Yorkshire Regiment Memorials Overseas, - Vis-en-Artois Memorial

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The Vis-en-Artois Memorial bears the names of over 9,000 men who fell in the period from 8 August 1918 to the date of the Armistice in the Advance to Victory in Picardy and Artois, between the Somme and Loos, and who have no known grave. They belonged to the forces of Great Britain and Ireland and South Africa.

The Memorial consists of a screen wall in three parts. The middle part of the screen wall is concave and carries stone panels on which names are carved. It is 26 feet high flanked by pylons 70 feet high. The Stone of Remembrance stands exactly between the pylons and behind it, in the middle of the screen, is a group in relief representing St George and the Dragon. The flanking parts of the screen wall are also curved and carry stone panels carved with names. Each of them forms the back of a roofed colonnade; and at the far end of each is a small building.

There are 9,844 names on the memorial, 59 of which are for men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment. A photo of the section of the memorial (Panel 5) on which the names of the men of the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated is shown below.

A plan of the memorial is provided so that the location of the panels can be found on which men who were formerly in the Yorkshire Regiment, but subsequently served in other regiments.

We are very grateful to Christopher Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) for the photos of the Vis-en-Artois Memorial.

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Private John Henry Allsop, 301783. 14th Battalion Tank Corps, formerly 29064 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Walter and Martha Allsop, of Low St., Carlton, Goole, Yorks. Killed 9 August 1918. Aged 24.
Born Kirk Smeaton (Yorks), Enlisted Selby (Yorks).
Commemorated on Panel 11, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Lieutenant Henry Ernest Aust. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Aust, of "Carn Brea," Northcourt Avenue, Reading. Killed 18 September 1918. Aged 22.
(Further information on Lieutenant Aust can se seen by selecting this link.)

Private Cecil William Ayres, 65173. 2nd / 4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 202215 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Thomas and Clara Ayres, of The Gables, Blisworth, Northants. Killed 14 September 1918. Aged 28.
Born Blisworth (Northampton), Enlisted Northampton.
Commemorated Panel 8, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

2nd Lieutenant Henry Banks. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 August 1918.

2nd Lieutenant Norman Kenyon Barrett. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Arthur George and Elizabeth Barrett. Killed 18 September 1918. Aged 31.

Private Thomas William Barron. 15954. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 September 1918.
Born East Rainton (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided East Rainton.

Private George Borwell, 34926. 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 35024 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment and T2/12731 Army Service Corps. Son of William Borwell of Stillington. Died 12 September 1918. Aged 24.
Born Stitney (Yorks), Enlisted York, Resided Stillington.
Commemorated on Panel 6, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private John Boyes, T/206065. 1st Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly 1482 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 September 1918.
Born Pickering (Yorks), Enlisted Pickering (Yorks), Resided Pickering (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 3, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal Thomas Breckon. T/206093. 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), formerly 3517 2nd/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Ellen Breckon, of 7, Oldham St., Lingdale, Yorks. Killed 18 September 1918. Aged 25.
Enlisted Saltburn (Yorks), Resided Lingdale (Boosbeck - Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 3, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Joseph Brown. 19315. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Catherine Brown, of 27, East Rainton, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Killed 5 November 1918. Aged 22.
Born East Rainton (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided West Rainton.

Private Ernest Clifford Browning. 3304. 58th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 20658 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 August 1918.
Born Highbridge (Somerset), Enlisted Swindon.
Commemorated Panel 10, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Charles Butler. 35587. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3860 Berks Yeomanry. Killed 24 October 1918.
Born Didcot (Berks), Enlisted Abingdon, Resided Didcot.

Private Jack Capewell. 27957. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 November 1918.
Born Spennymoor (Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
(Christian name shown as "Jacie" Capewell in SDGW)

Private Wilfred Cawood. 10770. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Cawood, of 31, Renison St., New Wortley, Leeds. Killed 27 September 1918. Aged 30.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds, Resided New Wortley.
(Date of death = 29/09/1918 in SDGW)

Private William Clifford. 29647. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 30801 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 29 September 1918.
Born Selston (Notts), Enlisted Nottingham, Resided Radford (Notts).

