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Remembrance
- The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War Introduction
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This website is dedicated to recording something of the men of Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment (the Yorkshire Regiment, also known as the Green Howards) who fought in the First World War.
In the First World War, the Yorkshire Regiment raised 24 Battalions.
65,000 men served in these Battalions. And of these 65,000 men,
9,000 died (*) and 24,000 were wounded. The website
lists almost every soldier who lost their life whilst serving the regiment,
and records the memorials on which these soldiers are commemorated or the
graves in which they lie.
The website also provides photographs of, and biographies of men who fought
with the regiment, - both those who returned and those who didn't.
Select one of the links below for help in using this website, and guidance as to where you are most likely to find information. There are also links to show how the website came to be.
(*) The Roll of Honour which is kept in the parish
church in Richmond, North Yorkshire, records the names of 7,500 names of
men who lost their lives. To date (February 2011) this has been the accepted
number of those who lost their lives. The figure of 7,500 is quoted in the
official history of the regiment.
However, the church Roll of Honour does not include a number of men who
died at home, and does not include soldiers who were originally in the Yorkshire
Regiment but who were transferred to other regiments.
By taking ALL those who served with the Yorkshire Regiment into consideration,
the total number of lives lost is now seen to be almost 9,000.
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