Halkon, George Arthur

…ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. A FORMER ERRAND BOY (1911 CESNUS) AND ENGINE CLEANER, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 17/10/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5…

Bowden, John Robert

…(BEF), and on 16 April its units began to entrain for the embarkation ports. The 1/4th East Yorkshires landed at Boulogne the following day. The Northumbrian Division completed its concentration

Banks, James Frederick

…the Lancashire Fusiliers and the Dorset’s, who would attack the next morning. There was a delay due to lost orders and confusion, and the attack did not commence until 3pm…

Spencer, Harry.

and confusion, and the attack did not commence until 3pm on the 21st. When the Dorset’s and Lancashire’s left their trenches the 6th East Yorkshires moved forward to occupy these…

Wilson, George Edward

Born Hollym, Withernsea, East Yorkshire, 1888. Son of William Wilson and Hannah Maria Ashton. Son of a dock labourer. He had one brother and two sisters. He lived at 8,…

Simpson, George Arthur

…East Yorkshires absorbed reinforcements and resumed its four-company organisation. On 26/27 June it was in support for a minor attack, and C Company and a platoon of D Company took…

McFarlane, William

…ACTION ON THE 8TH AND 21ST AUGUST AT GALLIPOLI. DIED OF DYSENTRY IN ALEXANDRIA, ON 29/09/1915, AGED 46. BURIED AT ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION,…

Cockerill, Edward

…waited, and at last, in the afternoon, orders came to attack.” At about 3.50pm, under cover of a fresh bombardment, the East Yorkshires advanced in fine form, over no-man’s land,…

Decent, William John

…mine, and foundered. German mines are described as still dangerous after they have broken adrift and are floating about. This is not so with British mines. Captain Decent was one…