Private George Coe. 34393. 2nd/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 46548 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Margaret Coe, of Queen St., Grange Villa, Co. Durham; husband of Esther Coe, of 8, Urpeth Terrace, High Hold, Pelton, Co. Durham. Killed 12 September 1918. Aged 25.
Born Backworth (Northumberland), Enlisted Chester-le-Street (Durham).
Commemorated Panel 6, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal William Cook. 38821. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. This casualty has recently been accepted for commemoration by the Commission. However, it will not be possible to add his name to this Memorial immediately. Please contact the Commission before planning a visit, for more information. Killed 6 November 1918. Aged 39.
(Not shown in SDGW, but IS shown, - as W G Cook, in Green Howards database.)

Private Joseph Surr Corner, 33389. 1st/5th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 45601 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Tom and Susannah Corner, of Woodbine Cottage, Egton, Grosmont, Yorks. 23 September 1918. Aged 21.
Born Egton (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby (Yorks), Resided Egton (Yorks).
Commemorated on Panel 9, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private George Duncan. 235345. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4453 Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed 5 October 1918.
Born Stonehaven (Kincardine), Enlisted Dundee.

Private William Ellis, 63481. 2nd/4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 25463 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of G. C. and Nellie Ellis, of Urlay Nook, Eaglescliffe, Co. Durham. Killed 28 September 1918. Aged 22.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton.
Commemorated Panel 8, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Ralph William Errington. 26910. 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 13483 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Sarah Ann Errington, of 175, Osborne Avenue, South Shields. Killed 26 August 1918. Aged 25.
Born Whitburn (Sunderland), Enlisted South Shields (Durham), Resided Westow (Yorks).
Commemorated on Panel 6, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Arthur Fawley, 42012. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Margaret Fawley, of 60, Salisbury Terrace, Darlington. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 20.
Born Darlington, Enlisted Darlington.

Private Walter James Fox. 80030. 1st/6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 21030 the the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles Edward and Emma Charlotte Fox, of 48, Oswald Rd., Dover. Native of Faversham. Killed 11 October 1918. Aged 21.
Born Faversham (Kent), Enlisted High Wycombe, Resided High Wycombe.
Commemorated on Panel 4, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Company Serjeant Major Hugh Galley. 29392. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5587 North Staffordshire Regiment. Killed 6 November 1918.
Born Stoke-on-Trent (Staffs), Enlisted Newcastle-under-Lyne, Resided Stoke-on-Trent.

Corporal Arnold Hall. 35874. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 12781 Yorks L I. Killed 9 October 1918.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Attercliffe (Sheffield), Resided Woodhouse.

Private Arthur Lawrence Hamilton, 238212. 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 201018 (3559) 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 September 1918. Aged 24.
Born Northallerton, Enlisted Northallerton (Yorks), Resided Northallerton.
Commemorated Panel 4, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Charles Hart, 325063. 1st/6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 22788 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Annie Hart, of 17, Easton St., Thornaby-on-Tees; husband of May Jane Hart, of 13, Cameron St., Norton-on-Tees. Killed 11 October 1918. Aged 32.
Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Norton-on-Tees .
Commemorated on Panel 4, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Willie Hellawell. 28926. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 October 1918.
Born Golcar (Yorks), Enlisted Halifax, Resided Golcar (Huddersfield).

Private Robert Henderson, 228505. 1st Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), formerly 204171 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 October 1918.
Born Beamish, Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Commemorated Panel 10, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private John William Hewitson, G/79999. 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, formerly 28397 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert Hewitson, of North Field, Bowes, Darlington. Killed 18 September 1918. Aged 22.
Born Bowes (Yorks), Enlisted Barnard Castle, Resided Barnard Castle.
Commemorated on Panel 3, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Ernest Hill, 260117. 1st/5th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, formerly 2972 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 September 1918.
Enlisted Beverley (Yorks).
Commemorated on Panel 6 and 7, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Hold. 41757. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 185061 RFA. Killed 6 November 1918.
Born Leicester, Enlisted Leicester.

