The Le Touret Memorial - Surnames W
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The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with “W” 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 Samson Wadrop
5. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 May 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Lance Corporal Thomas Stephen Wales
10452. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Thomas and Jessie Wales, of 7, De La Pole Avenue, Balfour St., Hull. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 19. Born Hull, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Hull.
Private George Wallace
8/8672. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Mrs. Jane Dowey, of 16, Park St., Skelton, Yorks. Killed 12 March 1915. Aged 29.
Born York, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Private Guy Wardley
10468. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Lilian Wardley, of St. James's Square, Boroughbridge, Yorks. Killed on 12 March 1915. Aged 19.
Born Boroughbridge, Enlisted Malton, Resided Boroughbridge.
Corporal Richard Webb
6693. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted London, Resided Bradford.
Private Walter Wells
7823. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late George and Betsy Wells; husband of Annie Elizabeth Hibberd (formerly Wells), of 597, Market St., Whitworth, Rochdale. Killed on 11 March 1915. Aged 35.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield, Resided Owlerton.
Private William Whelan
6678. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford, Resided Windhill (Yorks).
Private William Whittaker
8471. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Cleckheaton, Enlisted Bradford, Resided Farnborough (Hants).
Lance Corporal James Wiles
3/7584. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Wiles, of 41, Pitchfortll Buildings, West Vale, Greetland, Yorks. Killed 12 March 1915. Aged 23.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Lance Corporal George Wilkinson
10485. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Maria Wilkinson, of 81, Makin Rd., Darnall, Sheffield. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 18.
Born Attercliffe, Enlisted Sheffield.
Lance Corporal Arthur Woodage, DCM, Order of St. George 3rd Class (Russia)
9022. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Woodage, of Little Sandhurst, Berks. Killed 17 May 1915. Aged 23.
Born Arborfield (Wokingham), Enlisted Aldershot, Resided Little Sandhurst (Beds).
Lance Serjeant William Woolley
3/9424. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Woolley; husband of Ruth Elizabeth Welch (formerly Woolley), of 8, Bagot St., Birmingham. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 34.
Born Birmingham, Enlisted Birmingham.
(William Woolley married Ruth Elizabeth at St. Nicolas, Birmingham, on 24 April 1905. They had three children, - William Albert, John, and Ruth E Elizabeth. Ruth Elizabeth (Welch) was named as the sole legatee in "Soldiers Effects". In the 1911 census, William Woolley was shown as being a "bronze dresser".)
Private George William Wright
7602. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elsie May Toes (formerly Wright), of 33, Jermyn St., Kirkstall Rd., Leeds. Killed 11 March 1915. Aged 29.
Born Leeds, Enlisted York, Resided Leeds.
Private Harry Wright
10363. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 May 1915.
Born Helmsley (Yorks), Enlisted Pickering, Resided Helmsley.
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>