Yorkshire Regiment War Graves
Yorkshire Regiment, - Memorials Overseas
Tyne Cot Memorial,
Surnames "S"
Yorkshire Regiment War Graves

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The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (1) The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (1)
Photo : Commonwealth War Graves Commission website

The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "S" listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial are;-

Private Elias Sanders, MM. 42460. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 164212 R F A, Killed 20 September 1917.
Born Lezant (Callington), Enlisted Launceston, Resided Lezant.

Private Arthur Sanderson. G/52278. 23rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment, formerly G/45214 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas William and Charlotte Batty Sanderson, of Town End Farm, Scackleton, Hovingham Spa, Malton, Yorks; husband of Florence Sanderson, of 14, Aberdeen Terrace, Scarborough. Killed 22 September 1917. Aged 34.
Born Pocklington (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Scarborough (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 113 to 115, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private James Henry Saunders. 235584. 2nd/4th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, formerly 266240 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mrs. A. E. L. E. Page (formerly Saunders), of Iron's Farm, Barton, Cambridge. Killed 27 November 1917. Aged 23.
Born Hertford, Enlisted Hertford, Resided Buntingford (Herts).
Commemorated Panel 77 to 79 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private George Henry Scott. 20847. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. William Scott, of 54, Hunter St., Middlesbrough; husband of Ellen Allen Welsh (formerly Scott), of 100, Parliament St., Middlesbrough. Killed 26 December 1917. Aged 38.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Mark Scott. 33376. 1st/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 45454 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1917.
Born Haxby (York), Enlisted York.
Commemorated on Panel 125 to 128, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Percy Scott. 39114. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 October 1917.
Born Jarrow, Enlisted Jarrow.

Private Thomas Scott. 20459. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 September 1917.
Born Seaham Colliery, Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Murton Colliery.
(Listed in SDGW as being "killed at Gallipoli", - obviously an error)

Corporal William Severs. 235503. 1st/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 2764 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John T. Severs, of East Cowton, Northallerton, Yorks.; husband of Kathreen Mary Severs, of 25, Walbrook Terrace, St. Peter'S, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Killed 12 April 1918. Aged 24.
Born Middleton Tyas (Yorks), Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Commemorated on Panel 82 to 85 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

2nd Lieutenant Albert Shann. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Ann Shann. Killed 8 May 1918. Aged 31.

Private George Sharpley. 202540. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Sarah Ellen Sharpley, of 4, Cotton St., Macclesfield. Killed 4 October 1917. Aged 18.
Born Macclesfield, Enlisted Macclesfield.

Private Edward Shave. 30765. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 20043 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 April 1918.
Born North Ormesby (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private John Warwick Shaw. 50862. 2nd/9th Battalion Manchester Regiment, formerly 45037 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Charlotte Shaw, of 4, Birdhill St., Blaydon-on-Tyne, Co. Durham. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 21.
Born Blaydon (Durham), Enlisted Blaydon.
Commemorated Panel 120 to 124 and 162 to 162A and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Corporal Nicholas Sheader. 240170. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Nicholas and Sarah Sheader, of 25, Quay St., Scarborough. Killed 28 October 1917. Aged 23.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.

Private Alfred Shepherd. 203190. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Robert Shepherd and of Charlotte Shepherd, late of Weaverthorpe, Sledmere; husband of Elizabeth Taylor (formerly Shepherd), of 180, Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough. Killed 29 October 1917. Aged 31.
Enlisted Scarborough, Resided East Heselton.

Private Edward Shepherd. 293453. 1st/5th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 1446 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1917.
Born St. Martin's (Scarborough), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Scalby (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 125 to 128, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Reginald Oscar Sheppard. 33195. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 2622 Suffolk Regt. Son of John Thomas Sheppard, of High St., Kelvedon, Essex. Killed 4 October 1917. Aged 30.
Born Stanton (Suffolk), Enlisted Bury St. Edmunds.

Private Tom Edgar Shipley. 38282. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Frank Gordon Shipley, and Mary Ann Shipley. Killed 10 October 1917. Aged 19.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees.

Private Joseph Simpson. 45779. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1917.
Born South Bank (Yorks), Enlisted South Bank.

Private Raymond Simpson. 38330. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 October 1917.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Thornaby.
(Note : SDGW gives Reg. No. as 38304)

Private Robert Simpson. 204077. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 October 1917.
Born Brompton (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Brompton-on-Swale.

Private Thomas Ernest Simpson. 235077. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 November 1917.
Born Brisbane (Australia), Enlisted Luton, Resided Luton (Beds).

Private Tom Percy Singleton. 235323. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 8939 Northumberland Fusiliers. Son of Charles and Mary Singleton, of Market Rasen, Lincs.; husband of the late Milsa Mary Singleton. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 35.
Born Market Raisin, Enlisted Scunthorpe (Lincs).

Private Leonard Skilbeck. 20405. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Eliza Skilbeck, of High St., Snainton, Yorks. Killed 26 October 1917. Aged 33.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Snainton.

Private John James Smeatham. 38663. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 August 1917.
Born Unsworth (Durham), Enlisted Sacriston, Resided Witton Gilbert (Durham).

Private Douglas Smith. 35540. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Fred Smith, of 112, Westcroft Rd., Great Horton; husband of Polly Smith, of 112, Westcroft Rd., Great Horton, Bradford. Killed 8 May 1918. Aged 18.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.

