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Yorkshire
Regiment , Memorials Overseas Thiepval Memorial, Surnames "W" |
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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 "W" listed on the Thiepval Memorial are;- |
Private Arthur Wade. 11775. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of the late William Wade. Killed 8 February 1917. Aged 22.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Corporal John Waggitt. 18338. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Ralph P. and Georgina Waggitt, of High John St., Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham.
Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 27.
Born Hetton-le-Hole, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Hetton-le-Hole.
Private Edward Wainwright. 3/9673. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 7 October 1916.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Private James Waistell. 19569. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John and Grace Waistell, of 14, Glebe Terrace, Easington, Co. Durham.
Killed 6 November 1916. Aged 20.
Born Middleston Moor (Durham), Enlisted Darlington, Resided Easington Colliery.
(Note: James Waistell was an elder brother of Charles Waistell, also of the
7th Battalion, who was killed on 1 July 1916 and is commemorated on the FRICOURT
MEMORIAL and who is buried in FRICOURT CEMETERY.)
Private Ralph Waite. 27464. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
6 August 1916.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Private Fred Walker, 24498. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
20 September 1916.
Born Newham (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby.
Private George Walker. 13317. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
10 July 1916.
Born Hetton, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided South Shields.
Private Hugh Walker.
42540. 1st Coy Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly
24268 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Grace Walker, of
West Field Terrace, West End, Queensbury, Bradford. Killed 29 August 1916.
Aged 20.
Born Cambridge, Enlisted Morley, Resided Bradford.
Commemorated Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private John Walker,
250964. 1st/6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly
28681 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 November 1916.
Born Egton (Yorks), Enlisted Hinderwell (Yorks), Resided Egton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Thomas Henry Walker, 3717. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Thomas William and Mary Ann Walker, of 11, Springfield Rd., Springfield,
Darlington. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 29.
Born Shotley Bridge (Durham), Enlisted Darlington.
Private David Wall, 34797.
10th Battalion King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), formerly
4674 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September 1916.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A., THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private John Francis Waller, 1681. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Alfred and Mary Jane Waller, of 13, Piercebridge, Co. Durham. Killed
17 September 1916. Aged 26.
Born Yafforth (Northallerton), Enlisted Skelton, Resided Piercebridge.
Private Robert Ernest Waller, 3251. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Brother of Charles Waller, of 28, Oxford St., Boosbeck, Yorks. Killed 15 September
1916. Aged 20.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Boosbeck.
Private Robert Henry Waller, 23226. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 29 April 1917.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Whitby.
Private Albert Wallis, 19067. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
19583 Yorkshire L I. Killed 14 September 1916.
Born Featherstone (Pontefract), Enlisted Pontefract, Resided Featherstone.
Private Phillip Walsh, 17595. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
1 July 1916.
Born Blaydon (Newcastle), Enlisted Newburn, Resided Blaydon.
Corporal Charles Valentine Walton, 15748. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Frenshaw, Resided Redcar.
(In the 1911 Census, Charles Valentine Walton, aged 16, and Apprentice Ironmonger,
was living with his mother, Margaret, and family at the Grosvenor Hotel, Redcar.
)
Private William Wanless, 13279. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 5 October 1916.
Born Grangetown (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Eston.
Private Arthur Ward, 13302. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of George and Rachel Ward, of 3, Alexandra Terrace, Old Penshaw, Philadelphia,
Co. Durham. Killed 11 July 1916. Aged 25.
Born West Pelton (Chester-le-Street, Durham), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Old
Penshaw (Fencehouses).
Private Edwin Ward, 27953. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
5 November 1916.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Stockton, Resided Yarm.
Private Herbert Waite Ward. 16594. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 8 February 1917.
Born Sedgefield (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Sedgefield.
Lance Serjeant Arthur Warley, 1975. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 25 October 1916.
Born Foston (Driffield), Enlisted Bridlington.
Corporal Robert Waters, 20581. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
23 July 1916.
Born Spennymoor (Durham), Enlisted Newburn, Resided Spennymoor.
Private Alfred Watson,
250692. 1st/8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly
30594 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Thomas and Alice Louisa Watson,
of 42, Eskdale Terrace, Sunnyfield, Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 22 February
1917. Aged 24.
Born York, Enlisted Guisborough (Yorks).
Commemorated Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Charles Gavin Watson, 13885. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Daniel Yalop Watson and Jane Ann Watson, of 21, Somerset St., South Shields.
Killed 11 November 1916. Aged 23.
Born Blairgowrie (Dundee, Perthshire), Enlisted South Shields.
