Private Walter Borrows. 16432.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 18 November 1915.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.

Private George William Briggs. 3/7824.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 16 May 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Thomas Edmund Brudenell. 7748.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Mary Brudenell, of 6, Lackenby, Eston, Yorks. Killed 25 November 1915. Aged 31.
Born Wilton (Middlesbrough), Enlisted Eston (Yorks).

Private Thomas Christie. 17763.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 November 1915.
Born Monkwearmouth (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Monkwearmouth.

2nd Lieutenant Marlborough Evelyn Bradford Crosse.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 March 1915.

Lieutenant Crosse was killed whilst operating a machine gun (note in the Green Howards regimental history). He was the son of Reverend Marlborough and Elizabeth Crosse of Terrington St Clement.

Private John William Draper. 3/7137.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Anne Draper, of Middlesbrough; husband of Mary Draper, of 10, Cleveland Cottages, Middlesbrough, Yorks. Died 11 July 1915. Aged 29.
Born Haverton Hill, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Sidney England. 10395.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. E. A. Burron (formerly England), of 33, Calthorpe St., Middlesbrough, Yorks., and the late Mr. England. Native of Guisborough, Yorks. Died 20 November 1915. Aged 21.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Guisborough, Resided Middlesbrough.

Captain Francis Edward Fish.
3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion. Son of Ralph and Elizabeth Margaret Fish. Killed 13 March 1915. Aged 39.
(Further biographical details in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour).

Robert Coulson has provided the following biographical information on Captain Fish in his biographies of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment who lost their lives in the First World War;-
Francis Fish was born at Heaton Chapel, Manchester on March 24th 1876, the son of Ralph and Elizabeth Fish of Manchester.
He was educated at King Edwards School in Birmingham and Askern College at Doncaster.
He was commissioned into the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Yorkshire Regiment at Scarborough in April of 1901 and was promoted to Lieutenant in May of 1904 continuing to serve until he retired in July 1909.
In March 1912 he married Miss Elizabeth Ackroyd in Southport but sadly she died just over two years later in June 1914.
On the outbreak of war he was gazetted back as a Captain with the 3rd (home based) Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. During the bombing of the Hartlepools in December of 1914 Captain Fish had a lucky escape, being blown off his feet by a shell burst.
In 1915 he sailed for France and joined the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment just after the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March of that year.
May saw the battalion in action at the Battle of Festubert fighting against enemy positions close to La Quinque Rue.
Captain Francis Edward Fish was killed at Dead Cow Farm near Festubert on May 17th 1915 at the age of 39.

Private George Goldsbrough. 3/9430.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 May 1915.
Born Keighley, Enlisted Keighley.
(Note : Although Private Goldsbrough is shown in the CWGC records under this name, he is shown as "Goldsborough" in other records. It is possible that "Goldsborough" is the correct spelling.)

Lieutenant John Dampier Hallifax.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edith F. Hallifax, of 22, Lansdowne Rd., Croydon, and the late Capt. R. A. P. Hallifax (Yorkshire Regt.). Killed 17 May 1915. Aged 20.

(Born on 3 May 1895 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada son of Capt. Robert Alfred Plessey Hallifax (Yorkshire Regiment) and Edith Frances (Crickmore) Hallifax of 22 Lansdowne Road, Croydon. Educated at the Imperial Service College 1909-13.)

Private Stanley Harris, 16762.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 July 1915.
Born West Dawdon, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided West Dawdon (Seaham Harbour).

Private Wilson Hebron, 18077.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Wilson and Hannah Mary Hebron, of 15, Bennison St., Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 15 November 1915. Aged 22.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.

Private Ernest Hinchcliffe, 10375.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 May 1915.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield.

Private Joseph Kay, 19500.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Kay, of 11, Church St., St. Mary's Walk, Scarborough. Killed 6 November 1915. Aged 19.
Born Scarborough, Enlsited Scarborough.

Serjeant Herbert Lister. 7569.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 May 1915.
Born Osmotherley (Northallerton), Enlisted Northallerton.

Private William McGee. 16566.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth Costigan (formerly McGee), of 6, Quality Row, Shotton Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 30 November 1915. Aged 29.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Shotton Colliery.

Private James William Midgley. 16615.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 November 1915.
Born Kelloe (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Kelloe.

Lieutenant Herbert Sarif Roy Montesole.
Royal Sussex Regiment, attached to the 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Max and Emma Montesole, of Hornsey, London. B.Sc. (London), A.M.I.C.E.
Killed 17 May 1915.




Photo : British War Graves

Private Archibald Thomas Morris. 8431.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 November 1915.
Born Bermondsey (London), Enlisted London, Resided Dalston.

Private Michael Andrew Murray. 3/8518.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Nephew of James McGough, of 21, Hilda Place, Middlesbrough. Native of Middlesbrough. Killed 15 May 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

(Shown on the Middlesbrough War Memorial as "Andrew Murray", and in SDGW and Medal Rolls Index as "Andrew Murray". In the Register of Soldiers' Effects he is shown as Andrew Murray, but in the 2nd Battalion KOYLI!)

Private George William Pemberton. 10479.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton, of 38, Gilpin St., Sheffield, Yorks. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 18.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield.



(A George William Pemberton was born in Q1 1898 in Chesterfield, Derbys. If this is the correct person, then he would only have been 17 years old when killed and probably just 16 years old when he enlisted.)

Private William Stephens. 3/7062.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 30 November 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Percy Thompson. 10469.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 May 1915.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.

Private Joseph White, 11636.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs Mary White of 6, Durham Place, Murton Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 23 November 1915.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Seaham, Resided Murton Colliery.

(SDGW gives No as 11630, and date of death as 25 November 1915).