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Remembrance
- The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War Photos, - Individuals, Surname "C" Close window to return to main page |
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| Captain Bertram Cunliffe CAMM, MC, | 2nd Lieutenant John Greenbank CAMPBELL | Lieutenant Hugh de Chastelai CASLEY | Private David CHALLIS |
| Lieutenant Colonel Edward Henry CHAPMAN | Captain Wilfred Hubert CHAPMAN | Lieutenant Walter Anfrid Auschar CHAUNCY | Private William CHRISTIE |
| Lieutenant COLLEY | Captain Herbert Norman CONSTANTINE, MC | Major Robert Alfred CONSTANTINE | Lieutenant Colonel William Whitesmith CONSTANTINE |
| Corporal Herbert COOK, MM. | Private William COOKE, DCM | Captain Robert Boulton CORSER | Private Cornelius CRONAN |
| Major James Smart CRONE | Captain George Grafton CURREY | Corporal Arthur CURSON |
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Captain
Bertram Cunliffe CAMM, MC 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 January 1918. Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND. Captain Camm lost his life in the Hedge Street Tunnel Fire, in which 21 men were killed. John Hamblin (<jc.hamblin@btopenworld.com>) has researched the service of Captain Camm in the Yorkshire Regiment, and together with research by Robert Coulson (1956 - 2008). Details of Captain Camm's service with the Yorkshire Regiment may be obtained by selecting the thumbnail image on the left. |
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2nd
Lieutenant John Greenbank CAMPBELL We are very grateful to the website, "Craven's Part in the Great War", for the photo and information on 2nd Lieutenant Campbell. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Agnes Campbell, of Town Head, Austwick, Lancaster.Killed 8 May 1918. Aged 24. Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial. 2ND LIEUT. J. G. CAMPBELL, Yorkshire Regiment, officially reported missing since an engagement on May 7th and 8th, 1918, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Campbell, Town Head, Austwick. He enlisted in May, 1915, in the West Yorkshire Regiment (Bradford Pals), and went to Egypt in December the same year. He was transferred to France the following March, where he joined the cyclist section, in which he stayed up to about November, when he came home to take up a commission. He had only returned to France three weeks when he met his death. Prior to the war he was a clerk in the employ of the Midland Railway Co. He was 24 years of age. |
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Lieutenant Hugh de Chastelai
CASLEY 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. E. Casley, of 5, St. Vincent Terrace, Coatham, Redcar, Yorks, and the late Mr. W. J. B. Casley. Died 7 August 1915. Aged 28. Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial. |
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Lieutenant Colonel Edward
Henry CHAPMAN 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. E. H. and Mrs. E. E. Chapman, of Carr Hall, Whitby, Yorks, and of Cobrey Park, Ross, Herefordshire. Served on the North-West Frontier of India (Tirah, 1897/8). Died 7 August 1915. Aged 40. Buried AZMAK CEMETERY, SUVLA. The following notes are provided in Bob Coulson's biographies of Yorkshire Regiment Officers killed in the First World War;- Edward Chapman was born at Budleigh Salterton in Devon on April 25th 1875 and educated at Aysgarth School and the United Services College at Westward Ho before entering Sandhurst A career soldier with the Yorkshire Regiment he made 2nd Lt in 1895, Lt in 1897, Captain in 1901 and Major in 1911. He was appointed CO of the 6th battalion at the onset of war. “The raising of the 6th battalion was a task for which he was eminently suited. A thorough and conscientious soldier his chief aim was the welfare and correct training of his men”. He sailed with the battalion from Liverpool on the Aquitania landing at Lemnos and then onto Imbros in July of 1915. On August 6th he received his orders and called an officers conference at 2-30pm when maps were issued and he outlined the battalion’s objectives. With his men they landed at Suvla Bay on Gallipoli in the early hours of August 7th 1915. They then moved inland and massed at the foot of Lala Baba hill. A charge was ordered on the Turkish positions during which bitter hand to hand fighting took place. Lt Col Chapman led from the front and was heard to shout “Come on the Yorkshires”. Sadly just before midnight on the 7th a message got back that the “CO was killed”, he was 40 years of age. The battalion chaplain was by his side soon after he was shot through the neck and wrote later to his father, “He died as he would have wished to die, a gallant soldier leading his men himself at the very front of his regiment”. His body was recovered and today his grave can be seen in Azmak Cemetery at Suvla. Lt Col E H Chapman was the eldest son of Edward and Mrs E E Chapman of Carr Hall, Whitby in North Yorkshire, the family also owned property at Ross on Wye in Herefordshire. A memorial tablet to him can be found in Richmond Parish Church. The lower photo on the left has been taken from "Illustrated War DeLuxe" and has been provided by James Pasby (<jampas@btopenworld.com>) |
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Captain Wilfred Hubert
CHAPMAN 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. J. J. and Fanny Chapman, of Whitby, Yorks; husband of May Campbell Chapman, of The Home Farm, Cromer, Norfolk. Served in the South African Campaign. Died 7 August 1915. Aged 35. Buried AZMAK CEMETERY, SUVLA. Captain Chapman is commemorated on a family memorial, together with his brother Harold, in St. Mary's Church, Whitby (in addition to being commemorated on the Town Memorial in the same church). Rachel Farrand, <farrand.rachel@btinternet.com>, has very kindly provided a photo of this memorial. A larger sized image can be viewed by selecting the thumbnail, below.  (Copyright of the above image remains with Rachel Farrand) |
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Lieutenant
