Yorkshire Regiment War Graves
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Tyne Cot Memorial,
Surnames "W"
Yorkshire Regiment War Graves

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The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (1) The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (1)
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The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "W" listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial are;-

Private John Wadsworth, 38152. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 May 1918.
Born Barnsley, Enlisted Heckmondwyke.

Private Harry Waines, 311607. Royal Garrison Artillery, formerly 1420 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 October 1917. Aged 25.
Born Bridlington (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton.
Commemorated Panel 6 to 7 and 162, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Note from Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>);-
"At birth he was registered as Moses Henry (Harry) Waines in Bridlington RD March 1892. His father was George Henry Waines and his mother Elizabeth. He married Sarah Margaret Smith in January 1914 and at the time of his death he had two young children."

Private Arthur Waite. 27448. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 October 1917.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.

Private Sidney George Waite. 42689. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 30456 Northumberland Fusiliers. Son of George and Sarah Waite, of 69, Riley Rd., Lewes Rd., Brighton; husband of Margaret Robinson Waite, of 10, Ravensworth Cottages, Brandling Village, Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 32.
Enlisted Sheerness, Resided Sheldfield.

Private Vincent Wajnis. 32796. 9th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 32585 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 September 1917.
Born Alvintz (Russia), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 125 to 128, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private George Thomas Waland. 25180. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Rose Waland, of 80, Telford St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, and the late Harriet Waland. Killed 6 November 1917. Aged 33.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Seaham Colliery.

Private Benjamin Edward Walker, 250696. 1st/6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 28412 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Maria Walker, of 17, The Furnaces, Norton; husband of Emily Vesty Davison (formerly Walker), of 1, The Furnaces, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 26 October 1917. Aged 32.
Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees. Resided Norton-on-Tees.
Commemorated Panel 128 to 131 and 162 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Lance Serjeant George William Walker, MM. 3/9119. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jane Walker, of 22, Ash St., Middlesbrough, and the late John Walker; husband of the late Ellen Walker (nee Matthews), of 59, York St., Thornaby-on-Tees. Died 8 May 1918. Aged 32.
Born Hutton Rudby (Yarm), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Thornaby.

Private John William Walker. 204735. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 October 1917. Son of the late William and Elizabeth Walker, (nee Morrison), of Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; husband of Mary Walker, of 26 Hawick Crescent, Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.

Private John William Walker. 45777. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Nelson Walker and Jane Walker, of Prospect House, Bowes, Darlington. Native of Gilmonby, Bowes. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 19.
Born Gilmonley, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Gilmonley (Darlington).

Private Thomas Arthur Walker. 81371. 106th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 32990 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 November 1917.
Born Whitby (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 154 to 159 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Hornby Wall. 50875. 2nd/10th Battalion Manchester Regiment, formerly 45081 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Wall, of 7, Aged Miners Cottages, Boldon Colliery; husband of Dorothy Ann Mouter, (formerly Wall), of Council Houses, 40, John St., Boldon Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 29.
Enlisted South Shields (Durham), Resided Boldon Colliery (Durham).
Commemorated Panel 120 to 124 and 162 to 162A and 163A.
(The photo of the panel on which Private Wall is commemorated has been provided by Mark Wylie, Curator of the Manchester United Museum (<mark.wylie67@hotmail.co.uk>).)

Private James Dickson Wallace. 204452. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Elizabeth Margaret Wallace, of 19, Narrowgate St., Alnwick, Northumberland, and the late Robert Wallace. Killed 4 October 1917. Aged 29.
Born Alnwick, Enlisted Newcastle.

Private Joseph Walsh. 19064. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 19444 Yorkshire L I. Killed 29 September 1917.
Born Hyde (Cheshire), Enlisted Hyde.

Private Edwin Walshaw. 40282. 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 27528 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 October 1917.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Commemorated Panel 108 to 111, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal John Joseph Walton. 19677. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 August 1917.
Enlisted Evenwood (Durham), Resided Evenwood.

Private Bert Ward. 30773. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 15293 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 April 1918.
Born Bourne (Lincs), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Robin Hood's Bay.
Commemorated Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
(Not shown on the Robin Hood's Bay Memorial)

Private Samuel Warhurst. 41736. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 160362 R F A. Son of Thomas and Ann Warhurst, of 94, Kelvin St., Ashton-under-Lyne; husband of Ann Eliza Warhurst, of 19, Oldham St., Hyde, Cheshire. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 32.
Born Dukinfield (Cheshire), Enlisted Denton.

