The Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance Website

Lance Corporal Roy Scollett

15444. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Clara E. Scollett, of 24, Cockburn St., Lingdale, Boosbeck, Yorks, and the late John Scollett. Killed 21 August 1915. Aged 18.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.
Born Lingdale (Boosbeck); enlisted Richmond (Yorks); resided Lingdale.

Private Joseph Scott

11119. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Will Walter and Mary Jane Forster Scott, of 225, Victoria Rd., Gateshead. Died 22 August 1915. Aged 22.
Born Trimdon Grange (Durham); enlisted Houghton-le-Spring; resided Gateshead-on-Tyne.

Private John Seery

15660. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Seery. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 21.
Born Sunderland; enlisted Sunderland.

Private Robert William Sellers

10614. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Glaisdale (Yorks); enlisted Whitby; resided Grosmont.
(SDGW gives Regimental No as 19614)

Private Timothy Shane

10746. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Middlesbrough; enlisted Middlesbrough.
(SDGW gives Regimental No as 19746)

Private Joseph Henry Shepherd

16660. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs R Shepherd of 13 Second Street South, Easington Colliery, Co Durham. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 22.
Born Kimberworth; enlisted Sunderland; resided Easington Colliery.

Lance Serjeant David Shields

3/8336. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth J. Shields, of 4, Malpas Terrace, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 40.
Born Kirkaldy (Fifeshire); enlisted Richmond (Yorks); resided Northallerton.

Private John Marley Sill

10866. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 39.
Born Middlesbrough; enlisted Middlesbrough.

Major John Jocelyn Doyne Sillery

11th Bn. Manchester Regiment. Mentioned in Despatches.Son of the late Maj. Gen. C. J. C. Sillery (Suffolk Regt.). Formerly Indian Staff Corps. Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 48.
Commemorated on Panel 159 to 171, HELLES MEMORIAL.
From "Officers of the Green Howards 1688 - 1931" by M L Ferrar;-
Born at Hobart Town, 5 November 1866, son of Major-General Charles Jocelyn Cecil Silery, formerly of the 12th Foot.
2nd Lieut. 5th February 1887 (Yorkshire Regt.); Lieutenant Indian Army 27 February 1888; Captain 5 February 1898; Major 5 February 1905. Retired 5 February 1912.

Coy Serjeant Major Robert Simpson

8982. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Caroline McIndoe, of 32, Russell St., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 43.
Born Leeds; enlisted Richmond; resided Stockton-on-Tees.

Private Ernest Smith

16991. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Dan Smith and the late Mary Jane Smith. Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 21.
Born Leeds; enlisted Leeds.

Lance Corporal James Smith

11152. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. C. Smith, of 24, Mount Pleasant, Deptford, Sunderland. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 22.
Born Sunderland; enlisted Sunderland.

Private Thomas Smith

10945. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Margaret Smith, of 44, Vine St., East End, Sunderland; husband of Maria Smith, of 84, High St., East End, Sunderland. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 40.
Born Sunderland; enlisted Sunderland.
(CWGC gives Regimental No as 10940, but GH Gazette database shows 10945)

Private John Snowden

11125. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 August 1915.
Born Gainsborough; enlisted Sunderland.

Private Thomas Spence

11446. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 August 1915.
Born Monkwearmouth (Sunderland); enlisted Houghton-le-Spring; resided Easington Lane.

Private Thomas William Stephenson

16502. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Jane Stephenson, of 39, Princess St., Middlesbrough. Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 17.
Born Middlesbrough; enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Edward Stephenson

15456. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Ada Evelyn Wallace (formerly Stephenson), of 13, Plover St., Warrenby, Redcar. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 28.
Born Loftus; enlisted Whitby; resided Loftus.

Lance Corporal John Stephenson

12309. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ralph and Isabella Stephenson, of 25, Lanton St., New Herrington, Philadelphia, Co. Durham. Killed 9 August 1915. Aged 20.
Born Ryhope (Durham); enlisted Shiney Row; resided Fencehouses.

Lance Corporal James Stewart

15194. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Isabella Stewart, of 36, Crossgate, Durham; husband of Louie Stewart, of 37, Claypath, Durham. Killed 21 August 1915. Aged 26.
Born Durham; enlisted Durham.

Lance Corporal John Stone

11443. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Middlesbrough; enlisted Chester-le-Street; resided Middlesbrough.

Private Harry Storey

10696. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Sheffield; enlisted Sheffield.
(SDGW gives Regimental No as 10898)

Serjeant Anthony Stratford

11624. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Stratford, of Kelloe Winning, Trimdon Grange; husband of Annie Trail (formerly Stratford), of 1, South Plantation, Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham. Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 39.
Born Seaham Harbour; enlisted Deafhill Colliery; resided Trimdon Grange.

Private John Thomas Stringer

19460. 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly 10893 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 August 1915.
Born Tipton (Staffs); enlisted Middlesbrough (Yorks).
Commemorated on Panel 58 to 72 or 218 to 219, HELLES MEMORIAL.
(Commemorated on the Tipton Remembers website. Born Rowley Regis 1893. Sole legatee = his sister, May.)

Serjeant Alexander Stuart

DCM. 8746. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Martha Stuart, of 36, Vaudrey St., Stalybridge. Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 27.
Born Woolwich; enlisted Aldershot; resided Ashton-under-Lyne.

Private John Joseph Stubley

10910. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 August 1915.
Born Dewsbury; enlisted Leeds; resided Ossett (Yorks).