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Yorkshire
Regiment , Memorials Overseas Thiepval Memorial, Surnames "G" |
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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 "G" listed on the Thiepval Memorial are;- |
Private John Gallagher. 14851. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Edward Gallagher, and the late Sarah Gallagher. Killed 13 January 1917. Aged
33.
Born Swainforth (Foxwood), Enlisted Deafhill, Resided South Shields.
Private Michael Gallagher. 12446. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mrs. Gallagher, of 44, Graham St., South Bank; husband of Ellen Smith
(formerly Gallagher), of 10, George St., South Bank, Yorks. Killed 10 July 1916.
Aged 25.
Born Darlington, Enlisted South Bank (Yorks).
Private John Gallear, 11241. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of John and Martha Gallear, of 14, Portskewett St., Newport; husband of Sarah
Ann Gallear, of 29, Lloyd St., Liswerry, Newport, Mon. Killed 27 September 1916.
Aged 31.
Born Wolverhampton, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Liswerry.
Private David Gardiner. 14109. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Hartlepool, Enlisted West Hartlepool.
Private George Gardiner. 241455. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Emmanuel Gardiner, of 7, Fleetham St., Middlesbrough. KIlled 3 March
1917.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Matthew Gardner. 14170. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late Stuart and Annie Gardner; husband of Annie Gardner, of 8, Briar
St., West Hartlepool. Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 28.
Born Hartlepool, Enlisted West Hartlepool.
Private John Gibbon. 12576. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
8 February 1917.
Born Brancepeth (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Brandon Colliery.
Serjeant Arthur Gibson,
DCM. 23324. Machine Gun Corps, formerly 7184
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late George and Mary Ann Gibson. Killed
16 October 1916. Aged 24.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Lieutenant John Gibson. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Emma Janet Robson (formerly Gibson), of 127, Summergangs Rd., Holderness Rd., Hull, and the late Samuel Gibson. Killed 5 July 1916. Aged 23.
Corporal Daniel Gildea, DCM. 3/7822. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John and Kate Gildea. Killed 27 September 1916. Aged 25.
Born Huddersfield, Enlisted Halifax, Resided Huddersfield.
Private Henry Gilfellon. 19605. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 3 July 1916.
Born Shotton (Durham), Enlisted Darlington.
Private James Gill. 201258. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
15 September 1916.
Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.
Private John Edward Gillings. 11589. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of E. and H. Gillings, of 39, Telford St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough;
husband of Minnie Harris (formerly Gillings), of 102, Parliament St., Middlesbrough.
Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 28.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Lance Serjeant George Henry Goddard. 13227. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Henry and Ellen Goddard, of 67, Glebe Rd., Middlesbrough. Killed
5 October 1916. Aged 20.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Fred Bell Godsmark. 200310, 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late Mr. S. and Martha Godsmark. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 20.
Born Skelton, Enlisted Skelton, Resided Lingdale.
Private William Edward Godsmark. 3109, 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late Mr. S. and Martha Godsmark. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 22.
Enlisted Skelton, Resided Lingdale (Boosbeck).
Captain Lewis Wilberforce Goldsmith. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Eldest son of F. T. W. and Mary H. Goldsmith, of 1, Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn, London. Educated at Merton Court Preparatory School, Sidcup, and Kings School, Canterbury, entered for St. Johns College, Oxford. Killed 5 November 1916. Aged 21.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Charles Goodall. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Robert and Emily Sarah Goodall. Killed 6 November 1916. Aged 22.
Corporal Samuel Goodchild. 2072, 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 September 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Charles Gorman. 9631, 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
8 July 1916.
Born Aldershot, Enlisted Dublin.
Private Hugh Gorman. 16714. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
10 July 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
2nd Lieutenant George Herbert Gorton. 11th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
attached to 9th Battalion. Son of Thomas and S. A. Gorton, of 52, Glen Avenue,
Blackley, Manchester. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 19.
