The Ploegsteert Memorial - Surnames C
Photo : Chris Weekes
The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with “C” listed on the Ploegsteert Memorial are recorded below.
A photograph of the commemorative panel for the Yorkshire Regiment and the one of the Lions gurading the memorial can be viewed by selecting here.
Men commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial
Private Ronald Cameron
46197. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 213578 RE. Died 11 April 1918.
Born Carvers (Roxburghshire), Enlisted Hawick.
Private John Carling
241037. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Timothy Carling, of 20, Moorcock Row, Lingdale, Boosbeck, Yorks. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 24.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Lingdale.
Private Farnk Carnell
3/8618. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Lily Carnell, of 56, Church St., Guisborough, Yorks. Died 23 December 1914. Aged 31.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Private Samuel Carr
41974. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 187974 RFA. Died 13 April 1918.
Born Bickerton (Cheshire), Enlisted Shrewsbury.
Private David Carson
35017. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 32729 Essex Regiment. Husband of M. A. Carson, of Mill Rd., Aveley, Purfleet, Essex. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 33.
Born Averley (Essex), Enlisted Grays, Resided Averley (Purfleet, Essex).
Private Arthur Eric Carter
35103. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 35672 9th T R Battalion. Died 12 April 1918.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Private Martin Mitchison Cartledge
235517. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 33273 DLI. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Cartledge, of 13, Garden Place, Sunderland; husband of Catherine Lindsay (formerly Cartledge), of 83, Church St. North, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 36.
Born Bishop Wearmouth (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Monkwearmouth.
rivate Harry Chadwick
3/7451. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 6 January 1915.
Born Pitsmoor (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield.
Private Ivor Bertie Champkins
35105. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Champkins, of 19, Council Cottages, Dark Lane, Langford, Biggleswade, Beds. Died 12 April 1918. Aged 18.
Born Langford (Beds), Enlisted Biggleswade, Resided Beds.
Private Albert Chapman
23293. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 13 April 1918.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Conisborough.
Private William Charlton
33493. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Archie and Martha Charlton, of 16, Kelvin St., Dean Bank, Ferryhill, Co. Durham. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 20.
Born North Ditchburn, Enlisted Ferryhill.
(This soldier is shown as "J W Charlton" on the Ferryhill memorial. Although the CWGC Register and SDGW show him as "William Charlton", the 1911 Census and the Register of Soldier's Effects show him as John William Charlton. He was born in North Bitchburn, not North Ditchburn.)
Serjeant Michael Clarke
11319. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Mrs. Sarah Ann Collinson, of 104, Ousegate, Selby, Yorks. Died 11 April 1918.
Born Selby (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond, Resided Selby.
Private Frederick Clarkson
241764, 8th Battalion Border Regiment, formerly 5424 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James Henry and Elizabeth Clarkson, of Middleham, Yorks. Killed 10 April 1918. Aged 29.
Born Middleham (Yorks), Enlisted Leyburn (Yorks), Resided Middleham.
Commemorated Panel 6, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Private Frederick Colley
25691. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Colley, of York. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 33.
Born York, Enlisted York, Resided Askham Richard (York).
Corporal Henry Collier
9429. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Jarvis and Ann Collier; husband of Margaret Mabel Annie Collier, of 16, Asline Rd., Highfields, Sheffield. Served in the Chitral Expedition, 1895, Punjab Frontier and Tirah Campaigns, 1897-8. Died 24 February 1916. Aged 38.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield.
Private Arthur Cook
40252. 12th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 23138 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 April 1918.
Enlisted Sheffield.
Commemorated on Panel 8, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Tumans Cornwell
33204. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth Cornwell, of 39, Scarborough Rd., Driffield, Yorks. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 35.
Born Driffield, Enlisted Driffield.
A Photograph of the Yorkshire Regiment Commemorative Panel on the Ploegsteert Memorial and one of the Guardian Lions.
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Photo : Edward Nicholl