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Yorkshire
Regiment, - Memorials Overseas Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Surnames "A" |
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The Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
Photo : Edward Nicholl
| The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "A" listed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial are;- |
Private Maurice Abell, 13282. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
7 June 1917.
Born Eston (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Eston.
(Andrew McNamara, <amc750@hotmail.co.uk>, informs that Maurice Abell
was born William Morris Abell in 1896 and was the son of Thomas and Annie
Abell. In the 1911 census he is shown as "Morris Abell")
Lance Serjeant John Adams, 14548. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 7 June 1917.
Born West Bromwich, Enlisted Sheffield, Resided West Bromwich.
Lance Corporal Harry Walter Addison. 547. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Frederick and Rachel Addison, of Sledmere, Malton, Yorks. Killed
25 May 1915. Aged 25.
Born Weaverthorpe (Driffield), Enlisted West Sutton, Resided Sledmere.
Corporal Harry Akers, 40457. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
28895 11th Reserve Cavalry Regiment. Killed 7 June 1917.
Born Ripon (Yorks), Enlisted Ripon.
Private Richard Alderson, 28136. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of William and Margaret Alderson, of Angram Muker, Swaledale, Richmond,
Yorks. Killed 20 July 1917. Aged 21.
Born Skeegh (Yorks), Enlisted Satron (Yorks), Resided Angram (Richmond, Yorks).
Private James Allcroft, 16091. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband
of Sarah Allcroft, of 16, Stephenson St., Dean Bank, Ferryhill, Co. Durham.
Killed 31 July 1917. Aged 41.
Born Ferryhill, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ferryhill.
Private Ernest Allen, 235275. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
31525 North Staffs Regt. Killed 31 July 1917.
Enlisted Hanley (Stoke-on-Trent), Resided Hanley.
Private Michael George Allen, 10353. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Michael and Agnes Allen, of Portsdown Dairy, Cosham, Hants. Killed 4
November 1914. Aged 19
Born Cosham (Hants), Enlisted London, Resided Portsdown Hill (Hants).
Private William Charles Anderton, 28252. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 22 July 1917.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Stockton.
Private James Andrew. 2163. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of William and Anne Mary Andrew, of 64, Dunning Rd., Middlesbrough. Killed 24
May 1915. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Northallerton, Residence Middlesbrough.
Private Arthur Antcliffe, 10030. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 30 October 1914.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield.
Private Robert Appleton,
168. Army Cyclist Corps (Northumbrian Division Cyclist Coy), formerly
3101 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Annie Appleton, of 8, Manless
Green Terrace, Skelton in Cleveland, Yorks. Killed 24 May 1915. Aged 19.
Enlisted Skelton-in-Cleveland
Commemorated Panel 56, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Samuel Appleton, 3195. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
22 July 1916.
Enlisted Darlington, Resided Skirlough (Hull).
Private Percy Charles Archer, 33600. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 283930 R A S C. Son of Arthur and Florence Archer, of 35, High St.,
Dunmow, Essex. Killed 15 July 1917. Aged 19.
Born Dunmow (Essex), Enlisted Braintree, Resided Dunmow (Essex).
Private Charles Stamper Armstrong, 2293. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late John and Mary Armstrong. Killed 24 December 1915. Aged 23.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Lance Corporal Fred Atkinson, 7505. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 30 October 1914.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Leeds.
Private James Hodgson Austerfield, 45945.
11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly
25821 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Rebecca Austerfield, of
2, Jacob's Well Lane, Wakefield, Yorks. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 19.
Born Wakefield (Yorks), Enlisted Wakefield.
Commemorated Panel 8 and 12, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Samuel Austin, 8148. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
22 October 1914.
Born Christchurch (Burton-on-Trent), Enlisted Derby, Resided Normanton (Derby).
Corporal George Aveyard, 9868. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Joseph and Annie E. Aveyard, of 105, Exeter St., Ottley Rd., Bradford. Killed
22 October 1914. Aged 24.
Born Undercliffe (Bradford), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Bradford.
One of the Lions at the top of the Menin Gate Memorial, with the Memorial
Dedication
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The Memorial Dedication inside the Gate
Photo : Edward Nicholl