War memorials, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Yorkshire Regiment Names on
the South Bank WW1 Memorial (F)
War memorials, North Yorkshire

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The following names of men of the Yorkshire Regiment are to be found on the South Bank War Memorial. 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.


Serjeant George Fearnley. 137860. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 September 1917.
Born South Bank (Yorks), Enlisted South Bank.
Buried HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY.

Private Thomas Fennon. 35608. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 30837 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. Thomas Fennon, of 3, Lower Napier St., South Bank, Yorks. Killed 6 November 1917. Aged 23.
Born South Bank (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 108 to 111, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Martin Finnessay. 11245. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 January 1917.
Born South Bank (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Name spelt "Finnesy" in both SDGW and GH Gazette Database; "Fennessy" on South Bank Memorial)

Private James Fitzpatrick. 3/6381. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Catherine Fitzpatrick. Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 31.
Born Grangetown (Yorks), Enlisted Strensall, Resided Middlesbrough.
Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ.

Corporal Herbert Fox. 18934. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 February 1917.
Born Ampleforth, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES.

Private John Henry French. 11015. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary Ann Gibbon (formerly French), of 19, David Terrace, Coronation, Eldon Lane, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 28.
Born South Bank (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided South Bank.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.

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