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Remembrance
- The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War Photos, - Individuals, Surname "C" 
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| 2nd Lieutenant John Greenbank CAMPBELL | Lieutenant Hugh de Chastelai CASLEY | Lieutenant Colonel Edward Henry CHAPMAN | Captain Wilfred Hubert CHAPMAN |
| Lieutenant Walter Anfrid Auschar CHAUNCY | Lieutenant COLLEY | Captain Herbert Norman CONTANTINE, MC | Major Robert Alfred Constantine |
| Lieutenant Colonel William Whitesmith Constantine | Corporal Herbert COOK, MM. | Captain Robert Boulton CORSER | Captain George Grafton CURREY |
| Corporal Arthur CURSON |
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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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 Photo from that of 6th Battalion Officers, 1915 |
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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 Photo from that of 6th Battalion Officers, 1915 |
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. |
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 Photo from that of 6th Battalion Officers, 1915 |
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. |
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 Photo from that of 2nd Battalion Officers, 1914 |
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). |
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 Photo from that of 2nd Battalion Officers, 1914 |
Lieutenant
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. |
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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 (<sb@simonbarnard.wanadoo.co.uk>), 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 (<sb@simonbarnard.wanadoo.co.uk>), 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 (<sb@simonbarnard.wanadoo.co.uk>), 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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 Photo from that of soldiers of the 4th Battalion in camp |
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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 Photo from that of 2nd Battalion Officers, 1914 |
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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 Photo from that of 6th Battalion Officers, 1915 |
Captain George Grafton
CURREY 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 22 August 1915. Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial. |
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