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Naylor. Reginald
Private 77099 1st/7th Bn. Durham Light Infantry (Formerly 153508 RE)
Died 6th November, 1917. Age 27
Grave VIII. C. 27. Cement House Cemetery, Langemark - Poelkapelle, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Noble. Leonard
Private 14/1084 14th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 11th May,1916
Grave Plot 2. Row M. Grave 2A, Le Treport Military Cemetery, Seine - Maritime, France.

Noble. William
Private 21996 10th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 23rd July, 1916. Age 24
Grave Bay 8. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Norris. John
Able Seaman KW/426 Drake Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Formerly 13196 Y&L)
Died 30th August, 1915.
Grave Panel 8 to 15 Helles Memorial, Turkey.

Norton. George
[Lance Corporal 18105 6th Bn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.]
[Died 2nd August, 1915.]
[Grave Panel 47 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.]

Nuttall. Friend
Gunner 83486 "T" 20th Trench Mortar Bty. Royal Field Artillery
Died 25th October, 1916
Grave A. 14. Carnoy Military Cemetery, Somme, France.

Oldknow. Harold
Private 22000 8th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 14th May, 1916. Age 18
Grave III. D. 21. Arras Road Cemetery, Roclincourt, Pas de Calais, France.

Oliver. Frank
Private 1986 1st/5th Bn. Yorks and Lancaster Regt.
Died 28th July, 1915.
Grave II. A. 27 Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Oxley. Gilbert
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class 271718 H.M. S/M "D6" Royal Navy.
Died 11th September, 1916. Age 35
Grave 15 Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Hampshire.

Parkin. William
[Private 26432 2nd Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.]
[ Died 12th October, 1916. Age 21]
[Grave III. M. 8. Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France]

Patmore. Frederick
Private 16310 8th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 8th April, 1916. Age 25
Grave D. 24. Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.

Pearson. Harold
[Private 13176 107th Coy. Machine Gun Corps. (Inf.) (Formerly 12099 YLI)]
[Died 5th June, 1917]
[Grave N. 6. Pond Farm Cemetery, Heuvelland, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.]

Peel. John
Private 20486 1st Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 8th May, 1915. Age 21
Grave Panel 47, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Penn. William
Private 24237 8th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 1st July, 1916. Age 20
Grave V. D. 35. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuile Wood, Somme, France.

Penton. George Arthur
Private 14/980 14th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 1st July, 1916
Grave I. A. 21. Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France.

Pepper. Samuel John Wood
Driver 141038 'C' Coy. 58th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Died 10th October, 1917. Age 28
Grave XLIII. E. 20. Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Langemark - Poelkapelle, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Pepper. William
Private 1217 13th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt. (Formerly 14th Bn. Y&L)
Died 26th October, 1917.
Grave II. E. 7. Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Portman. Clifford
Lance Corporal 241954 2nd/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regt.
Died 28th September, 1917.
Grave VI. F. 22. Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Powell. John Burrow
Private 44671 1st Bn. East Yorkshire Regt. (formerly 60645 Yorkshire Regt.)
Died 7th November, 1918
Grave II. C. 20. Dourlers Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Pye. Harold
[Private M2/130737 Mechanical Transport, Army Service Corps. (Attend. 126th Bde. Royal Field Artillery)]
[Died 3rd September, 1918]
[Grave IV. E. 49 Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.]

Quinlan[d]. Arthur
Private 7734 1st Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Died 27th November, 1915.
Grave [Name to be added to Addenda Panel, Helles Memorial, Turkey - See CWGC web site]

Quinney. Fredrick William
Private 241851 2nd/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 15th July, 1917. Age 35
Grave VI. D. 20. Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Rawes. Fredrick
Private 5935 1st Bn. Border Regt.
Died 28th June, 1915. Age 34
Grave Panel 119 to 125 or 222 and 223, Helles Memorial, Turkey.

Rawlin. Walter
Private 12/1152 'B' Coy. 12th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 1st July, 1916. Age 22
Grave B. 26. Queens Cemetery, Puisieux, Pas de Calais, France.

Raybould. Albert
Private 1754 1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 23rd July, 1916. Age 26
Grave I. B. 18. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuile Wood, Somme, France.

Raynor. David
Private 2581 5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 19th March, 1916
Grave W. 49. Hoyland Nether (St. Peter's) Churchyard Extension.

Regan. Thomas
Private 14/1417 13th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 23rd July, 1916
Grave Panel 8, Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines - Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.

Richards. Edwin Raymond
Private 3/2305 2nd Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 23rd August, 1915. Age 22.
Grave IV. D. 10. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Ridge. John
Private 21279 6th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 24th August, 1917
Grave Panel 108 to 111, Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Roberts. Absalom
[Private 202633 2nd/4th Bn. Yorks and Lancaster Regt.]
[Died 12th March, 1917.]
[Grave I. J. 24. Varennes Military Cemetery, Somme, France.]

