The Helles Memorial
Yorkshire Regiment Commemorations - Surnames R
The following men of the Yorkshire Regiment have surnames beginning with the letter R. Their names are commemorated on the Helles Memorial at Gallipoli.
Corporal Joseph Rackstraw
3/8402. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Frederick and Joyce Rackstraw, of High Wycombe, Bucks; husband of Annie Elizabeth Rackstraw, of 15, High St., Northwood, Middx. Died 22 August 1915. Aged 45.
Born High Wickham (Reading); enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Lance Corporal Joseph Readman
15172. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James Readman, of Hinderwell, Yorks. Died at Sea 3 September 1915. Aged 25.
Born Hinderwell; enlisted Whitby; resided Hinderwell.
Private James Richardson
10835. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 22 August 1915.
Born Middlesbrough; enlisted Middlesbrough.
Corporal Thomas William Rigg
10933. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Mary Rigg, of 16, Lowther Village, Hackthorpe, Penrith, Cumberland; husband of Nellie Rigg, of Derry Cottage, Sedbergh, Yorks. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 25.
Born Ousby (Westmoreland); enlisted Whitby; resided Sedbergh (Yorks).
Private David Robe
11375. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 22 August 1915.
Born Seghill (Blyth, Northumberland), Enlisted South Shields.
Private Arnold Roberts
11730. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 22 August 1915.
Born South Shields; enlisted South Shields.
Lance Corporal Thomas Roberts
11213. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Hannah E. Roberts, of 84, Wicklow St., Middlesbrough. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 23.
Born Middlesbrough; enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private George Thomas Robinson
16892. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Mary Jane Robinson, of Station Yard, Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 18.
Born Guisborough; enlisted Bishop Auckland; resided Kirkby Stephen.
Private James Alfred Robinson
14666. 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 11016 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alfred and Hannah Thirza Robinson, of 45, Coral St., Saltburn-by-the-Sea. Died 21 August 1915. Aged 20.
Born Middlesbrough; enlisted Middlesbrough; resided Saltburn (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 117 to 119, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Cooper Robinson
21021. 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly 10958 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 August 1915.
Born Sunderland; enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Panel 58 to 72 or 218 to 219, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Corporal Albert Robson
10765. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Middlesbrough; enlisted Middlesbrough; resided Redcar.
(SDGW has Regimental No as 19765).
Lance Corporal Arnold Robson
10864. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Goodfellow Robson, of Grove Cottage, Bowness, Windermere, and the late Mary Young Robson. Killed 21 August 1915. Aged 20.
Born Newcastle; enlisted Whitley; resided Windermere.
Private Hugh Rocks
10907. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 21 August 1915.
Born Thornaby; enlisted Stockton-on-Tees; resided Thornaby.
Private Frank Rollinson
15187. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Samuel and Mary Rollinson, of South Kirby, Pontefract, Yorks; husband of R. Rollinson, of 177, Bole Hill, Treeton, Rotherham, Yorks. Killed on 7 August 1915.
Born Treeton (Rotherham); enlisted Sheffield; resided Treeton.
Private Ambrose Rontree
16049. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 8 November 1915.
Born Silksworth; enlisted Sunderland; resided Silksworth.
(SDGW has Regimental No as 16649).
Private Tom Foster Rowlands
16924. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late George and Elizabeth Rowlands. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 31.
Born West Hartlepool; enlisted Middlesbrough.
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Wood Rutherford
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Sir Robert Rutherford and Lady Rutherford, of "Fairholme," The Millway, Reigate, Surrey. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 31.
Lance Corporal Joseph Ryan
3/9321. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mrs. M. Ryan, of Leeds. Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Sheepscar (Leeds); enlisted Grantham; resided Holbeck (Leeds).
Private Thomas Ryan
15627. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Jane Ryan, of 6, South St., Brandon Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 22.
Born Brandon; enlisted Durham; resided Brandon.