Walter Anfrid Auschar CHAUNCY Born at Northallerton, 28th August, 1892, son of Major William Auschar Chauncy, 19th Foot. 2nd Lieut., 20th September, 1911 ; Lieut., 24th October, 1914 ; Adjt.. 1st August, 1915—17th June, 1917 ; Capt., 1st January', 1917 ; Adjt., 3rd Battn., 13th March, 1920 ; re-appointed Adjt., 2nd Battn. 22nd November, 1922, to 15th August, 1925 ; retired, 29th June, 1928. Went to Belgium with 2nd Battn. in October, 1914, and was present at the fighting at Ypres, and at the battles of Neuve Chapelle, Festubert and Givenchy. Wounded at Loos, September, 1915. Served with the Royal Air Force as Wing Adjutant, and on the staff from February, 1917, to May, 1919 (1914 star, silver and bronze medals). John Sly (<sly211@btinternet.com>) has researched the career of Lieutenant Chauncy in connection with Lieutenant Chauncy's medals. John has written a short biography of Lieutenant Chauncy, and this may be read by selecting the link below. |
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Lieutenant
W H COLLEY Survived the War, but there are no details of him in the book "Officers of the Green Howards 1688 - 1931" by M L Ferrar. In October 1914 was attached to the 2nd Battalion from the 3rd Battalion. |
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Captain
Herbert Norman CONSTANTINE Captain Herbert Norman Constantine, MC. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. J. and Mrs. M. L. Constantine, of Harlsey Hall, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 26. Buried LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS BRITISH CEMETERY. Captain H N Constantine was one of three brothers who all served with the 4th Battalion in the First World War. The other two brothers were Major Robert Alfred Constantine and Lieutenant Colonel William Whitesmith Constantine. Simon Barnard (<barnard.4@btinternet.com>), a great nephew of Captain H N Constantine, has provided much information on his great uncle and his two brothers. This information, and the photographs provided by Simon, can be seen by selecting the thumbnail image on the left. The Constantine family are associated with the building of Constantine TechnicalCollege in Middlesbrough, amongst other things. For further information on this, select the link above. |
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Major
Robert Alfred CONSTANTINE Major R A Constantine was one of three brothers who all served with the 4th Battalion in the First World War. The other two brothers were Captain Herbert Norman Constantine and Lieutenant Colonel William Whitesmith Constantine. Simon Barnard (<barnard.4@btinternet.com>), a great nephew of Major R A Constantine, has provided much information on his great uncle and his two brothers. This information, and the photographs provided by Simon, can be seen by selecting the thumbnail image on the left. The Constantine family are associated with the building of Constantine TechnicalCollege in Middlesbrough, amongst other things. For further information on this, select the link above. |
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Lieutenant Colonel
William Whitesmith CONSTANTINE Lieutenant Colonel W W Constantine was one of three brothers who all served with the 4th Battalion in the First World War. The other two brothers were Captain Herbert Norman Constantine and Major Robert Alfred Constantine. Simon Barnard (<barnard.4@btinternet.com>), a great nephew of Major W W Constantine, has provided much information on his great uncle and his two brothers. This information, and the photographs provided by Simon, can be seen by selecting the thumbnail image on the left. The Constantine family are associated with the building of Constantine TechnicalCollege in Middlesbrough, amongst other things. For further information on this, select the link above. |
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Corporal
Herbert Cook, MM. 1828, 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died of Wounds 15 January 1917. Aged 37. Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Skelton. Corporal Cook is the grandfather of Bill Danby (<bandl.danby@ntlworld.com>) whose website, - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bandl.danby/001BnIndex.html, provides a history of the 4th Battalion in the First World War, together with details of casualties in the 4th Battalion. |
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Private
William COOKE, DCM. 29659. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 30881 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 29 April 1917. Born Arnold (Notts), Enlisted Nottingham, Resided Arnold. Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. (Private Cooke's name is shown as "Cook" on the Arnold and Daybrook Memorial). Antony Ball (<antony.ball@ntlworld.com>) has researched all the names on the Arnold and Daybrook Memorial, and has provided somecomprehensive information on Private Cooke, - including a description of the way in which he lost his life in action with the Yorkshire Regiment. Select the thumbnail image on the left for further information and photos of Private Cooke. |
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Captain
Robert Boulton CORSER Born at Oulton, Warwickshire, 12 October 1884, son of Benjamin Corser. 2nd Lieut., 6th Foot, 27 April 1904; Lieut., 19th Foot, 11 May 1907; Captain, 12 February 1914; retired 26 April 1922. Proceeded to France with the 2nd Battalion in October 1914, and was wounded near Ypres, 1 November (bronze star and clasp). Was attached to the 2nd Battn. Border Regt. in France, April and May 1915, and to 7th Service Battn. from March to August 1916. During the remainder of the War served on the staff at home. |
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Private
Cornelius CRONAN 4079. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 3 November 1918. Born Greenwich (London), Enlisted London, Resided Boston (Mass. - USA). Commemorated KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL. John Sly (<sly211@btinternet.com>) has provided some additional information on Private Cronan. |
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Captain George Grafton
CURREY 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 22 August 1915. Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial. |
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