Private John Thomas Watkinson. 220460. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 2512 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Christopher Watkinson, of 111, Trafalgar Rd., Scarborough, Yorks. Killed 25 April 1918. Aged 19.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Corporal Fred Watson, MM. 240174. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 October 1917.
Born Seamer (Scarborough), Enlisted Scarborough.

Private Robert William Watson. 241608. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Fourth son of Alfred and Annie Watson, of 15, Ashville St., Bridlington. A fireman of N.E. Railway at Bridlington. Killed 28 October 1917. Aged 21.
Enlisted Bridlington.

Private Charles Watts. 45815. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1917.
Born Newcastle, Enlisted Gateshead.

Private Charles Waugh, 36741. 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Formerly 26649, Yorkshire Regt. Killed 25 April 1918.
Born Redcar, Enlisted Redcar.
Commemorated Panels 54 to 60, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Robert Weatherill. 45789. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 October 1917.
Born Newcastle-on-Tyne, Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Scotswood.

Private John Webb. 242655. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 September 1917.
Born Wheathampstead (Herts), Enlisted St. Albans, Resided Wheathampstead.

Private Walter Webster. 36037. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Mary Webster, of Emgate, Bedale, Yorks. Killed 24 September 1917. Aged 21.
Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Bedale (Yorks).

Private Herbert Vere Weissenborn. 36214. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 21751 East Yorkshire Regt. Killed 20 September 1917.
Born Bridlington, Enlisted Bridlington.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Welford. 3rd Bn. attd. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1917.

Private Robert Wells. 14700. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 October 1917.
Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted West Hartlepool.

Private James Welsh. 20663. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 September 1917.
Born Leadgate (Durham), Enlisted Spennymoor.

Coy Serjeant Major Henry West, 240710. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 May 1918.
Enlisted Burton Constable, Resided Skirlaugh (Nr. Hull).

Private Robert Harrison Wheldon, 28625. 2/5th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, formerly 31116 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 October 1917.
Born Houghton-le-Spring (Co Durham), Resided Fencehouses (Durham).
Commemorated Panel 102 to 104, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Serjeant Daniel Thomas Whetton, MM, 19072. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 19563 Yorks L I. Son of Alfred Daniel and Mary Anne E. Whetton, of Tilney St. Lawrence, King's Lynn. Killed 25 April 1918. Aged 22.
Born Leighton (Lincoln), Enlisted Doncaster, Resided King's Lynn.

Private William Whitaker. 29057. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 September 1917.
Born Halifax, Enlisted Blaydon, Resided Wyke (Bradford).

Private William White. 15212. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Rhoda White; husband of Charlotte White, of 36, Trafalgar Rd., Scarborough. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 38.
Born Pontefract (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough.

Private Percy Whitehead. 245312. 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 204233 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 August 1917.
Born Liversedge, Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Commemorated Panel 128 to 131 and 162 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private William Whitehead, 201166. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Jane Elizabeth Whitehead, of Dunroyal, Helperby, York. Killed 30 October 1917. Aged 22.
Enlisted Thirsk.

Private Herbert Whitehouse. 41306. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 5034 D L I. Killed 18 October 1917.
Born West Bromwich, Enlisted West Bromwich.

Private Arthur Widd. 38229. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1917.
Born Eberstone (Yorks), Enlisted York, Resided Haxby.

Serjeant David Wiley. 28101. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1917.
Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Stockton.

Lance Serjeant Charles Robert Wilkinson. 30567. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Smith Wilkinson and Ruth Wilkinson, of 24, Southampton St., Redcar, Yorks. Killed 6 May 1918. Aged 20.
Born Bramham, Enlisted Redcar.

Private Jonathan Wilkinson. 27250. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Mrs. Amelia Routledge, of 19, Nelson St., Ferryhill Station, Co. Durham. Killed 27 September 1917. Aged 27.
Born West Cornforth (Durham), Enlisted Richmond, Resided West Cornforth.

