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Yorkshire
Regiment, - Memorials Overseas Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Surnames "C" |
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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 "C" listed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial are;- |
Private Albert William Calver, 10329. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 30 October 1914.
Born Stockwell (London), Enlisted London, Resided Vauxhall.
Private Sydney James Cardy, 40721. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 26660 Essex Regt. Son of William Isaac and Sarah Cardy, of 45, Howard
Rd., Barking, Essex. Killed 14 August 1917. Aged 19.
Born Barking, Enlisted Stratford, Resided Barking.
| Private Ralph Carlton, 10303. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 October 1914. Born Manchester, Enlisted Stratford, Resided London. Further details on Ralph Carlton are in the website British Jews in the First World War. |
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| **Private Carlton was one of 16 soldiers who served in the
Yorkshire Regiment who are commemorated in the British Jewry Book of Honour.
Of the 50,000 Jews who served with the British and Colonial Forces during
the First World War, 2,324 lost their lives and are commemorated in this
book. |
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Private William James Carpenter, 10184. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of William and Sarah Carpenter, of 5, River St., Devons Rd., Bow, London.
Killed 30 October 1914. Aged 19.
Born Bow (London), Enlisted Stratford, Resided Bow.
Private James Edward Thompson Carr, 42043. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Formerly 468 1st T R Battn. Killed 7 June 1917.
Born Newcastle, Enlisted Gateshead.
Private Thomas Carr. 7910. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
the late John and Margaret Carr. Killed 22 October 1914. Aged 28.
Born Cowpen Bewley (Middlesbrough), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Port
Clarence (Middlesbrough).
Private Arthur Carter, 201372. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
12 July 1916.
Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Darlington.
Private Joseph Carter, 19736. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband
of Barbara Carter, of 28, Talbot Rd., Tyne Dock, South Shields. Killed 29 July
1917. Aged 36.
Born Bear Park Collier, Enlisted South Shields.
Private Jim Carter. 8543. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
Hannah Carter; husband of Rose Ellen West (formerly Carter), of 4, Thomas St.,
Middlesbrough. Killed 30 October 1914. Aged 25.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private William Carter, 2887. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
24 May 1915.
Born Loftus, Enlisted Loftus, Resided Liverton Mines.
Private Richard Cathrine, 16533. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 7 June 1917.
Born South Hetton, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided South Hetton.
Corporal John Thomas Caton, 788. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Hannah Eliza Caton, of Garden House, Stokesley, Yorks. Killed 25
April 1915. Aged 30.
Born Stokesley, Enlisted Stokesley.
Private John James Challoner. 7001. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Henry Challoner; husband of Minnie Challoner, of 43 Medowsley Rd., Consett,
Co. Durham. Killed 30 October 1914. Aged 30.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Consett (Durham).
Corporal George Chapman, 67. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of George and Alice Chapman, of Northallerton; husband of Elsie Chapman, of
"West View," Romanby, Northallerton. Killed 2 May 1915. Aged 24.
Born Northallerton, Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Romanby.
Private Samuel Childs, 40486. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
31876 Leicester Regt. Husband of Florence Ellen Childs, of 66, Leire St.,
Leicester. Killed 14 August 1917. Aged 32.
Born Leicester, Enlisted Leicester.
(Biographical information on Samuel Childs is given on the Leicestershire
War Memorials website.)
Private William Chilvers, 33367. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 3315 Suffolk Regt. Killed 31 July 1917.
Born Ipswich (Suffolk), Enlisted Ipswich, Resided Framlingham.
Private Joseph Christie, 15717. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Hannah Christie, of 22, Grace St., Pallion, Sunderland. Killed 7
June 1917. Aged 41.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Sunderland.
Private Percy Henry Hardman Church, 2793. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Church, of Greenway, Tockenham, Wootton
Bassett, Wilts. Killed 28 April 1915. Aged 20.
Enlisted Malton, Resided Wooton Bassett (Wilts).
Private Frederick Benjamin Clarke, 42824. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Formerly 156867 R F A. Son of John and Elizabeth Clarke; husband of
Beatrice S. Watling (formerly Clarke), of 3, Fitzilian Avenue, Harold Wood,
Essex. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 24.
Born Diss (Norfolk), Enlisted Bury St. Edmunds, Resided Stuston (Scole, Suffolk).
Lance Serjeant George Clarke, 9556. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Sarah Giblett (formerly Clarke), of Blackdown Rest, Deepcut, Farnborough,
Hants. Won 2 Cups in 1913 at Aldershot for shooting. Killed 30 October 1914.
Aged 24.
