The Le Touret Memorial - Surnames B
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The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with “B” listed on the Le Touret Memorial are recorded below.
Photographs of the Yorkshire Regiment commemorative panel and the Le Touret Memorial can be viewed by selecting here.
Men commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial
Private George Banks
3/8540. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Masham (Yorks), Enlisted Masham (Yorks)
Lance Corporal John Barker
10249. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds
Private John Barnes
11418. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Rhondda Valley (South Wales), Enlisted Deaf Hill Colliery, Resided Trimdon Colliery.
Private Owen Batey
3/7107. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Batey; husband of Edith May Batey, of 160, Marsh Rd., Middlesbrough. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 24.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private William Batey
3/8027. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Batey. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 33.
Born Cleator Moor, Enlisted Middlesbrough
Private Walter Stanley Beale
8520. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Edmonton, Enlisted Pickering, Resided Forest Hill.
Private Charles Bell
3/7957. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John William Bell, of 87, Marton Rd., Middlesbrough. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 19. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private James Bell
6082. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary Bell, of 4, Rutland St., Middlesbrough. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 30.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private William Beswick Bell
7027. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 March 1915. Aged 19. Born Whitby, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Whitby.
Private George Yates Blakeman
3/9263. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Harriet Blakeman, of 47, Upleatham Rd., Saltburn, and the late George Blakeman; husband of Annie Blakeman, of 55, Middle Oxford St., South Bank, Yorks. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 40.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Arthur Bland
10498. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry Bland, of 10, Haver Lane, Haymarket, York, and the late Ada Bland. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 20. Born York, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided York.
Private William Boggis
10373. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born London, Enlisted London.
Private Israel Bomberg
10460. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 March 1915.
Born Cardiff, Enlisted Stratford, Resided London.
Further details on Israel Bomberg are in the website British Jews in the First World War.
Private William Boggis
10373. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born London, Enlisted
London.
Private Robert Bowe
7634. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private John Thomas Boyle
10373. 3/7368. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Annie Boyle, of 25, Codd, South Bank, Yorks. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 20.
Born Lackenby (Redcar, Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided South Bank.
Private John Bradley
3/7634. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Daniel and Catherine Bradley. Killed 17 June 1915. Aged 20.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Michael Bradley
3/7864. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Margaret Bradley, of 43, Marsh St., Middlesbrough. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Joseph Rueben Bramley
9645. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Mrs. Frances Young, of 33, Peckham Park Rd., Old Kent Rd., London. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Bermondsey, Enlisted London, Resided Bermondsey.
Private George Brannon
16533. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frances Hugill (formerly Brannon), of 71, Vaughan St., Grangetown, Yorks, and the late Patrick Brannon. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 18.
Born Warrenby (Redcar), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Grangetown
Private William Bright
10462. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 May 1915.
Born Bradford-on-Avon (Wilts), Enlisted Stratford, Resided Sunderland
PPrivate James Brodie
3/8140. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Mary Ann Brodie, of 18, Lloyd St., Middlesbrough; husband of Mary Jones (formerly Brodie), of 6, Nixon St., Middlesbrough. Killed 10 March 1915. Aged 38.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough
Serjeant William Edward Bullen
9479. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Josephine Bullen, of 82, King St., Gillingham, Kent, and the late Harry Bullen. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 24.
Born Chatham, Enlisted Chatham, Resided Gillingham.
Lance Corporal Thomas Benjamin Burcombe
10234. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Burcombe, of 36, Tuilerie St., Hackney Rd., London. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 20.
Born Bethnal Green (London), Enlisted Stratford, Resided Bethnal Green.
Lance Corporal James Burgin
10127. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. W. F. and Mrs. E. A. Burgin, of 1, Victoria Rd., Gleadless, Sheffield. Killed 12 March 1915. Aged 25.
Born Heeley (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield, Resided Gleadless.
Private William Burn
16571. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Joseph and Sarah Burn (nee Richardson), of 20, Forster St., South Hetton, Co. Durham. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 18.
Born Wingate (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided South Hetton.
Private Thomas Burns
3/8207. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Sarah Burns, of 23, Thorrold Terrace, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Killed 12 March 1915. Aged 32. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Dudley Bushell
10449. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles and Annie Bushell, of 52, Ernald Avenue, East Ham, London. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 20.
Born Kingston-on-Thames, Enlisted Stratford, Resided East Ham.
Photographs of the Le Touret Memorial Yorkshire Regiment Commemorative Panel and the Memorial
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Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>
Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>