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1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
1st Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) went to France with 18th Brigade, 6th Division, joining the BEF at the Battle of the Aisne. In November 1915 it was transferred to 64th Brigade, 21st Division with which it remained for the rest of the war on the Western Front. In 1916 They were in action in the Battles of The Somme, including The Battle of Morval in which the Division captured Geudecourt. In 1917 they were in action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, the Arras offensive, the Third Battles of Ypres and The Cambrai Operations. In 1918 they fought on The Somme then moved north and were in action during the Battles of the Lys,,the Battle of the Aisne, The Somme, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy. At the Armistice the Division were around Berlaimont, on the 12th they moved to Beaufort, then in mid December they moved west of Amiens and demobilisation began being completed by the 19th of May 1919. The 1st Battalion suffered 1,536 losses during the Great War 1914-1918.
Note to a Nurse
20th of March 1915 
4th Oct 1915 Instruction
6th Oct 1915 Instruction
8th Oct 1915 Instruction
1st Mar 1916 Shelling
2nd Mar 1916 Reliefs
3rd Mar 1916 Bombardment
4th Mar 1916 Shelling
5th Mar 1916 Sleet
6th Mar 1916 Observation Balloons
7th Mar 1916 Snow
8th Mar 1916 Aeroplanes Active
1st Jul 1916 1st East Yorks in action East Yorkshire Regiment, 1st Battalion are in action at the battle of the Somme.
1st Jul 1916 Success and Failure
12th Oct 1916 Recce
13th Oct 1916 Reliefs
28th May 1918 Hard Fighting
22nd Aug 1918 Brave Actions
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Those known to have served with1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Bain Alexander. Sgt.
- Benson DCM Harold Stamp. CSM
- Beresford Thomas. Pte. (d.25th Apr 1918)
- Bonds George. Pte. (d.23rd Oct 1918)
- Booth Arthur. Pte. (d.28th August 1915)
- Boylett Frederick. Sgt. (d.1st July 1916)
- Broom John James. Pte. (d.17th Aug 1918)
- Brouse Willaim Henry. Cpl (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Burn Thomas Mathew. Pte.
- Burn Thomas Mathew. Pte
- Campion MiD. Walter Ernest. Maj. (d.28th October 1914)
- Carney MC. DCM. & bar. Thomas P.. CSM.
- Chafer VC. William George. Pte.
- Chamberlain Fred. Sgt.
- Chapman Robert. Pte. (d.20th Oct 1914)
- Coates Alfred. Pte (d.23rd of October 1918)
- Collen Norman Owen. 2nd Lt. (d.25th Sep 1916)
- Cooper Albert. Pte. (d.9th April 1917)
- Ferguson Joseph. Pte. (d.16th Jun 1918)
- Ferguson Joseph. Pte. (d.16th June 1918)
- Fidgett Victor Herbert. Sgt. (d.22nd Nov 1914)
- Fitzgerald Augustine. Pte. (d.1st June 1917)
- Fitzgerald George Bernard. L/Cpl. (d.10th May 1917)
- Flannigan Patrick. Pte. (d.25th September 1916)
- Forrest George Scott. Pte. (d.16th Sept 1916)
- Gill Ernest. Pte.
- Hague Kenneth. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Haley James. Pte. (d.9th Aug 1915)
- Hance John Lawrence. Cpl.
- Harney Robert William. Pte. (d.28th May 1918)
- Haykin Herbert. Pte. (d.22nd Aug 1918)
- Hazeltine Henry. Pte. (d.5th May 1916)
- Hinings Fred W.C.. Capt. (d.25th September 1916)
- holmes John Edward. Pte.
- Hutchinson Alfred. Pte.
- Jackson George Walton. Pte.
- Jones David Willy. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Kay A.. Pte. (d.1st September 1918)
- King John. Pte, (d.9th Aug 1915)
- Lambert Jerimiah George. Pte. (d.24th May 1918)
- Lavery Arthur William E. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Marchbanks Arthur Ernest. Pte. (d.27th Oct 1917)
- Mayman Ernest Arthur. Pte.
- McCarty James. Pte. (d.4th May 1916)
- McIntyre James. Pte. (d.28th Oct 1914)
- Middleton Alfred. Cpl. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Middleton Alfred. Cpl. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Morris George Henry. Pte (d.26th August 1918)
- Parrott Harry Rands. Pte. (d.20th Oct 1914)
- Patterson Robert. Pte. (d.28th May 1918)
- Pearce Joseph Charles. Pte. (d.14th Feb 1917)
- Porter MM Edwin. Sgt.