Private Eric Watson. 240957. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of John C. and Frances K. Watson, of 7, Vine St., Norton, Malton, Yorks. Killed
5 March 1917. Aged 23.
Enlisted Malton, Resided Norton (Malton).
Serjeant George Frederick Watson, 14801. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John and Mary Ann Watson, of 24, Bolckow Terrace, Grangetown, Yorks.
Killed 5 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born Grangetown (Yorks), Enlisted Redcar, Resided Grangetown.
Private Harry Watson, 3369. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Cornelius and Annie Watson, of Station View, Nawton, Yorks. Killed 15 September
1916. Aged 19.
Enlisted Helmsley, Resided Nawton.
Private James Watson.
241764. 2nd/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, formerly
3148 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 April 1917.
Enlisted Driffield (Yorks).
Commemorated Pier and Face 1 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Featherston Watson, 18977. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late George and Elizabeth Watson, of Low Mill, Farndale;
husband of Daisy Watson, of 35, Station Cottages, Battersby Junction, Great
Ayton, Yorks. Killed 18 October 1916. Aged 22.
Born Kildale (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Kildale, Grosmont.
Private John Newby Watson. 15010. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 11 July 1916.
Born Hendon (Sunderland), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Hendon.
Private Richardson Watson. 14129. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Richardson Watson, of 4, Mary St., Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham; and the
late Meggie Watson. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Lance Corporal Ralph Watson. 17684. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Brother of Miss Florence Watson, of Front St., Greatham, Stockton-on-Tees. Killed
10 July 1916.
Born Greatham (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Greatham.
Lance Corporal William Henry Watson, 3333. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Annie Haines, of 69, Eastgate, Pickering, Yorks. Killed
17 September 1916. Aged 28.
Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Seamer.
2nd Lieutenant William Wallace Watson. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late A. G. and Nellie A. Watson, of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.
Killed 13 October 1916. Aged 22.
(See below for further information on Lieutenant William
Wallace Watson.)
Private William Watson, 201062. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Elizabeth Watson of 38 Back Lane, Skelton in Cleveland, N Yorkshire.
Killed on 15 September 1916. Aged 27.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Private William Watson. 3878. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
24 September 1916.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private James Weatherall. 18477. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Brother of Miss M. Weatherall, of 10, Poplar St., Middlesbrough. Killed 1 July
1916. Aged 38.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Richard Frederick Webb. 10406. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 8 July 1916.
Born Norwood (London), Enlisted Woolwich, Resided Panger (Surrey).
Private Harry Webster. 1912. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband
of Jane Ann Webster of 10 Ida View, Stourton, Leeds. Killed 16 September 1916.
Aged 28.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Private James Weighell.
34716. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly
5435 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Lily Weighell, of Mount
Lodge, Staddle Bridge, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 25 September 1916. Aged
21.
Born Osmotherley (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A., THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private John William Welham, 4919. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mrs. Ellen Welham, of 4, Wheatlands Terrace, Loftus, Yorks. Killed 17
September 1916. Aged 24.
Born Loftus (Cleveland), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Carlin How.
Private George Wells. 3/8072. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Mary Anne Wells, of 32, Hymers St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, and the
late George Wells. Killed 14 September 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.
Private Joseph Wells.
34805. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly
3977 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Alice Wells, of
Romanby, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 25 September 1916. Agged 22.
Enlisted Northallerton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Edward Welsh. 18694. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband
of Annie Welsh, of II, Brecon Hill, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Killed 8 July
1916. Aged 36.
Born Lumley (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Fencehouses.
Private James West. 16333. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
20 September 1916.
Born Bolden Colliery, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Bolden Colliery.
Private John William Westwood. 7891. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 2 October 1916.
Born Thornaby (Yorks), Enlisted Thornaby, Resided Thornaby-on-Tees.
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.
* There is a J W Westwood on the Yorkshire Regiment panels on the Thiepval
Memorial. Although there is another J W Westwood, - of the Lancashire Fusiliers,
shown on the Thiepval Memorial it must be assumed that THIS J W Westwood was
initially missing before the body was subsequently identified and interred
in the Adanac Military Cemetery.
Private Joseph Dryden White. 16233. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mrs. Mary White, of 1, Attwood Terrace, Tudhoe, Co. Durham. Killed 8
July 1916. Aged 24.
Born Tudhoe, Enlisted Spennymoor.
Private John Davidson White. 19628. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Hetton Downs, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Fencehouses.
Serjeant William White. 15283. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. John White, of Ryhope Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed
20 September 1916. Aged 26.
Born Ryhope (Sunderland), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ryhope.