Born Northampton, Enlisted Gilford (sic), Resided Farnborough (Hants).
Private John William Clements, 7794. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 30 October 1914.
Born Hessle (Hull), Enlisted Hull, Resided Beverley.
Corporal Charles Frederick Coleman, 8464. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Mary Coleman, of 68, Langthorne St., Fulham, London. Killed
2 November 1914. Aged 27.
Born Fulham (London), Enlisted London, Resided Fulham.
Private William Alfred Collett, 10237. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late Joseph William and Rose Blanche Collett. Killed 30 October 1914.
Aged 21.
Born Hackney (London), Enlisted Stratford, Resided Bethnal Green.
Corporal Frederick George Collinson, MM. 15908. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Walter and Hilda Collinson, of 20, Harford St., Middlesbrough.
Died 7 June 1917. Aged 23.
Born Thornton-le-Moor, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Lance Corporal Donald Patrick Conroy, 10092. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of C.S.M. T. J. Conroy (late 7th Bn. Green Howards), of 71, Goodramgate,
York. Killed between 22/10/1914 and 06/11/1914. Aged 19.
Born St. Helier (Jersey), Enlisted York, Resided Huntington.
Sergeant Herbert Cooke. 288. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
24 May 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Richard Cookson. 41993. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 174584 R F A. Son of Richard and Lizzie Cookson; husband of Annie Cookson,
of 4, Roker Terrace, Leeds Rd., Outwood, Wakefield. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged
20.
Born Wakefield (Yorks), Enlisted Wakefield, Resided Oatwood (Nr. Wakefield).
Private John Cooper. 3850. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
17 July 1916.
Enlisted Thirsk.
Private Samuel Morton Cowdell. 40944. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 5368 Leicestershire Regt. Son of the late John and Sarah Cowdell. Killed
14 August 1917. Aged 39.
Enlisted Leicester.
Corporal Ernest Cowell, 12028. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
7 June 1917.
Born Skelton (Saltburn, Yorks), Enlisted South Bank, Resided Grangetown.
Private Thomas William Cox. 2187. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 24 May 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Middlesbrough.
Private Atha Craven. 8351. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
30 October 1914.
Born Kirkstall (Lancs), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Kirkstall.
Private Thomas Henry Watson Craven. 7754. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Thomas Henry and Margaret Craven, of 11, Martha St., Salford,
Manchester; husband of Rose Hettie Utley (formerly Craven), of 54, Canning St.,
Hunslet, Leeds. Killed 30 October 1914. Aged 28.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Holbeck (Leeds).
Private Charles Crocker. 8080. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Mrs. Ellen Beer, of West Worlington, Crediton, Devon. Killed 30 October
1914. Aged 25.
Born Templeton (Tiverton), Enlisted Richmond, Resided Reckonford (Devonshire).
Private John Cropper,
34579. 9th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly
7855 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 June 1917.
Born Manchester, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Stokesley (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 36 and 55, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Richard George Crossley. 10324. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 30 October 1914.
Born Peckham (London), Enlisted New Cross, Resided East Dulwich.
Lieutenant Herbert Waller Cummins. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 24 May 1915.
The following notes are by Robert Coulson in his biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
Herbert Cummins was born on March 18th 1880 at Bishop Auckland in Co Durham.
He was educated at the North Eastern County School at Barnard Castle and then
worked for Barclays Bank in Bishop Auckland and Darlington. In his spare time
he was a keen golfer and won the 1913 Durham County Championship.
He was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in September 1914 and Lieutenant in October
1914.
When the 4th Battalion landed in France they were immediately in action.
Herbert Cummins and the Yorkshires were moved into the Ypres salient where
the 2nd Battle of Ypres was raging. They fought at the village of St Julien
in April of 1915 suffering heavy casualties. Early May found them in reserve
trenches at Brandhoek
and on the evening of May 23rd Lt Cummins and his men were moved up to the
trenches at Hooge astride the Menin Road. On Whit Monday May 24th 1915 a great
German gas attack fell on the battalion’s lines.
Lt Herbert Waller Cummins was killed instantly by a Mills Bomb in this action
on May 24th 1915 at the age of 35.
He was the son of Jane and the late William John Cummins of Bishop Auckland.
Private John William Cundall. 2257, 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Henry and Elizabeth Ann Cundall, of Arden, Hawnby, Helmsley, Yorks. Killed
25 April 1915, aged 19.
Born Howe, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Hawnby (Helmsley).
Private Andrew Cunningham. 203256. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 31 July 1917.
Born Salne (Fifeshire), Enlisted Burnley.
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