- Ratcliffe Percy. Pte (d.25th April 1918)
- Revell MM Joseph. Pte.
- Roberts John Henry. Pte. (d.29th Sep 1918)
- Round MM. Sidney. L/Cpl.
- Stanton Joseph. Pte. (d.16th Sep 1916)
- Stott John W.. Pte. (d.25th Apr 1918)
- Strain William. CSM. (d.25th Sep 1916)
- Taylor Alexander William. Pte (d.22 March 1918)
- Thompson John. Pte. (d.28th Oct 1914)
- Turner Frederick. Pte. (d.10th Sep 1918)
- Ward Arthur Bowsher. Pte. (d.15th Aug 1918)
- Ward Augustus Simon. Pte (d.20th Oct 1918)
- Webster Albert. Pte. (d.22nd Oct 1918)
- Wilson Frederick W.. Pte.
- Wood George Arnold. Pte,
- Woolston Leonard. Pte.
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L/Cpl. George Bernard Fitzgerald 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.10th May 1917) George Fitzgerald was killed in action on the 10th of May 917, aged 27 and is buried in the Etretat Churchyard Extension in France.
He was the son of John and Ann Fitzgerald, of Sunderland.
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Pte. John Henry Roberts 2/4th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment (d.29th Sep 1918) John Roberts was born on Tuesday 28th July 1891 at 294, Queen Street, Swinton in the Borough of Rotherham. He was one of 11 children born to Henry Leach Roberts and Jane Roberts. Census records indicate that 9 of these children died and that the only other survivor was a sister, Susannah, who was about 8 years John Henry's junior. John left school to become a miner at Thrybergh Hall Colliery where he worked as a trammer (a trammer loaded rocks or coal into four-wheeled barrows known as trams).
On Thursday 28th of May 1915, at the age of 23 years and 10 months, he signed up for war service with the York and Lancaster Regiment at their depot in Pontefract. He was posted immediately to Sunderland to engage in coastal protection duties. Sunderland was an industrial town noted, among other things, for shipbuilding and was a target for enemy action.
It seems he met his wife, Frances, some time after his arrival in Sunderland, and they married at Hooton Roberts in the parish church of Kilnhurst on Monday 6th of August 1917. Their daughter Mary was born on Friday 12th July 1918.
On Friday 30th of August 1918, John was posted to 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment and embarked with the British Expeditionary Force to France. A day later however, he was transferred to C Company, 2/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, and on Sunday 29th of September 1918, he was killed in action during the Battle for Havrincourt where machine-guns, automatic rifles, and trench mortars were used against British troops.
He is buried in the Grand Ravine British War Cemetery, Havrincourt.
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Pte. Harry Rands Parrott 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.20th Oct 1914) Harry Parrott was my great great uncle on my father's side.
He grew up in Hull and was the youngest of 4 children, having 3 older sisters. His mother, Elizabeth Parrott (nee Rands,) became a widow in 1886 when Harry was 1 year old.
Harry's father, James Parrott was an Acting Inspector of Police when he died.
Harry was 24 years old when he was killed in action. His name is commemorated at Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
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Pte Alfred Coates 1st Btn East Yorkshire Regiment (d.23rd of October 1918) Private Alfred Coates served in the 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment in WW1. He died 23rd of October 1918 aged 19 years. He is buried St Souplet British Cemetery I. E. 22. France. Son of Elizabeth Annie Coates, of 27, Rossall St., West Hartlepool, and the late James Thomas Coates.
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Pte. Alfred Hutchinson 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Alfred Hutchinson was born in Bishop Thornton and worked in the Silk Mill at Shaw Mills. He served with the 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
Alfred was discharged in September 1918 following a Gun Shot Wound to the thigh. He was issued with a Silver War Badge B16598. Alfred returned to civilian life and became a postman, marrying Jane Watson in 1922.
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Sgt. Alexander Bain 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment My Grandfather, Alexander Bain served with the 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.
I still have his campaign and Victory medals and regimental cap badge.
He suffered from mustard gas but went on to work in the LNER railways in York and was a very active member of the ARP in WW2 and St Johns Ambulance between the wars.
He went on to live to nearly 80 but never talked about his experiences to me as a child, sure this is true of many veterans.
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Pte. Henry Hazeltine 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.5th May 1916) Henry Hazeltine left behind his wife Annie and 7 children. He was aged 33 when he was killed in action.
