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7th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)
7th (Service) Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) was a Kitchener Battalion, raised at Richmond on September 1914. They joined 50th Brigade, 17th (Northern) Division and moved to Wareham for training moving in May 1915 to Romsey. They proceeded to France on the 14th of July 1915 landing at Boulogne and taking over the front line in the southern Ypres Sector.In the spring of 1916 they were in action at the Bluff, south east of Ypres on the Comines canal then moved south to The Somme seeing action during The Battle of Albert in which the Division captured Fricourt and The Battle of Delville Wood. In 1917 they moved to Arras and saw action in The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe and The Capture of Roeux. In late summer they moved to Flanders and fought in The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of Epehy and The Battle of Cambrai followed by The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre. At the Armistice the Division was south east of Maubeuge and was quickly withdrawn to the area west of Le Cateau. On the 6th of December they moved back behind Amiens and went to billets around Hallencourt. Demobilisation of the Division began in January 1919.
2nd Aug 1915 Reliefs
1st Jul 1916 An Unfortunate Mistake The 7th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment are assembled in the trenches opposite Fricourt Village. The first zero hour was 7.30am on July 1st when the troops on the left and right attacked, and the 2nd zero hour was at 2.30pm when the 7th Battalion assaulted. Owing to an unfortunate mistake on the part of the officer commanding A Coy, his company assaulted at 7.45am. As soon as they began to climb over the parapet terrific machine gun was opened by the enemy and the company was almost at once wiped out. The survivors lay in crump holes some 25 yards in front of our wire until after dark. As soon as it was discovered that A Company had assaulted by itself, D Coy (the reserve Coy) was brought up into the assembly trenches to take A Coys place.
At 2pm 1/7/16 our artillery began the 1/2 hours preliminary bombardment of Fricourt Village. This bombardment was feeble and did little damage to the enemy as the battalion soon learned to its cost. At 2.30pm the Battalion assaulted and were met by a murderous machine gun and rifle fire, officers and men were literally mown down and were finally brought to a standstill about half way across to the enemy’s trenches. 13 Officers and over 300 men became casualties in about three minutes. The survivors lay in crump holes until dark with a few exceptions who managed to crawl back. Many magnificent deeds of courage were performed especially in bringing in wounded and carrying messages under fire.
1st Jul 1916 Success and Failure
2nd Jul 1916 On the March
3rd Jul 1916 Gallantry Recognised
4th Jul 1916 Reorganisation
5th Jul 1916 On the March
6th Jul 1916 On the March
7th Jul 1916 Into Position
8th Jul 1916 Attack Made
9th Jul 1916 In Action
10th Jul 1916 Assisting Attack
11th Jul 1916 Reliefs
13th Jul 1916 At Rest
27th Jul 1916 Medals Awarded
1st Aug 1916 Training
2nd Aug 1916 On the March
3rd Aug 1916 Training
4th Aug 1916 Divsional Reserve
6th Aug 1916 Training
9th Aug 1916 Reliefs Completed
10th Aug 1916 Working Party
11th Aug 1916 Trench Work
12th Aug 1916 Reliefs Completed
13th Aug 1916 On the March
15th Aug 1916 On the Move
16th Aug 1916 On the March
17th Aug 1916 On the March
18th Aug 1916 On the March 
19th Aug 1916 Reliefs
20th Aug 1916 Trench Work
21st Aug 1916 Enemy Active
22nd Aug 1916 Under Shellfire
23rd Aug 1916 Enemy Active
24th Aug 1916 Trench Work
25th Aug 1916 Reliefs
26th Aug 1916 Working Partt
26th August 1916 Reliefs
30th Aug 1916 Working Parties
31st Aug 1916 Reliefs
1st Sep 1916 Trench Work
2nd Sep 1916 Shelling
3rd Sep 1916 Machine Gun Fire
4th Sep 1916 Gas
5th Sep 1916 Gas
6th Sep 1916 Reliefs
7th Sep 1916 Baths
8th Sep 1916 Inspection
9th Sep 1916 Working Party
10th Sep 1916 Canteen
11th Sep 1916 On the Range
12th Sep 1916 Reliefs Completed
14th Sep 1916 Reinforcements
15th Sep 1916 Reinforcements
16th Sep 1916 Reliefs Completed
17th Sep 1916 On the March
20th Sep 1916 Training
21st Sep 1916 On the March
22nd Sep 1916 On the March
23rd Sep 1916 On the March
24th Sep 1916 Training
25th Sep 1916 Training & Lecture
30th Sep 1916 Training
5th Oct 1916 Training
6th Oct 1916 On the March
7th Oct 1916 On the March
10th Oct 1916 On the March
11th Oct 1916 On the March
12th Oct 1916 Training
13th Oct 1916 Training
14th Oct 1916 Bivouac
17th Oct 1916 Reliefs
18th Oct 1916 Reliefs
19th Oct 1916 On the March
20th Oct 1916 On the March
21st Oct 1916 On the March
22nd Oct 1916 On the March
27th Oct 1916 On the March
28th Oct 1916 Fatigue Parties
29th Oct 1916 Heavy Rain
30th Oct 1916 Recce
31st Oct 1916 On the Move
1st Nov 1916 Preparations
2nd Nov 1916 Working Parties and Reliefs
3rd Nov 1916 Under Shellfire
4th Nov 1916 Heavy Bombardment
5th Nov 1916 In Action
6th Nov 1916 Reliefs
7th Nov 1916 On the Move
9th Nov 1916 In Camp
10th Nov 1916 On the March
11th Nov 1916 In the Trenches
13th Nov 1916 In the Trenches
14th Nov 1916 To Camp
15th Nov 1916 Into Billets
16th Nov 1916 On the Move
17th Nov 1916 At Rest
18th Nov 1916 At Rest
19th Nov 1916 Church Parade
30th Nov 1916 Training
13th Feb 1917 Relief
20th Jun 1917 Relief
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Those known to have served with7th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) during the Great War 1914-1918. - Atkinson William. Cpl.