Robinson. John William
Serjeant 82691 185th Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers
Died 14th July, 1916. Age 35
Grave I. D. 42. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.

Rolfe. Walter
Private 15212 3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards
Died 26th September, 1916. Age 21
Grave I. E. 21. Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France.

Rose. Fred
Private 5936 1st Bn. Border Regt.
Died 28th April, 1915. Age 35
Grave Panel 119 to 125 or 222 and 223 Helles Memorial, Turkey.

Rothen. Charles
Private 977 14th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 25th July, 1916.
Grave I. L. 9. Rue-du-Bacquerot No 1, Military Cemetery, Laventie, Pas de Calais, France.

Rowbottom. Charles W.
Able Seaman KW/437 Drake Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Formerly 12849 Y&L)
Died 6th June, 1915.
Grave Panel 8 to 15 and additional Panel Helles Memorial, Turkey.

Rushworth. Walter        
Lance Corporal 14/193 14th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 1st July, 1916.
Grave Pier and Face 14A and 14B, Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Scanlon. James Edward
Lance Corporal 1896 2nd/2nd West Riding Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Died 16th October, 1916.
Grave Pier and Face 8A and 8D, Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Scanlon. James William
[Private 10092 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.)]
[Died 15th July, 1916. Age 21.]
[Grave III. D. 3. Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1, Somme, France.]

Sharpe. Ernest
[Private 12578 1st/4th Bn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.]
[Died 15th October 1918]
[Grave IV. G. 28. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas de Calais, France.]

Sharpe. Ferdinand
Private 43763 1st/4th Bn. Yorks and Lancaster Regt.
Died 13th October, 1918.
Grave C. 10. York Cemetery, Haspres, Nord, France.

Sharpe. Frank
Private 16040 8th Bn. Yorks and Lancaster Regt.
Died 20th October, 1918.
Grave VI. A. 5. Hamburg Cemetery. Hamburg, Germany.

Shaw. Willie
Private 100843 132nd Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps.
Died 25th September, 1917. Age 22
Grave I. J. 52. Voormezeele Enclosures No 1 and No 2, Ieper, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Siddall. Robert
Private 14/666 2nd Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 7th July, 1918 Age 20
Grave E. 445. Hoyland Nether (or Hoyland Law) St. Peter's Churchyard Extension.

Sidebottom. John Crawshaw
2nd Corporal 2101 2nd/2nd (West Riding) Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Died 31st October, 1915.
Grave I. K. 8. White House Cemetery, Ieper, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Smith. Albert
Serjeant 241149 1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 12th June, 1917
Grave IV. B. 9. Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France

Smith. Hubert
Private 38765 "B" Coy. 2nd Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Formerly 85502 TR Batt)
Died 21st May, 1918. Age 19.
Grave Bay 7 Arras Memorial, Pas du Calais, France.

Somerville. Robert
Private 15164 10th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 26th September, 1915
Grave Panel 105 and 106 Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Southern. John Thomas
Private 13843 8th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 1st July, 1916. Age 34
Grave Pier and Face 14A and 14B, Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Stancey. Charles Emanuel
Private 107832 154th Coy. Machine Gun Corps.(Formerly 43569 Y&L)
Died 6th December, 1917. Age 33
Grave III. F. 5. Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.

Standish. Frank Harold
Lance Serjeant 16853 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 27th March, 1916. Age 23
Grave Panel 8 and 12, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Stewart. Henry
Private 52067 7th Bn. East Yorkshire Regt. (Formerly 40733 WRR)
Died 27th October, 1918. Age22
Grave II. A. 8. Poix-du-Nord Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Straw. Richard
Private 142752 49th Machine Gun Corps. (Inf.) (Formerly 857 14th Bn. Y&L)
Died 12th April, 1918. Age 35
Grave Panel 154 to 159 and 163A, Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Symons. Elijah
Private 58985 1st Bn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. (Formerly 61089 Y&L)
Died 27th December, 1918.
Grave W. Addl. 101 Hoyland Nether (St. Peter's) Churchyard Extension.

Symons. Frederick
Lance Corporal 14/984 14th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 1st July, 1916. Age 25
Grave Pier and Face 14A and 14B, Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Symons. John (MM)
Private 962 6th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 16th August, 1917.
Grave XXIII. C. 18. New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Taylor. Charles
Private 25878 9th Bn. Yorkshire Regt.
Died 1st September, 1916. Age 22
Grave III. C. 19. Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France.

Taylor. Cyrus
Lance Corporal 15539 9th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 27th September, 1915. Age 19
Grave Panel 97 and 98, Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Taylor. George Henry
Serjeant 979 13th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 18th September, 1918.
Grave II. U. 34. Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France.