Private John Cyril Holich, G/14621. 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), formerly 24941 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 August 1918.
Born Hull (Yorks), Enlisted Hull (Yorks), Resided Hull (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 3, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Nicholas Austin Hudson. 38712. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry Hudson, of 17, Baring St., South Shields, and the late Elizabeth Hudson. Killed 9 October 1918. Aged 28,
Born South Shields, Enlisted Portsmouth, Resided South Shields.
(Both the CWGC and SDGW incorrectlky refer to the above soldier as "Nicholas Hustin HUdson". His registered birth name was Nicholas Austin Hudson.)

Private James Hurson. 8188. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 October 1918.
Born Hartlepool, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private John Heywood Ingleby, MM. 13992. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jessie Ingleby, of 19, Grainger St., Wheatley Hill, Thornley, Co. Durham, and the late Thomas Ingleby. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 27.
Born Lower Pittington (Durham), Enlisted Wheatley Hill.

Private Matthew Pattison James. 34916. 2nd/4th Battalion the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 39176 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Ann Lizzie James, of Holly House, Langley Park, Co. Durham. Killed 12 September 1918. Aged 30.
Born Langley Park (Durham), Enlisted Consett (Durham).
Commemorated Panel 6, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Henry Johnson. 15459. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Hannah Johnson, of 2, Patton St., Wheatley Hill, Co. Durham. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 21.
Born Wensley, Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Wheatley Hill.

Private John Thomas Johnson. 29975. 1st Battalion the East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 16107 the Yorkshire Regiment. Foster son of Mrs. Jane Dunn, of 9, Coronation Terrace, Kirk Merrington, Ferryhill, Co. Durham. Killed 19 October 1918. Aged 25.
Born Ferryhill, Enlisted Ferryhill.
Commemorated Panel 4, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private James William Jordan. 45799. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Walter and Margaret Ann Jordan, of 5, Alexandra Row, Barrington Colliery, Bedlington, Northumberland. Killed 16 October 1918. Aged 20.
Born Choppington, Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Barrington Colliery.

Private Frank Leavey. 9026. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1918.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private John Thomas Lister. G/100002. 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, formerly 39204 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 September 1918.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided Seaham Harbour (Durham).
Commemorated Panel 3, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private John Booth Maddison. 61601. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John T. and Blanche Maddison, of 48, Arthur St. Bentley, Doncaster. Killed 24 October 1918. Aged 21.
Enlisted Bentley (Doncaster).

Private Arthur Robert Marwood. 238091. 1st Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 201239 the Yorkshire Regiment. KIlled 4 September 1918.
Enlisted Thirsk (Yorks), Resided Easingwold (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 3 and 4, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
(Shown as "Robert Marwood" in SDGW and CWGC, but Pension Record Cards and Census data shows him as "Arhtur Robert Marwood", born 1887 in Carlton Husthwaite. Mother was Lavinia Marwood, Father William Marwood).

2nd Lieutenant Avard Yuill Mathews. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Killed 26 October 1918.

Lance Corporal William McBriarty. 41439. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 412213 DLI. Son of John and Margaret McBriarty; husband of Margaret Gazley (formerly McBriarty), of 47, Fisher Hill, Low Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 28.
Born Byker (Newcastle), Enlisted Walker, Resided Newcastle-on-Tyne.
This casualty's name has been added to the Addenda Panel on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, having previously been on the Giavera Memorial (from which it has been removed).

Private James McManus, 20339. 6th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, formerly 48028 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary McManus, of 32, Upper Oxford St., South Bank-on-Tees, Yorks. Killed 27 August 1918. Aged 25.
Born South Bank (Yorks), Enlisted South Bank.
Commemorated Panel 7, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Henry Metcalfe. 10430. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 October 1918.
Born Selby, Enlisted Devonport, Resided Bingley (Yorks).

Lance Corporal John Mitchell. 30734. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 28692 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Walter Hussey Mitchell and Margaret Mitchell, of 24, Alderson St., West Hartlepool, Co. Durham. Killed 18 September 1918. Aged 21.
Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Norton.
Commemorated Panel 4, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Alfred Benn Morgan. 35495. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3/27057 68th T R Battalion. Son of Mrs. Eliza Benn Morgan, of 43, Aldren's Lane, Skerton, Lancaster. Killed 6 November 1918. Aged 19.
Born Lancaster, Enlisted Lancaster.

