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Yorkshire Regiment Names on the Scarborough WW1 Memorial (C)

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The following names of men of the Yorkshire Regiment are to be found on the Scarborough War Memorial on Oliver's Mount. The data associated with each name is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register, together with data from Soldiers Died in the Great War as appropriate.

2nd Lieutenant Francis Calvert. 2/4th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly Private 2531 Yorkshire Regiment and private 34872 Yorkshire Light Infantry. son of Francis Bingham and Mabel 25, Nansen Street, and formerly of 2, Nansen Street, Scarborough, Yorkshire. Killed 19 September 1917. Aged 21.
Buried GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private Harold Cappleman, 20679. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Cappleman, of 62 Scalby Rd., Scarborough. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 19.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried TYNE COT CEMETERY.

Private William Herbert Carr. 24498. 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Cattle, of 17A, Belle Vue St., Scarborough. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 21.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Lance Corporal John Cattle. 1916. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Cattle, of 17A, Belle Vue St., Scarborough. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 21.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

2nd Lieutenant Harold D'Arcy Champney. 12th Battalion (Teesside Pioneers) Yorkshire Regiment. Eldest son of Col. F. D'Arcy Champney (late 4th Bn. Duke of Wellington's Regt.) and Mrs. Champney, of The Valley, Scarborough. Educated at Denstone College, Staffordshire (member of O.T.C. 3 years, VI. Form, Senior Prefect; Editor "Denstonian.") Balliol College, Oxon, O.C.B., 1916. commissioned Jan., 1917. (From Ingolstadt, July, 1924.). Killed 29 April 1918. Aged 20.
Buried NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY.

Lance Corporal Arthur Clarke, 2359. 5th Battalion. Killed 3 March 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried MAPLE COPSE CEMETERY.

Serjeant Thomas Clark, 15181. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 September 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Lowestoft.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private John Patrick Clarke. 1759. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 September 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Leeds.
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.

Lance Corporal William Cockerill, MM. 240491. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. E. Wilson, of Bridge Cottages, West Ayton, Yorks. Killed 19 July 1917. Aged 22.
Born York, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Gunner Alfred Reginald Collinson. 305106. 2nd Battalion Tank Corps, formerly 48087 Yorkshire Regiment. Died 14 August 1918.
Born Scarborough (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY.

Lieutenant Eberhardt George Steuart Corry. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 June 1917.
(There is some difficulty with the correct name for Lieutenant Corry. In the 1911 Census he is shown as "George Eberhardt Steurt Corry". His Medal Rolls Index card has him as "E G Steuart Corry". And in "Baptism of Fire" by Mark Marsay he is shown as "Steurt Eberhardt George Corry".)

Private Albert Costello. 1825. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ellen Costello, of Scarborough. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 18.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.

Private George Robert Costello. 15606. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private John William Coulson. 1914. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 April 1915.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided West Hartlepool.
Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY.

Private James Crampton. 34595. 9th Battalion the York & Lancaster Regiment, formerly 10641the 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Elizabeth Crampton, of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Killed 4 February 1917. Aged 39.
Buried POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Crampton was a Reservist at the outbreak of war, and re-joined the 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. He was with the Battalion throughout the Gallipoli campaign in 1915. When the 6th Battalion arrived on the Western front in July 1916, Private Grampton was transferred to the York & Lancs Regiment. On 16 August 1916 he was detailed for work in the front line with the Royal Engineers, but absconded. He remained nearby in Armentieres for the next three months, without any apparent plan or motive and without any equipment. He was arrested and subsequently executed.

Note: Although the headstone in in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery originally showed the name "Grampton", his entry in the book "Shot at Dawn" by Julian Putkowski and Julian Sykes records him as "Crampton".
A new headstone with the name "Crampton" will replace the "Grampton" headstone.
HIs entry in the Register of Soldiers Effects shows "Grampton", but alias "Crampton".
Other records (Soldiers Died in the Great War, Medal Rolls Index, Graves Registration etc.) show "Grampton".
However, it was subsequently established that the correct surname was "Crampton" and "Grampton" seems to have resulted from a clerical error at his court martial.

In 2012 his correct name was added to the Oliver’s Mount memorial in Scarborough.

Serjeant Robert Brailsford Craven. 18554. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Craven, of Scarborough; husband of Margaret Ellen Craven, of 59, Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 30.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILE.

Private Thomas Craven, 24403. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Clarkson and Fanny Craven, of 22, St. Thomas Walk, Scarborough. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 22.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2.

Private Joseph Cromack. 23527. 50th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 1026 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 May 1918.
Born St. Mary's (Scarborough), Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL.

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