The Le Touret Memorial - Surnames H
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The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with “H” 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 James Hacking
5856. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 March 1915.
Born Salford (Lancs), Enlisted Manchester, Resided Scarborough.
Lieutenant Gerald Francis Hadow
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 21.
The following comes from M L Ferrar's “Officers of the Green Howards 1688 - 1931”;-
Born at Scarborough, 24th January, 1894, son of Colonel A. de S Hadow, late 19th Foot.
2nd Lieut., 15th August, 1914 ; Lieut., 8th March, 1915.
Took part in the battles of Neuve Chapelle and Festubert.
Killed in action at Givenchy, 15th June, 1915.
“He had reached the German barbed wire, and finding he was practically alone, returned to his own trenches, which he reached untouched. Here he found his Captain killed and all the other officers dead or wounded. His company went into action 180 strong and had 142 casualties. He returned to report to the C.O., and on the way was struck on the head by a piece of shell. A captain under whom he served wrote : “I feel I have lost a young friend whom I had got to know and tested in perhaps the most severe time – war time – and he never failed. He was such a gallant little fellow and quite ready to die for the good cause.”
Private James Hainsworth
7124. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Private George Haithwaite
7097. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Samuel and Margaret Haithwaite. Killed 11 March 1915. Aged 40.
Born Otley (Keighley), Enlisted Keighley.
Private William Henry Hancock
3/8391. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 March 1915.
Born Battersea (London), Enlisted Battersea.
PPrivate Joseph George Hand
10320. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John William and Ellen Lucy Hand, of 224, Old Kent Rd., London. Killed 11 March 1915. Aged 20.
Born Shadwell (London), Enlisted London, Resided Old Kent Road (S E).
Private Alfred Harbour
10451. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. E. Davies (formerly Harbour), of 145, Colegrave Rd., Stratford, London, and the late Alfred Thomas Harbour. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 18.
Born Hackney, Enlisted Stratford, Resided Homerton.
Private Robert Alfred Hardcastle
3/8757. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Morley (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Pontefract.
Private Fred Hardman
10308. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 March 1915.
Born Heywood (Manchester), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Rochdale.
Private John William Harrison
3/8455. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees..
Lance Corporal Alfred George Hartley
9462. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Normington (Derby), Enlisted Scarborough.
Private Henry Heath
8436. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth Heath, of 8, Alderson St., Deptford, Sunderland. Killed 10 March 1915. Aged 36.
Born Wanderbury (Warwick), Enlisted Sunderland.
Private John Hedley
3/8736. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Christchurch (West Hartlepool), Enlisted West Hartlepool.
Private Henry Ernest Hewerdine
3/8083. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Rosaleana Hewerdine, of 19, Howard St., Leeds; husband of Bessie M. Falkingham (formerly Hewerdine), of 82, Rosebank View, Leeds. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 21.
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Born Acomb (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds.
Private Harry Hibbert
10509. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Sarah Alice Hibbert, of 44, Stockport Rd., Romiley, Cheshire. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 19.
Born Stockport, Enlisted Eastbourne, Resided Romiley (Cheshire).
Private John Hickey
9987. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frank Hickey, of The Cottage, Bowling Iron Works, Bradford. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 24.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford, Resided Bowling.
Private Peter Hill
3/7995. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Bramley (Leeds), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Bramley.
Private Walter Hill
3/7444. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Polly Hunt, of 2 Court, Jessop Lane, Sheffield. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 23.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield.
Private William Johnson Hill
3/7576. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Stockton (Durham), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees.
Corporal William Holliday
8149. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 May 1915.
Born Holbeck (Lancs), Enlisted Batley, Resided Holbeck.
Private Albert Holman
9254. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Janet Simpson (formerly Holman), of Ainsleys Court, Whitby, Yorks. Killed 12 March 1915. Aged 24.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Henry Holmes
8029. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 March 1915.
Born Northallerton, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Northallerton.
Private James Holmes
7963. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Eccleshall (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield.
Private Harry Holton
3/6992. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 March 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Horace Hope
7002. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 March 1915.
Born Neepsend (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield.
Lance Corporal Joseph Hopkinson
3/7479. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 March 1915.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Private Joseph Howard
7601. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Hunslet (Leeds), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Hunslet.
Private Thomas Hughes
5948. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Aldershot, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Thomas Henry Hutchinson
3/7739. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Hutchinson, of 11, Cairns St., Oldham. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 23. Born Thornaby (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Thornaby.
Photographs of the Le Touret Memorial Yorkshire Regiment Commemorative Panel and the Memorial
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Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>
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