The Ploegsteert Memorial
Photo : Chris Weekes
The Ploegsteert Memorial commemorates more than 11,000 servicemen of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the area from the line Caestre-Dranoutre-Warneton to the north, to Haverskerque-Estaires-Fournes to the south, including the towns of Hazebrouck, Merville, Bailleul and Armentieres, the Forest of Nieppe, and Ploegsteert Wood during the First World War and have no known grave. Those commemorated by the memorial did not die in major offensives, such as those which took place around Ypres to the north, or Loos to the south. Most were killed in the course of the day-to-day trench warfare which characterised this part of the line, or in small scale set engagements, usually carried out in support of the major attacks taking place elsewhere.
Of the 11,000 names on the memorial, 179 are for men of the Yorkshire Regiment and include one 16-year old soldier (Private F J Page).
One of the Yorkshire Regiment names on the memorial has been removed from the CWGC database, as the particular soldier was subsequently found to have been buried in the Croix-du-Bac Cemetery.
The names of the men of the Yorkshire Regiment found on the Ploegsteert Memorial are listed below. For further details on each name, select the initial letter above the list of surnames to be taken to another page which contains data on men whose surname starts with that letter.
Soldiers who originally served in the Yorkshire Regiment, but were serving in another regiment when they lost their lives, are included amongst those shown. The panels on which they are commemorated are shown on the details for that soldier's name.
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.
Names of the Yorkshire Regiment
The names of the men of the Yorkshire Regiment found on the Ploegsteert Memorial are listed below. For further details on each name, select the initial letter above the list of surnames to be taken to another page which contains data on men whose surname starts with that letter.
A
Private Ainsworth, A
Private Allison, J G
Private Alton, E
Private Anderson, W E
Private Andrews, G H
Private Anfield, W C
Private Auty, W
B
Private Barber, L H
Private Beer, J R
Private Beevor, W G J
Private Bell, W
Private Binks, A E
Private Binks, J R
Private Board, A
Private Boe, G
Private Bottomley, P
Private Brearley, A L
Private Brotherhood, W
L/Corporal Brown, C H
Private Brown, J
Private Brown, R
Private Burt, P
C
Private Cameron, R
Private Carling, J
Private Carnell, F
Private Carr, S
Private Carson, D
Private Carter, A E
Private Cartledge, M M
Private Chadwick, H
Private Champkins, I B
Private Chapman, A
Private Charlton, W
Serjeant Clarke, M
Private Clarkson, F
Private Colley, F
Corporal Collier, H
Private Cook, A
Private Cornwell, J T
D
Private Darbyshire, H
Private Davey, J E
Private Dellow, J
Private Dewar, W
Private Dixon, J C
Private Dumbrill, H F
E
Private Elam, H
Private Elley, W H
Private Elliott, T
Private Elliott, W
Private Else, S
Corporal Eltringham, H
F
Private Fairbairn, W
Private Featherston, T R
Private Fenwick, J C C
Private Foster, W
Private Frankish, R H
Private Fryer, P
G
Private Gallagher, P
Private Gallant, H J
Private Gibson, J W C
Private Gillespie, J W
Private Gillson, W
L/Corporal Gilmore, E
Private Gosling, C
Private Gray, E A
Private Gray, W H
Private Greenwood, T
H
L/Corporal Hall, E
Serjeant Hadley, G R
Private Hanson, R S
Private Hardy, W
Private Harker, J
Private Harland, R A
Private Harris, J
Private Harvey, H
Private Harwood, O W
Private Hayle, A V W
Private Head, E A
Private Henderson, N
Private Heseltine, J H
Private Hibell, A E
Private Higgins, P B
Private Holder, T H
Private Hollingsworth, R
Private Holmes, E H
Private Holroyd, F
Private Hornby, S
L/Sgt Hunt, J
Private Hutchinson, J T
2nd Lieut Hutton, S F
J
Private Jameson, T,
Private Jarvis, C
Private Jefferson, M R
L/Corporal Jennings, T
Private Johnson, A 22677
Private Johnson, A 29788
Private Johnson, F
Private Jones, A
Private Jones, J
Private Jones, O
L
L/Corporal Landess, A
Private Lane, H S
Private Lang, C W
Private Lansdell, F W
L/Sgt Laws, E H MM
2nd Lieut Lawson, G W
Private Leason, W
Private Lee, F
Private Lees, F
Private Liddle, M H
2nd Lieut Lord, A W MM
M
Private Maddison, H
Private Marginson, W
Private Marwood, A
L/Corporal McInnes, M
Private Melia, E
Private Miller, A C
Private Miller, A J
Private Mitchell, E
Private Mitchell, G
Private Molyneux, E J
Private Moltend, G
Private Morley, H
Private Moyle, G W
N
Private Neil, E
Private Nelson, T W H
Serjeant Nicol, C E
Private Nicholls, C
Private Nicholson, J E
Private Nicholson, T
P
Private Page, F J
Private Palmer, G E
L/Sgt Palmer, H
Private Parker, J
Private Parker, S W
Serjeant Parnaby, R
Private Parrish, E S
Private Parsons, G
Private Patterson, J E
Lieutenant Peach, B C
Private Peacock, W H
Private Pearson, E
Private Pearson, E N W
Private Peters, A
Private Pogson, H
Private Pollard, J
Private Pottage, G E, MM
Serjeant Prescott, L
Private Puttock, G
Private Pybus, E MM
Q
Private Quinlan. J
R
Private Readman, W E
Private Renwick, M M
Private Reynolds, C E
Private Reynolds, J
Private Rigg, T
Captain Robson, E M MC
Private Rowlands, J
Serjeant Royle, W DCM
Serjeant Rymer, RW DCM
S
Private Sanderson, T G
Private Scace, O H
Serjeant Scott, A
Private Scott, W 45006
Private Scott, W 241064
Private Seaman, G
Private Sergeant, H
Captain Shaw, A M
Private Shields, J
Serjeant Shortridge, A
Private Skelton, R M
Private Smith, A
Private Smith, D
Private Smith, H
Private Smith, J W
Private Smurthwaite, T L
L/Corporal Suggit, L W
T
Private Tatt, G W
Private Taylor, J T
Private Taylor, W D
Private Thompson, G B
Private Thompson, J
Private Thompson, R
Private Thubron, P
Private Tidman, T G
Private Timmins, J W
Private Tones, E
Private Topham, J R
Private Traynor, J W
Private Trenter, J
Private Truesdale, J W
Private Turner, G
L/Corporal Turner, W
Private Tyler, T W
W
Private Ward, A
2nd Lieut Ward, L
Private Ward, W
2nd Lieut Wellesley. E G
/Corporal Wheatley, R W
L/Corporal White, C
Private Wilkins, F
L/Corporal Windross, A W
Private Wingate, W
Private Wood, J W
Private Woodman, L C
Y
Private York, W E
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