The Ploegsteert Memorial - Surnames G
Photo : Chris Weekes
The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with “G” 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 Patrick Gallagher
23971. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Patrick and Elizabeth Gallagher, of 10, Crown St., Middlesbrough; husband of Rose Gallagher, of 101, East St., Middlesbrough. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 27.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Henry James Gallant
29586. 1st/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 205312 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry James and Eliza Gallant; husband of Elizabeth Beatrice Gallant, of 63, Campbell St., Anlaby Rd., Hull. Killed 11 April 1918. Aged 33.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Private James William Chesterton Gibson
48364. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly TR/5/110255 87th T R Battalion. Son of Percy and Elizabeth Gibson, of 34, Hermit St., Hartlepool. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 18.
Born Hartlepool, Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Hartlepool.
Private John William Gillespie
20082. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 11 April 1918.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough./p>
Private William Gillson
21043. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late John and Annie Gillson; husband of Frances Alice Gillson, of 14, Langley St., Stockton-on-Tees. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 37. Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees.
Lance Corporal Ernest Gilmore
22578. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert Gilmore, of 32, Adam St., Middlesbrough, and the late Jane Ann Gilmore. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 25.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Charles Gosling
10439. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 21 November 1914.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Guisborough.
Private Edmund Ashley Gray
3/7496. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 24 January 1915. Aged 20.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield.
Private William Henry Gray
48448. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly TR/5/71618 87th T R Battalion. Son of Frank and Elizabeth Gray, of 31, Garnett St., Netherfield, Notts. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 18.
Born Netherfield (Notts), Enlisted Hucknall, Resided Netherfield.
Private Thomas Greenwood
35151. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 34721 9th T R Battalion. Died 12 April 1918.
Born Enfield, Enlisted Tottenham, Resided Enfield.22578. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert Gilmore, of 32, Adam St., Middlesbrough, and the late Jane Ann Gilmore. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 25.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
A Photograph of the Yorkshire Regiment Commemorative Panel on the Ploegsteert Memorial and one of the Guardian Lions.
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Photo : Christopher Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Photo : Edward Nicholl