Private George Edward Smith. 204191. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frederick Steven and Edith Smith, of 44, Well St., Buckingham. Killed 8 May 1918. Aged 21.
Born Buckingham, Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided Gosforth.

Private Isaac Smith. 38721. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 October 1917.
Born Manchester, Enlisted Manchester.

Private John Walker Smith. 18038. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William John and Annie Smith; husband of Elizabeth Ann Smith, of 5, Catherine St., Deptford, Sunderland. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 31.
Born Monkwearmouth, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Monkwearmouth.

Private James William Charles Smith. 235888. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 8656 Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed 16 October 1917.
Born Barking (Essex), Enlisted London, Resided Hackney (London).

Private Percy Smith. 38812. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 August 1917.
Born Ratcliffe, Enlisted Salford, Resided Manchester.

Private Septimus Smith. 30728. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 46484 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 April 1918.
Born Tynemouth, Enlisted North Shields.
Commemorated Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Sidney Smith. 10538. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 September 1917.
Born Murton (Middlesbrough), Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Thomas Smith. 26640. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Hannah Smith, of Snowdon Terrace, Brompton, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 6 November 1917. Aged 29.
Born Brompton (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Brompton.

Private Luke Thursby Smithson. 12651. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jemima Smithson, of 11, Union St., Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham, and the late Luke Thursby Smithson. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 22.
Born Hetton-le-Hole, Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton.

Private Andrew Snowden, G/52304. 23rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment, formerly G/45461 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 2 October 1918.
Born Stockton (Durham), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Stockton.
Commemorated Panel 113 to 115, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal Kenneth Soanes. 203476. 1st/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 2622 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of David Bradley Soanes and Ethel Soanes, of Middleton-on-the-Wolds, Driffield, Yorks. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 20.
Enlisted Driffield (Yorks), Resided Middleton-on-Wolds (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 125 to 128, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
(Shown as being in the RAMC. on the Beverley Memorial Hall)

Private Ernest Alfred Sorrell. 41467. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Clara Jane Sorrell, of 28, Woodland's Park Rd., Greenwich, London, and the late Thomas Henry Sorrell; husband of the late Edith Mary Sorrell. Killed 22 September 1917. Aged 32.
Born Rochester (Kent), Enlisted Woolwich, Resided Greenwich.

Serjeant Maurice William Palmer South. 33704. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 29125 Northumberland Fusiliers. Adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. South, of 2, Queen Victoria St., Bingley, Yorks. Killed 1 January 1918. Aged 26.
Born Blackpool, Enlisted Selby, Resided Bingley.

Private Robert Speight, 28210. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Only son of Daniel and Mary Speight, of 103, Eastgate, Pickering, Yorks. Killed 19 October 1917. Aged 34.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Malton, Resided Pickering.

Private Harold Isaac Steward, 38638. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 36617 West Yorkshire Regt. Son of Stead and Mary Steward, of Gilpin Fold, Gildersome, Leeds; husband of Prudence Steward, of Rockery House, Wakefield Rd., Gildersome, Leeds. Killed 5 October 1917. Aged 26.
Born Morley (Yorks), Enlisted Gildersome (Leeds).

Private Robert Edward Steward. 241169. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Annie Elizabeth Steward, of 41, Olympia Cottages, Barlby Rd., Selby, Yorks. Killed 27 September 1917. Aged 19.
Enlisted Pocklington, Resided Hayton.

Serjeant Henry Stockton. 3/3967. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 October 1917.
Born Rotherhithe, Enlisted Stratford, Resided Rotherhithe, S E.

Lance Sergeant Ralph Richard Stoddart. 18993. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 September 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Alfred Strong. 235476. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 5892 Durham L I. Husband of Sarah Jane Hawkins (formerly Strong), of Duck Street. Potterne. Devizes, Wilts. Killed 24 September 1917. Aged 29.
Born Enford (Wilts), Enlisted Pewsey, Resided Devizes.

Private Arthur Sudders. 204625. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Alice H. Sudders, of 20, Garton Avenue, Highfield Rd., South Shore, Blackpool. Killed 5 October 1917. Aged 31.
Born Accrington (Lancs), Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Private William Sutcliffe. 27636. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 October 1917.
Born Shipley (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Shipley.

Private William Alfred Sutton. 35533. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 5/92488 T R Battalion. Son of Charles and Lucy Sutton, of 153, Barkerhouse Rd., Nelson, Lancs. Killed 8 May 1918. Aged 18.
Born Blackburn (Lancs), Enlisted Kelbrook.

Private Charles Henry Swales. 30606. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 18252 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 April 1918.
Born Thirsk, Enlisted Barnard Castle.
Commemorated Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Private Percy Swallow. 35537. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 5/108062 T R Battalion. Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Swallow, of Butter Nab, Berry Brow, Huddersfield. Killed 8 May 1918. Aged 18.
Born Huddersfield, Enlisted Huddersfield.

Private Leonard Swindells. 34140. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 33458 Cheshire Regiment. Son of James and Margaret Swindells, of Bollin Walk, Wilmslow, Cheshire. Killed 18 October 1917. Aged 23.
Born Wilmslow (Cheshire), Enlisted Wilmslow.


The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (2)The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (2)
Photo : Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>)

The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (3) The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (3)
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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