Private William Dixon Wilkinson. 201330. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elsie Wilkinson, of 12, South St., Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 2 November 1917. Aged 27.
Enlisted Guisborough.

Private Evan Williams. 42896. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Margaret Williams, of Afonfechan, Llanuwchllyn, Merioneth. Killed 19 September 1917. Aged 24.
Born Llanuwchllyn (Merioneth), Enlisted Dolgelly.

Private Albert Wilson. 36262. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 19044 East Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Annie Elizabeth Wilson. Killed 22 September 1917. Aged 21.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.

Sapper Gilbert Martin Wilson. 198760. 36th Div. Signal Coy. Royal Engineers, formerly 4600 the Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Mrs. E. M. Smith, of "Marlborough," 18, Emerald St., Saltburn-by-the-Sea. Killed 16 August 1917. Aged 24.
Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees (Yorks), Resided Saltburn (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 8 and 162., TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

2nd Lieutenant Richard Birkinhead Wilton. 15th Bn. attd. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles Birkinhead Wilton and Ellen Sophia Wilton, of Hill Crest, Weeping Cross, Stafford. Killed 1 October 1917. Aged 21.

Lance Corporal Edwin Clifton Winter. 41714. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of E. I. and Mary Ann Winter, of 51, Llanthewy Rd., Newport, Mon. Killed 27 September 1917. Aged 27.
Born Acton (Mddx), Enlisted Newport (Mon).

Private Arthur Wood. 45833. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Jane Wood, of 10, South Terrace, Horden, Co. Durham. Killed 27 September 1917. Aged 23.
Born Bishop Auckland, Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided Horden (S O).

Private George Wood, 20527 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Henry and Mary Hannah Wood, of Allerston, Pickering, Yorks. Killed on 7 October 1917. Aged 27.
Born Middleton-on-the-Wolds, Enlisted Pickering, Resided Allerston (Pickering).

Private Jesse Wood. 29008. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 October 1917.
Born Marsh, Enlisted Huddersfield, Resided Marsh.

Lance Corporal Robert Wood, 33685. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly T/4/036665 R A S C. Killed 8 May 1918.
Born Patrington (Hull), Enlisted Hull, Resided Patrington.

Private Alfred Wright. 30776. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 46575 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 April 1918.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees.
Commemorated on Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Arthur Charles Ernest Wright. 242552. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charlotte Wright, of Chapel St., Alconbury, and the late Joseph Wright; husband of Olive A. F. Wright, of Church End, Alconbury, Huntingdon. Killed 21 October 1917. Aged 38.
Born Sawtry, Enlisted Alconbury (Hunts).

Lance Corporal Henry Wright, 13832. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and the late Mary Wright. Killed 8 May 1918. Aged 21.
Born South Shields, Enlisted South Shields.

Private John Charles Wright. 201016. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Arthur and Margaret Wright, of 19, Aire St., Middlesbrough. Died 4 October 1917. Aged 20.
Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Middlesbrough.

Private Lewis Herbert Wright. 26476. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Wright, of 7, Apsley St., Middlesbrough. Died 2 October 1917. Aged 27.
Born Thirsk, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Sydney Wright. 27901. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wright, of Anchor Corner, Little Ellingham, Attleborough, Norfolk; husband of Jane Annie Long (formerly Wright), of 55, Stonebridgegate, Ripon, Yorks. Killed 25 September 1917. Aged 27.
Enlisted Thirsk, Resided Sowerby (Thirsk).

Private Sidney Victor Wright, 33417. 1st/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 45587 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Herbert and Elizabeth Ann Wright, of 39, West St., Normanby, Yorks. Killed 26 April 1918. Aged 19.
Born Normanby (Yorks), Enlisted South Bank (Yorks), Resided Normanby (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 125 to 128, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Wright. 203179. 1st/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 5511 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Edith M.A. Wright, of 16, Wood St., Doncaster. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 29.
Born Grimsby (Lincs), Enlisted Hull.
Commemorated on Panel 125 to 128, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Lance Serjeant George William Wynne, MM. 240375. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 28 October 1917.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.


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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The Panel on the Tyne Cot Memorial Commemorating men of the Manchester Regiment ("S" - "W")
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The Panel on the Tyne Cot Memorial Commemorating men of the Manchester Regiment ("S" - "W")

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