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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - The Pozieres Memorial, Surnames "B" |
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Panoramic view of the Pozieres Memorial surrounding the Pozieres British Cemetery
Photo : Chris Malton (<chris.malton@homecall.co.uk>)
| The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "B" listed on the Pozieres Memorial are;- |
Private Joseph Claude Bailey. 42268. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 164281 RFA. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Newton Abbott (Devon), Enlisted Plymouth.
Captain James Scott Bainbridge. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918.
Private Dennis Baker. 266154. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of James Baker, of 213, Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath, Croydon, Surrey.
Killed 24 March 1918. Aged 29.
Born Croydon (Surrey), Enlisted Kingston-on-Thames, Resided Croydon.
Private Ewart Bannister. 32464. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Sam and Mary Bannister, of 3, Turner Fold, Farsley, Leeds. Killed 28
March 1918. Aged 19.
Born Farsley (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Farsley.
Private Thomas William Bantham,
38950. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert Bantham, of Willington
Quay, Howdon-on-Tyne; husband of Jane Bantham, of 15, Greenwell St., Darlington,
Co. Durham. Killed 27 March 1918. Aged 38.
Born Norwich, Enlisted Darlington.
Captain Harold Bass, MC. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 April 1918.
2nd Lieutenant John Battye. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Mr. R.N. Battye, of 65, Frenchgate, Richmond, Yorks. Born at Richmond. Killed 25 March 1918.
Private Alfred Bayles, 27257. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed on 27 March 1918.
Born Thornaby, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees.
Private John William Beaver. 243624. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 24 March 1918.
Born Melton Mowbray.
Private Harry Bell. 19522 (CWG) / 8614 (SDGW). 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 27 March 1918.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private William Griffiths Berriman. 21368. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 23 March 1918.
Born Spennymoor (Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private William Henry Bowland.
23546. 50th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly
1349 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alfred and Mary Elizabeth Gamble
Bowland, of 123, Victoria Rd., Scarborough. Killed 31 March 1918. Aged 26.
Born Norton (Yorks), Enlisted Malton (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 90 to 93, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
Private John Richard Brack, 201901. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George Edward and Henrietta Brack, of 20, Thornaby Place, Thornaby-on-Tees,
Co. Durham. Killed 27 March 1918. Aged 21.
Born Hutton Rudby (Yorks), Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Hutton Rudby
Private Edward Henry John Braint.
78951. 1st/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly
5079 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 March 1918.
Born Wandsworth (Surrey), Enlisted Wandsworth, Resided Balham (London).
Commemorated Panel 68 to 72, POZIERES MEMORIAL
Private Frederick Brewer.
34851. 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly
5432 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Westbourne Park (London), Enlisted Richmond.
Commemorated Panel 59 and 60, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
Private Victor Arthur Brice. 34639. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly S/4/146256 RASC. Son of James George and Fanny Brice, of
33, Merton Rd., Watford, Herts. Killed 30 March 1918. Aged 21.
Born Charlton (Hants), Enlisted Watford, Resided Chipperfield (Herts).
Private Frederick George Brigham.
78957. 1st/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly
5469 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Fredrick Burton Brigham and Marion
Brigham, of 65, Brookfields, Cambridge; husband of Eva Docking (formerly Brigham),
of 92, Thoday St., Cambridge. Killed 28 March 1918. Aged 27.
Enlisted Bury St. Edmund's, Resided Cambridge.
Commemorated Panel 68 to 72, POZIERES MEMORIAL
Private George Herbert Brook. 38105. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late John Frederick and Ann Brook, of Lightcliffe Royal,
Barkisland, Halifax; husband of Jane Hannah Brook, of Jagger Green Dean, Holywell
Green, Halifax, Yorks. Killed 28 March 1918. Aged 34.
Born Barkesland (Yorks), Enlisted Halifax.
Private Harold Andrew Brooke.
235561. 2nd/5th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, formerly
205005 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Horace and Alice Brooke, of 8,
Cooper St., Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent; husband of Frances Fanny Brooke, of
5, Sea View, Easington, Easington Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 21 March 1918.
Aged 33.
Born Hanley (Staffs), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Easington Village (Co.
Durham).
Commemorated Panel 42 and 43, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
Serjeant Charles Brooks. 11854. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 27 March 1918.
Born Drypool (Hull), Enlisted Hull.
Major Harold Brown. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. DSO, M.C.
&Croix de Guerre with Palm (France). Son of G. W. Brown, of Lindsay Grange,
Branksome Park, Bournemouth; husband of Dorothy J. E. Brown, of Kingston Lodge,
Leigh Woods, Bristol. Killed on 23 March 1918. Aged 39.
For further information on Major Harold Brown, select here...........
Private John Samuel Brown. 19974. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 3 March 1918.
Born Rhoshill (Warwick), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided South Bank.
Private Robert Brown,
52992. 22nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly
24445 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 27 March 1918.
Born Thornaby-on-Tees, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees.
Commemorated Panel 68 to 72, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
Private Sydney Frank Brown. 202292. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 4289 Cambs Regt.. Son of Walter and Jane Brown, of 22,
Union Lane, Chesterton, Cambridge; husband of Lily May Brown, of 12, Great
Eastern St., Mill Rd., Cambridge. Killed 23 March 1918. Aged 25.
Born Cambridge, Enlisted Cambridge, Resided Chesterton.
Private Thomas Edward Brown.
241759. 5th Battalion Border Regiment, formerly
4859 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 March 1918.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 46, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
Private David Bryan, 25146. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Gladys M. Bryan, of 66, Hartington Rd., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed
26 March 1918. Aged 25.
Born Bilston (Staffs), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees.
Private Robert Henry Buckle. 240760. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 26 March 1918.
Enlisted Malton, Resided Normanby (Sinnington).
Private Miles Burrows Bulman, 38525. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Thomas and Jane Bulman, of Saxon House, Fyling Thorpe, Robin
Hood's Bay, Yorks. Killed 21 March 1918.Aged 20.
Enlisted Robin Hood's Bay (Yorks), Resided Whitby, Resided Robin Hood's Bay.
Private George Edward Burnett. 15333. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Heanor (Nottingham), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Stourton (Leeds).
The entrance gateway to the Pozieres Memorial and Pozieres British Cemetery,
inscribed
"IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FIFTH
AND FOURTH ARMIES WHO FOUGHT ON THE SOMME BATTLEFIELD
21st MARCH - 7th AUGUST 1918 AND OF THEIR DEAD
WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVES"
Photo : Chris Malton (<chris.malton@homecall.co.uk>)