Private Henry Whitehouse. 24880. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Henry and Florence Whitehouse, of I, Stone St., Middlesbrough. KIlled
23 February 1917. Aged 19.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Harvey Whiteley. 27098. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 8 February 1917.
Born Liversedge, Enlisted Cleckheaton, Resided Liversedge.
Private John Robert Whiting. 24344. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Stockton (Durham), Enlisted Leyburn, Resided Stockton-on-Tees.
Private Charles Edwin Whitwood.
34719. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly
5125 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 25 September 1916.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private John Edward Widdas. 963. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 September 1916.
Born Beverley, Enlisted Beverley (Yorks).
Private Dennis Wilby. 29984. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
38231 Notts & Derbyshire Regt. Son of George and Florence Wilby, of Church
Rd., Wortham, Diss, Norfolk. Killed 18 October 1916. Aged 20.
Born Burgate (Suffolk), Enlisted Grantham.
Private Frank Wilds. 23034. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Frank and Annie Wilds, of 18, Victoria St., Lockwood, Huddersfield. Killed
26 May 1917Aged 24.
Born Manchester, Enlisted Huddersfield, Resided Lockwood (Huddersfield).
Private Benjamin Wilkinson, 26478. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Chester-le-Street (Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Grangetown.
2nd Lieutenant Bernard Jocelyn Wilkinson. 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 July 1916.
Corporal Frank Wilkinson, 21139. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of A. A. Wilkinson, of 91, Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, Essex. Killed
9 July 1916. Aged 24.
Born Walthamstow (Essex), Enlisted Kensington, Resided Walthamstow.
(SDGW has Battalion as 8th).
Serjeant George Herman Wilkinson, MM. 15267. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 20 September 1916.
Born Frisking (Boston, Lincs), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Lance Corporal George Shaw Williams.
39098. 32nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly
18761 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 28 September 1916.
Born Hanley (Staffs), Enlisted Durham.
Commemorated Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Herbert Williams, 24377. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Ephriam and Eliza Williams, of 56, Hume St., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed
5 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton.
Private Joseph Llewelyn Williams. 25286. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mary I. Williams, of 4, Stowe St., Middlesbrough, Yorks., and
the late Richard Morgan Williams. Killed 16 September 1916. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private William Williams, 18521. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Darlington, Enlisted Darlington.
Private William Williamson.
34734. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly
2961 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September 1916.
Born Woolworth (Durham), Enlisted Malton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Alexander Willis. 13688. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 8 February 1917.
Born Hartlepool, Enlisted West Hartlepool.
Private Richard Arthur Willis. 240826. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George and Mary H. Willis, of 75, Hilderthorpe Rd., Bridlington, Yorks.
Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 22.
Enlisted Bridlington.
Private William Wilsher.
34806. 10th Battalion King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), formerly
4920 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September 1916.
Born Brotton (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton.
CCommemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Alexander James Wilson. 241507. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of William and Margaret Wilson, of 84, Marton Rd., Middlesbrough. Killed
17 September 1916. Aged 19.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Charles Wilson. 16274. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 30 September 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Private John Wilson.
34722. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly
4395 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September 1916.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private John Alfred Wilson. 200648. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 27 September 1916.
Enlisted Skelton.
Private Mark Wilson. 10/793. 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
attached to the 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Mary
Ann Wilson, of 13, Ruskin St., Anlaby Rd., Hull. Killed 23 July 1916. Aged
21.
Born Grimsby, Enlisted Hull.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 2 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Sherman Wilson. 27398. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
8 February 1917.
Born Heckmondwyke, Enlisted Heckmondwyke.
Private Thomas Arthur Wilson.
34731. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly
2481 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Sarah Wilson,
of Barmby Moor, York. Killed 25 September 1916. Aged 21.
Enlisted Pocklington (Yorks).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Serjeant Walter Ernest Wilson. 3/8603. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 28 September 1916.
Born Aycliffe, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided West Hartlepool.
Private William Herbert Wilson. 30117. 1st Battalion Border Regiment,
formerly 3263 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 January 1917.
Born Danby (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton (Yorks), Resided Swainby.
Private Henry Windross. 18610. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mrs. Mary Windross; husband of Jane Windross, of Sandhutton, Thirsk,
Yorks. Killed 13 January 1917. Aged 33.
Born Sandhutton (Thirsk), Enlisted Thirsk, Resided Sandhutton.
Private Edward Wise.
34705. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly
4036 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Headley and Jane Elizabeth Wise, of 38, Market Place, Bridlington,
Yorks. Killed 25 September 1916. Aged 19.