Private James Stephen Morrison. 115301. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Ellen Morrison, of 15, Clyde st., Middlesbrough. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 25.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Stephen Naylor. 28476. 1st/5th Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, formerly 48507 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Collinson Naylor and Emma Naylor, of Middlebrough Buildings, Bruntcliffe; husband of Elsie Naylor, of 17, Wakefield Rd., Bruntcliffe, Leeds. Killed 8 October 1918. Aged 22.
Born Morley (Yorks), Enlisted Pontefract (Yorks), Resided Bruntcliffe (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 7, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private James Neal. 27869. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 October 1918.
Born Bruisyard (Suffolk), Enlisted Easingwold, Resided Raskelf (Yorks).

Private Valentine O'Dwyer. 64395. 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 11/19161 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 October 1918.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Commemorated Panel 4, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal Frederick Peverell. 34494. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1918.
Born South Church (Durham), Enlisted Bishop Auckland, Resided South Church.

Corporal Alfred Rayner. 236312. 1st/8th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 1705 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Charles and Annie Rayner, of 24, Tindall St., Scarborough. Killed 29 August 1918. Aged 22.
Born Scarborough (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 4, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Joseph Reed. 30614. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 14916 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Mary Jane Reed, of 7, Railway Row, Trimdon Foundry, Co. Durham; husband of Ethel Tinkley (formerly Reed), of 3, Cross Row, Trimdon Foundry, Co. Durham. Killed 18 September 1918. Aged 27.
Born North Shields, Enlisted Deaf Hill, Resided Trimdon Colliery.
Commemorated on Panel 4, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private William Reed. G/21563. 1st Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), formerly 11726 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 September 1918.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Panel 7, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
(William Reed's Service Record survives, from it can be seen that he joined up on 28th August 1914 only a few weeks after war was declared. He nearly survived to the end!
He was born in 1882, the son of Emmanuel and Jane Reed and in 1906 he married Isabella Plows.)

Private George Richardson. 242490. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4255 Cambs Regt. Killed 13 November 1918.
Enlisted Cambridge, Resided Radwinter End (Saffron Walden - Essex).

Private Paul Rogers. 38974. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mark and Ann Rogers, of 50, Hillfield St., Gateshead. Killed 4 October 1918. Aged 26.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Gateshead.

Private Charles Herbert Rothwell. 40384. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 September 1918.
Born Newington (Hull), Enlisted Hull.

Private Joseph Shayler. 35539. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5/92797 8th T R Battalion. Killed 29 September 1918.
Born Smethwick (Staffs), Enlisted West Bromwich, Resided Smethwick.

Private Richard Smith, 47973. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5/88024 6th T R Battalion. Killed 5 October 1918.
Born Sedgefield (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Penshaw (Co Durham).

Private Thomas Henry Stevens. 30759. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 32918 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Annie Louisa Stevens, of 10, Pearson St., Newport, Middlesbrough. Killed 15 August 1918. Aged 22.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 4, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Herbert Storey. 38184. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Storey, of 38, Bennison St., Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 21.
Born Boosbeck, Enlisted Guisborough, Resided Redcar.

Lance Corporal Thomas Strickland. 123159. 38th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 205424 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 September 1918.
Born Bishop Auckland (Durham), Enlisted Bishop Auckland.
Commemorated on Panel 10, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private William Albert Torville. 204019. 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 28676 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1918.
Born Haxby (Yorks), Enlisted Haxby (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 9, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Serjeant Thomas Vincent Verrill. 204626. 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 2387 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Francis Henry and Mary Elizabeth Verrill, of "Parkmore," Eaglescliffe, Co. Durham. Killed 9 September 1918. Aged 21.
Born Stockton (Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 8, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Walter Warnes. 39097. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 October 1918.
Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted West Hartlepool.

Private Joseph Watson. 20662. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 November 1918.
Born Nettle Bridge, Enlisted Spennymoor.

2nd Lieutenant Lord Arthur James Watson. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 September 1918. Aged 20.
(Born Hull 1898. Eldest son of William Hard and Ethel Mary Watson of 214 Anlaby Road and 1 College Street, Beverley Road, Hull. Educated at Hymer's College, Hull. Before the war he was employed by the Yorkshire Penny Bank. He was a gifted singer, dancer and pianist and played for eight years at Madame Sharrah's School of Music..
He was initially a Private in the 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment and first served in France on 5 August 1917. He was commissioned on 24 June 1918.)