- Blackett Thomas. Cpl. (d.1st July 1916)
- Clarke James Henry Fisher. 2nd Lt.
- Garrett Thompson. Pte. (d.12th Jun 1917)
- Hodgson Francis. L/Cpl. (d.13th May 1917 )
- Laws John Robert. Pte. (d.30th Dec 1915)
- Linley William. Cpl. (d.13th May 1917)
- Myers Edward. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Poole Harry. Rfmn. (d.9th Dec 1916)
- Scott Percy. Pte. (d.16th Oct 1917)
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Pte. Thompson Garrett 7th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) (d.12th Jun 1917) Thompson Garrett served with the 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) during WW1. He was killed in action, aged 19, on the 12th June 1917 during the Battle of Arras and is buried at Grave IV.J.33 Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, near Arras, Pas de Calais, France.
He was the Son of Ingram and Martha Garrett, of 21, Low Downs Square, Hetton Downs, Co. Durham.
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Cpl. William Atkinson 7th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment My grandfather, William Atkinson served with the 7th Yorkshires. I know little about his wartime service except for a copy of a newspaper cutting which quotes from a letter home.
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Cpl. Thomas Blackett 7th Btn. Green Howards (d.1st July 1916) Thomas Blackett was born in 1896 to Richard William Blackett and Frances Ellen Stonehouse. In the 1911 census he is listed as a pony driver in a pit. He joined up and died on the first day of of Battle of the Somme during the capture of Fricourt. He is believed to be buried in a mass grave at Fricourt British cemetery and he is listed on the Ryhope war memorial.
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2nd Lt. James Henry Fisher Clarke 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment I was given James Clarke's officer's sword and War Dept. death cert by my mother. My great uncle first went to France in 1914, he was injured in Ypres the top by machine gun fire at Friecourt at 14.30 on the first day of the Somme 1st of July 1916.
He is buried at Dantzig Alley British Cemetery. I would love to find any photo's of him. I am his great nephew and have been researching him for a few months.
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L/Cpl. Francis Hodgson 7th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (d.13th May 1917 ) I never met my Great Uncle Frank; he died 41 years before I was born, but he is as real to me as any of my relatives that I have met. Prior to joining up he was a rugby player and all-round sportsman. He died aged 23, possibly at the 2nd Battle of Bullecourt, on 13th of May 1917. I am always researching his name and year by year, more and more information becomes available to me.
He is commemorated on the Addenda Panel of Arras Memorial, Calais. His body, to date, has not been recovered. He is also commemorated on Scarborough's War Memorial on the top of Oliver's Mount, and on the graves of his parents George and Betsy-Ann Hodgson, in Manor Road Cemetery, Scarborough.
I made a promise to my Dad that I would try and find Uncle Frank and give him a proper grave, and I hope that I can fulfill that promise somehow, someday. In the meantime "Lest We Forget". I'll bet he never thought that his Great Niece, whom he never met, would still be remembering him all these years down the line, but I do, and I will continue to do so. I am very proud of my Uncle.
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Rfmn. Harry Poole 7th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (d.9th Dec 1916) Hary Poole served with the 7th battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards). He was Executed for desertion on 9th December 1916 and is buried in the Cavillon Communal Cemetery, Cavillon, France. Near north-west corner of cemetery.
He was the son of Mr. A. Poole of 9 Bernard St., Park, Sheffield
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Pte. Percy Scott 7th Battalion The Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) (d.16th Oct 1917) Percy Scott died aged 24, he was born in Jarrow 1892, son of David Scott, he lived and enlisted in Jarrow. On the 1911 Census Percy Scott, age 18, is an Apprentice Grocer (Dealer), and lived with his Widower Father David Scott & his sister at 6,George Street, Jarrow.
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
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Pte. Edward Myers 7th Btn. A Company Yorkshire Regiment (d.1st Jul 1916) Edward enlisted at the age of 34 in Middlesbrough. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Williams in 1909. At the time he was a Stevedore working at Middlesbrough docks. Edward was awarded the three medals, the Star, War medal and Victory medal.
I have only found this information by completing my family history, now I have copies of his medals, medal card and scroll which I have put in a presentation frame, next to my father's and mine.
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