(George Herbert Gorton was initially a Private (2952) in the Royal Scots Regiment
before being commissioned into the Yorkshire Regiment).
Private Frederick James Goswell.
294493. 1st/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly
2826 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 September 1916.
Enlisted Helmsley (Yorks), Resided Stowmarket (Suffolk).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 14 A and 14 B, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Gouldsbrough. 21150. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Joseph C. and Minnie Gouldsbrough, of 5, Rokeby St., Central Estate,
Hartlepool. Killed 14 February 1917. Aged 21.
Born Hartlepool, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided West Hartlepool.
Private Herbert Graham. 3/9338, 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 14 September 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Private John Richard Graham. 12098. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of William and Jane Graham, of 6, Fallows St., Middlesbrough. Killed 5 July
1916. Aged 21.
Born Consett (co Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Robert Graham. 13155. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Mrs. Catherine Graham, of 48, Bargate St., Newport, Middlesbrough. Killed
10 July 1916.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Thomas Graham. 16305, 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband
of Isabella Williams (formerly Graham), of 12, Model St., Murton Colliery, Co.
Durham. Killed 28 September 1916. Aged 34.
Born Thornley (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery.
Coy Serjeant Major Henry Pakenham Grant. 165, 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 17 September 1916.
Born South Cave (Market Weighton), Enlisted Market Weighton (Yorks).
Private Edgar Greaves. 27082. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of the late George and Mary Helen Greaves. Killed 8 February 1917. Aged 19.
Born Rawmarsh (Yorks), Enlisted Shipley, Resided Saltaire.
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.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton.
Private William Greenshields.
11956. Machine Gun Corps, formerly 1290 Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Benjamin and Alice Greenshields, of 6, Greenbank Avenue,
West Lane, Middlesbrough. Died 26 September 1916. Aged 23.
Born Middlesbrough (Yorks), Enlisted Stockton, Resided Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Patrick Joseph Gregan. 36360, 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 28 September 1916.
Born Halifax, Enlisted Halifax, Resided Triangle (Halifax).
Private Samuel Gregory. 19365, 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
8 July 1916.
Born Ripley (Derbyshire), Enlisted Ferryhill, Resided West Cornforth.
Private John Wilson Grey. 45550. 19th
Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, formerly 23122 the
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 April 1917.
Born Scarborough (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Scarborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 4 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Walter Griffiths. 38722. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Arthur and Sarah Hannah Griffiths, of 814, Oldham Rd., Newton Heath,
Manchester. Killed 8 February 1917. Aged 18.
Born Manchester, Enlisted Manchester, Resided Newton Heath (Manchester).
Private Albert Groves. 16267. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Mrs. A. Hebden, of 3, Station Cottages, Melmerby, Ripon, Yorks. Killed 8
February 1917. Aged 23.
Born Pickhill (Durham), Enlisted Darlington.
Private Robert Mapstead Groves. 2440, 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Robert M. and Ellen Groves, of 65, Palsgrave Rd., Scarborough. Killed
15 September 1916. Aged 29.
Enlisted Scarborough.
Serjeant Thomas Grummett.
22707. 12th Battalion South Wales Borderers, formerly
23801 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Grummett,
of 7, Villiers St., Sunderland. Killed 21 April 1917. Aged 33.
Born Sunderland (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland (Durham).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 4A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Henry Raylton Grunwell. 34738.
10th Battalion King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), formerly
4620 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September 1916.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) commented;-
"His father was Richard Grunwell and his mother was named Margaret Ann.
He worked in Middlesbrough as a journalist before enlistment.")
Private Walter Gurden. 15477, 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
10 July 1916.
Born York, Enlisted York.
Private Percy Guyll.
12/16521. 11th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's
Own), formerly 18615 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 17 October 1916.
Born Thormanby (Easingwold - Yorks), Enlisted Thirsk (Yorks).
Commemorated on the Addenda Panel, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
The top of the Thiepval Memorial
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)