Thomas. Myah
Private 53783 2nd/7th Bn. Manchester Regt. (formerly 43984 Y&L)
Died 21st March, 1918. Age 19
Grave Panel 64 to 67 Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.

Thompson. John Charles
Lance Corporal 241281 2nd/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 3rd May, 1917. Age 27
Grave Bay 8 Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Thornsby. James
Private 241192 1/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 8th April, 1925. Age 26
Grave 1ce. K. 35. Hoyland Nether (St. Peter's) Churchyard Extension.

Traunter. William Henry
Sapper 158666 257th Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers
Died 15th August, 1917. Age 34
Grave II. H. 27. Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksijde, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Truman. John Alfred
Private 15478 9th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 7th January, 1917
Grave VII. D. 6. Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ieper, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Turner. Percy George
Private 241228 1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 15th April, 1918. Age 23
Grave II. G. 15. Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France.

Uttley. Alfred
Private 29455 8th Bn. Border Regiment.
Died 10th April, 1918
Grave Panel 6 Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.

Vickers. Harry
Leading Stoker K/28234 R.N. H.M.S. Queen Mary Royal Navy
Died 31st May, 1916. Age 24
Grave Panel 17. Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.

Waddington. John William
Private 241080 1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 15th April, 1918
Grave Panel 125 to 128 Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Wainwright. Frank        
Private G/66092 10th Bn. Royal Fusiliers (formerly 39284 Y & L)
Died 4th October, 1917. Age 19
Grave Panel 28 to 30 and 162 to 162A and 163A Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Wainwright. Verner
Private 6650 14th Bn. London Regt. (London Scottish)
Died 27th July, 1916.
Grave A. 3. Caudry Old Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.

Walton. Charles Wilfred
Private 5182 1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 1st July, 1916. Age 21
Grave Pier and Face 14A and 14B Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Walton. Joseph Allen
Private 12663 7th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 4th January, 1919. Age 26
Grave N. (in South East corner) Tankersley St. Peter's Churchyard.

Warren. Edgar
Corporal 240938 2nd/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 27th November, 1917. Age 21
Grave Panel 9 and 10 Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France.

Watson. Allen
Private 27329 9th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 1st October, 1917.
Grave III. E. 130. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Webster. Herbert James
Private 18411. 2nd. Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 24th October, 1915 Age 27
Grave Plot 1. Row B. Grave 36. Corbie Communal Cemetery, Somme, France.

Wetherill. Frederick
[Private 23314 2nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own)]
[Died 21st June, 1917. Age 29.]
[Grave I. S. 20. Menin Road South Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.]

Whitney. Harry
[Rifleman 39646 1st/8th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own]
[Died 9th October, 1917. Age 30.]
[Grave Panel 43 to 47 and 162 Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.]

Whittlestone. Ernest Frederick
Lance Serjeant 16563 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards
Died 15th May, 1918. Age 26
Grave XVII. D. 3. Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Widdowson. Arthur
[Private 34160 1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.]
[Died 1st November, 1918]
[Grave E. 2. Preseau Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.]

Wild. Arthur
Corporal S/3126 12th Bn. Rifle Brigade.
Died 20th September, 1917. Age 23.
Grave VIII. D. 30, Cement House Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Wilkinson. Bernard
Lieutenant 'A' Coy. 1st/6th Bn. North Staffordshire Regt.
Died 6th June, 1917. Age 26
Grave II. C. 2. Maroc British Cemetery, Nord, France.

Wilkinson. William Henry
Private 39638 1st/5th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own
Died 25th April, 1918
Grave Panel 42 to 47 and 162 Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West -Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Willis. Harold
Private 24124 9th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 13th October, 1917. Age 23
Grave Panel 125 to 128 Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Wilson. Ernest
Private 242320 1st/5th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire light Infantry
Died 24th July, 1917.
Grave Nieuport Memorial, Nieuwpoort, West - Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Wilson John
Private 21892 2nd Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Died 1st July, 1916. Age 28.
Grave Pier and Face 11C and 12A Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Wing. John Watson
Private 241289 2nd/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.
Died 13th March, 1917. Age 22
Grave I. B. 6. Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas de Calais, France.

Woolley. Arthur
Private 75898 West Yorkshire (Prince of Wale's Own)
Died 30th November, 1918. Age 20
Grave Elsecar (Holy Trinity) Churchyard Extension.

Wright. Leonard
Private 52083 1st Bn. East Yorkshire Regt. (Formerly 40708 WRR)
Died 7th October, 1918. Age 19
Grave IV. D. 14. Naves Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

World War I graves in Outtersteene Communal Cemetery, Bailleul, Nord, France,

Picture by Carol D. Foster