Enlisted Bridlington.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Charles Wood. 240591. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Robert and Mary Wood, of Thaxendale, Wharram, Malton, Yorks. Killed 15 September
1916. Aged 20.
Born Thaxendale (Wharram, Malton), Enlisted Malton, Resided Thaxendale.
Private Frederick Wood, 17778. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
10 July 1916.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Seaham Colliery.
Private Thomas Wood. 27218. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband
of Mary Jane Wood, of 7, Fir Grove, Thornaby-on-Tees, Co. Durham. Killed 18
October 1916.
Born Thornaby-on-Tees, Enlisted Thornaby.
Private Reginald Graham Woodmansey. 3357. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Only son of Mrs. Ernestine Woodmansey, of 49, Quay Rd., Bridlington,
Yorks., and the late Thomas Woodmansey. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 20.
Enlisted Bridlington.
Private Fred Woods.
28317. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
25512 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James William and Lavinia
Woods, of 51, Fearnley St., Armley, Leeds. Killed 9 February 1917. Aged 19.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 2 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Bertram Woodward, 4555. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mrs. C. Miller, of "Sunnyside," 58, Borobridge Rd., Knaresborough,
Yorks. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 38.
Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Masham.
Private Arthur Wray, 13073. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 7 October 1916. Aged 22.
Born Hovingham (Malton), Enlisted Malton, Resided Hovingham.
Private Edwin Wright.
34798. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly
5384 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September 1916.
Born Masham (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Herbert Hewitson Wright.
34718. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly
4289 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 September 1916.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Wright, 17835. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Robert Mathew Wright and Jane Wright, of 37, Cornish St., New Seaham,
Co. Durham. Killed 20 September 1916. Aged 20.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Dawdon (Co. Durham).
Corporal John George Wright, DCM, 11052. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Margaret Jane Wright, of 62, Dragoon Villa, West Sherburn;
husband of Annie Carr (formerly Wright), of 6, Lore St., New Durham, Durham.
Killed 28 September 1916. Aged 29.
Born Thornley (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Thornley.
Serjeant William Robert Wright. 21479. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George William and Catherine Barbara Wright, of 16, Bottomly St., Middlesbrough.
Killed 8 February 1917. Aged 26.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private George Arthur Wrigley, 24253. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Yeadon (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds.
2nd Lieutenant Cyril Garnet Wyld. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Fanny M. Wyld, of Eastwood, Notts; husband of Emily L. Wyld, of "Tirril," 30, Wilford Grove, Skegness, Lincs. Mentioned in Despatches. Killed 5 July 1916. Aged 30.
Private John Harold Wynne, 24446. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John and Mary Wynne, of 25, Mansfield Avenue, Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorks.
Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born Thornaby (Yorks), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Thornaby.
2nd Lieutenant William Wallace Watson. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late A. G. and Nellie A. Watson, of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Killed 13 October 1916. Aged 22.
The following information on Lieutenant Watson is taken from Robert
Coulson's biographies of Yorkshire Regiment Officers who were killed in
the First World War;-
William Watson served with the 2nd Battalion during the Somme offensive in
the summer and autumn of 1916.
In mid September the battalion were in a training area close to Naours, leaving
there on October 4th by motorbus and route march to brigade reserve in Switch
Trench.
On October 13th 2nd Lt Watson and the battalion were ordered up to the support
area closer to the front line.
Marching in columns the battalion was heavily shelled during which 2nd Lt
William Wallace Watson was killed on October 13th 1916 aged 22.
Jacky Rodger has kindly forwarded two contemporary Canadian newspaper reports
which tells us something more about Lieutenant Watson and his brother;-
The Ottawa Journal, Sat 21 Oct 1916, p1 col 7;-
"Cornwall, Ont., Oct 21.— Second Lieut. Wallace Watson, of Cornwall
11th and 2nd Yorkshire Regiments (Imperial) has been killed in action, according
to a cable to his mother today from the British War Office. He was a student
at the Ontario College of Pharmacy, Toronto, when the war began, and went
to London to complete his qualifying course last January. He was 22 years
of age."
The Ottawa Journal, Thu 3 May 1917, p5 col 5;-
"Mrs. A. G. Watson has received notification from Ottawa, that her son,
Gunner Alex. G. Watson, had been slightly wounded in the face, and had been
admitted to Boulogne Hospital on April 23. Gunner Watson went overseas, early
in September 1916. He is 20 years of age and was a pupil of the Cornwall High
School. A brother of the young soldier, Lieut. Wallace Watson, who was killed
in action on Oct. 15 1916. He joined the Imperial forces while attending the
Ontario College of Pharmacy, Toronto."
The top of the Thiepval Memorial
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)