull, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Holbeck.
Private Thomas Durkin. 11166. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Edward and Mary Ann Durkin, of 20, Free St., Otley Rd., Bradford, Yorks.
Killed 5 August 1916. Aged 31.
Born Accrington (Lancs), Enlisted Bradford.
Private Robert Dyer. 18040. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Alfred and Mary Ann Dyer, of Scarborough. Killed 28 September 1916. Aged
22.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
The top of the Thiepval Memorial
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)