Private Alfred Westlake. 42518. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 164400 RFA. Son of Edward Westlake, of Corsham, Wilts.; husband of Emily Westlake, of 68, Raleigh Rd., Southville, Bristol. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 34.
Born Corsham, Enlisted Bristol.

Private Matthew Wheelhouse. 31289. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 23862 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 September 1918.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield.
Commemorated Panel 4, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private William Whybrew. 34021. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 1418 Army Veterinary Corps. Killed 24 October 1918.
Born Colchester, Enlisted Colchester.

Private Robert Wilkinson. G/100013. 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, formerly 13977 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Violet Wilkinson, of Black House, Edmondsley, Durham. Killed 18 September 1918. Aged 30.
Born Heddon-on-Wall (Northumberland), Enlisted Washington.
Commemorated Panel 3, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Joseph Pearson Wilson. 45137. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Robert Wilson, of 1, Victoria Terrace East, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 20.
Born Barnard Castle, Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Barnard Castle.

Private Thomas Wilson. G/14565. 1st Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), formerly G/30608 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 September 1918.
Born Shap (Westmoreland), Enlisted Settle (Yorks), Resided Stainforth (Nr. Settle - Yorks).
Commemorated on Panel 3, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private Frederick Thomas Wixon. 42512. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 164241 RFA. Killed 10 October 1918.
Born Waltham St. Laurence (Berks), Enlisted Walkington, Resided St. Laurence (Twyford).

Private John Worthington. 41717. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Worthington, of 98, Thornton Rd., Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent. Killed 27 September 1918. Aged 21.
Born Hanley (Staffs), Enlisted Hanley, Resided Shelton (Stoke-on-Trent).
(in the 1911 Census John Worthington was shown as being an Office Boy. At the time the family lived at 636 Leek New Road, Hanley. No brothers or sisters. On his death the sole legatee was his father, John.)

Private George Youll. 235747. 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 4800 Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of E. Elizabeth Gibson (formerly Youll), of 5, Hatherley St., Middlesbrough. Killed 30 August 1918. Aged 33.
Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 6, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

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The Names of the men of the Yorkshire Regiment on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial.
Select the above image for a larger one which opens in a new window.
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)

The Addenda Panel which includes the name of L/Cpl McBriarty on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial.
Select the above image for a larger one which opens in a new window.
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)

Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, Pas de Calais (France) - 2
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The Dedication on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)

The Plan of the Vis-en-Artois Memorial
Photo : Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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The following information on Lieutenant Aust was generously provided by John Chapman, from information from Reading School.
"Lieutenant Harry Ernest Aust, Yorkshire Regiment, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Aust of Carn Brea, Northcourt Avenue, Reading, has recently fallen in action after having seen much fighting on the Western Front. The gallant officer was with the London University OTC and joined up soon after the outbreak of war, receiving his commission right away.
It was not so very long after that he was made a full Lieutenant. On one occasion he was gassed and later was severely wounded in the leg. He was in hospital eleven months.
Educated at Reading School, Lieutenant Aust subsequently proceeded to London University where he studied engineering. He was 21 years of age."

The following information is taken from Robert Coulson's Biographies of Yorkshire Regiment Officers killed in the First World War;-
"Henry Aust was born at Reading in Berkshire in 1897.
He attended City & Guilds College and was a member of the London University Officer Training Corps before the war.
He was wounded in action with the 4th Battalion at Eaucourt L’Abbaye during the Somme offensive in early October of 1916 and in 1917 the battalion were involved in the Battles of Arras and later in the year at 3rd Ypres, Passchendaele.
1918 saw the German Spring Offensive after which much reorganisation and restructuring took place and on July 16th the 4th Battalion were reduced to a training cadre when Lt Aust and the remaining officers and men were dispersed to fill the gaps in other Yorkshire battalions and in some cases to other regiments. Henry Aust was attached to the 7th Battalion of the East Yorkshire regiment.
Lt Henry Aust was killed in action with the East Yorks at the Battle of Epehy on September 18th 1918 at the age of 22."

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