Yorkshire Regiment War Graves
Yorkshire Regiment, - Memorials Overseas
Tyne Cot Memorial,
Surnames "O"
Yorkshire Regiment War Graves

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The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (1) The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (1)
Photo : Commonwealth War Graves Commission website

The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "O" listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial are;-

Lance Corporal Joseph Oates, 260134. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 3159 D L I. Killed 6 May 1918.
Enlisted Bishop Auckland, Resided West Auckland.

Private Robert Oberon, 203174. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Ann Oberon, of 159, Westgate, Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 28 October 1917. Aged 19.
Born Nunthorpe (Yorks), Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Nunthorpe.

Private Edmund O'Brien. 14933. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 18 October 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Joseph O'Brien. 29162. 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 46391 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 September 1917.
Born Alnwick, Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided Alnwick.
Commemorated Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Edward O'Brien, 35504. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 5/9276 T R Battalion. Son of H. E. and Agnes Bertha O'Brien, of 283, Hollings Rd., Bradford. Killed 6 May 1918. Aged 18.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.

Private Albert O'Connor. 26544. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Daniel and Margaret O'Connor. Died 20 September 1917. Aged 28.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
(Shown in SDGW as "Albert Connor")

Serjeant Richard Oglesby MM, 3/8839. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Sarah Ann Footer (formerly Oglesby), of 19, East Crescent, Loftus, Yorks, and the late Thomas Oglesby. Killed 24 September 1917. Aged 35
Born Stokesly, Enlisted Richmond, Resided Loftus (Yorks).

Private Joseph Orton, MM. 13986. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 19 October 1917.
Born Kelloe (Sedgfield), Enlisted Deafhill, Resided Trimdon Grange.

Private Henry Outhwaite. 35503. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 May 1918.
(Not shown in SDGW)
Had previously served in the 5th and 11th Battalions West Yorkhsire Regiment.
From the Register of Soldier's effects, his estate was left to his mother Henrietta.
From the 1911 census, Henry Outhwaite was born in 1900 in York and was living in York. Therefore aged 18 when killed.

Private Dixon Overfield. 41782. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 174599 R F A. Killed 9 October 1917.
Born Hunmanby (Yorks), Enlisted Filey.

Private Matthias Ovington. 50853. 2nd/9th Battalion Manchester Regiment, formerly 45122 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Margaret Ovington, of 2, Morley St., Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 41.
Born Greenside (Durham), Enlisted Gateshead (Durham), Resided Heaton (Newcastle-on-Tyne).
Buried TYNE COT CEMETERY.


The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (2)The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (2)
Photo : Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>)

The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (3) The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (3)
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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