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Sgt. Victor Herbert Fidgett C Coy, 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.22nd Nov 1914) Victor Fidgett served with C Coy, 1st East Yorkshire Regiment. I believe that Sjt Fidgett was a casualty of enemy artillery when shelled in billets in Chapel De Armentieres on 3rd of November 1914.
He died on 22nd of November 1914 and was buried in Aldershot, so may have been repatriated as a wounded soldier and died in Aldershot or the area hence his burial there.
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Pte, George Arnold Wood 1st,7th and 10th Btns. East Yorkshire Regiment George Wood, my grandfather, was born on 4th July 1891. He joined the 1st East Yorkshire Regiment in August 1914 at Hull, which we know because his original wedding certificate is stamped on the reverse with this information and his Service Number.
He survived the war and was awarded the Victory Medal, British War Medal and the 1914 Star.
According to the Victory Medal Roll he served with the 1st, 7th and 10th Battalions, East Yorkshire Regiment.
He died in December 1972.
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Pte. Robert Patterson 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (d.28th May 1918) Robert Patterson was the son of Robert and Mary Patterson of Middlefield Row, Washington. He was married to Ruth Hope Fitzpatrick and they had two daughters Agnes Louvain (named after a Belgian town) and Mary.
Robert was listed as missing in action on 28th of May 1918.
His father, Robert Patterson, served in the British Army and made it home at the end of the war only to find his son was missing. He spent a lot of time trying to find out what happened to his son but it was presumed he was killed in action and there was no trace of him at all. He died aged 23 years old.
Remembered by his Great Niece
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Pte Percy Ratcliffe 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (d.25th April 1918) Percy Ratcliffe served with 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. He was born in Ballingdon, Suffolk. I am researching the lost of my neighbourhood
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Sgt. Fred Chamberlain 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment My Grandmother Annie's brother, Fred Chamberlain, was captured and held at Limburg POW camp.
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L/Cpl. Sidney Round MM. 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment My grandfather Sidney Round served from 1914-1919. His first unit was 11th Battalion, West Yorkshires. He was transferred to 9th West Yorkshires in time for the landings at Suvla Bay. He served there 'till they were pulled out to Imbros.
Then Egypt till they were shipped to France in July 1916. He was then transfered to the 1st Battalion, East Yorkshires on the Somme. In Sept 1916 he won the MM.
He suffered trench foot and gassing a number of times. He was sent to Passendale.
He was sent back to England to the Beverly Training Battalion. He ended up in ASC till he was demobed in 1919. His records show he was not the perfect soldier he got into trouble now and again like a lot of the men, but he was a brave soldier to have fought where he did and made it home
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Pte. John Thompson 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.28th Oct 1914) John Thompson served with 1st East Yorkshire Regiment.
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Maj. Walter Ernest Campion MiD. 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.28th October 1914) Walter Campion, son of the Mr. Henry Campion, Bletsoe Castle, Bedford was born in Dean, Bedfordshire on 9th August 1871. Initially he served with the Mounted Infantry in the South Africa War, seeing action between 1900-1902, then served in Burma, India and finally France and Flanders. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant from the militia on 12th December 1894, promoted to Lieutenant on 2nd April 1897, then to Captain on 10th May 1900 and finally Major on the 16th April 1913 with the 1st Battalion (15th Foot) East Yorkshire Regiment. He was wounded on 20th of September 1914 but returned to the front. He was killed in action on 28th October 1914 age 43 years near Lille and is buried in Ration Farm Military Cemetery, France. He is remembered in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, on the War Memorial, on a commerative brass plaque on the wall inside St. Marys Church, and a wooden battlefield grave marker bearing his name is kept in the church. A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1882-89, commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com.
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Pte. Jerimiah George Lambert 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.24th May 1918) Jerimiah Lambert was my husbands grandfather. He died when my husbands father was 3 years old so he never knew him. Sadly we have no photographs of Jerimiah but now have full history.
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Pte. Albert Cooper 1st Battalion. D Company East Yorkshire Regiment (d.9th April 1917) Pte 12191, Albert Cooper of D Coy. 1st Btn., East Yorkshire Regiment died on 9th of April 1917, agde 26. He was the son of William Henry and Charlotte Cooper of 7 Edward's Square, Edward's Place, Commercial Rd., Hull
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Pte. Joseph Charles Pearce 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.14th Feb 1917) Joseph Pearce is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery in France
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Pte. A. Kay 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.1st September 1918) Private Kay is a relative of my cousin.
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Capt. Fred W.C. Hinings 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.25th September 1916) Fred Hinings served with 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, he was a well know Rugby player.
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