Yorkshire Regiment War Graves
Yorkshire Regiment, - Memorials Overseas
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Surnames "D"
Yorkshire Regiment War Graves

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The Ypres Menin Gate Memorial The Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
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The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "D" listed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial are;-

Private Stephen Dalby. 1741. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Harriet Outram (formerly Dalby), of 8, Chestnut Avenue, Queen's Rd., Hull. Killed 20 May 1915. Aged 32.
Born Bridlington, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Bridlington.

2nd Lieutenant Erasmus Darwin. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Horace and Ida Darwin, of The Orchard, Cambridge. Grandson of naturalist Charles Darwin and statistician Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer. Killed 24 April 1915. Aged 33.

Private Hyman Davies, 235221. 19th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 5884 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Annie Davies, of 39, Birch St., Hightown, Manchester. Killed 1 August 1917. Aged 37.
Born Manchester, Enlisted Manchester, Resided Manchester.
Commemorated on anel 4 and 6., YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(SDGW gives date of death as 01/08/1918)

Private John Thomas Davies. 16217. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Ellenor Davies, of 18, Half Moon Lane, Low Spennymoor, Co. Durham. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 22.
Born Sunny Brow, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Low Spennymoor.

Private John Dixon Day. 260103. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Archibald Sinclair Day and Mary Ann Day, of 12, Westwood St., Sunderland. Killed 31 July 1917. Aged 19.
Enlisted Sunderland.

Private Ernest Dealtrey. 26599. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 June 1917.
Born Eaglescliffe (Durham), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Thornaby-on-Tees.

Private Haddon Herbert Dean. 42832. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 156795 R F A. Son of George and Emma Jane Dean, of 5, Upper Havelock St., Wellingborough; husband of Rose Lily Dean, of 2, Holly Gardens, Wellingborough. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 28.
Born Oundle (Northants), Enlisted Northampton, Resided Wellington.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Walton Dean. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Elizabeth Ann Dean, of "Thornbury," Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, and the late William Dean. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 28.

Lance Corporal Claude Stanley Dell. 632. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frederick and Emma Dell, of 147, Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough. Killed 25 April 1915. Aged 26.
Born New Cross (Lewisham, Surrey), Enlisted Scarborough.

Private David Denby. 1924. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Percy and Florence Annie Denby, of 5, Gladstone Terrace, Bridlington, Yorks. Killed 25 April 1915. Aged 18.
Born Hedon (Hull), Enlisted Bridlington.

Private George Denny. 1883. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 April 1915.
Born Amotherby (Malton), Enlisted Bridlington.

Private John Ernest Denton. 18421. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 19199 Yorks L I. Son of the late Mr. J. S. Denton and Mrs. E. Denton. Killed 14 August 1917. Aged 28.
Born Ecclesfield (Sheffield), Enlisted Chapeltown (Sheffield).

Private Patrick Devlin. 2388. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 25 April 1915.
Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Port Clarence.

Private Robert Henry Dine. 42009. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 439 1st T R Battn. Son of Frank Thomas and the late Annie Dine, of 45, Heworth Avenue, Pelaw, Co. Durham. Died 7 June 1917. Aged 21.
Born Felling (Durham), Enlisted Felling, Resided Pelaw (Durham).

Serjeant William Thomas Dinsdale. 8225. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 October 1914.
Born Bangalore (India), Enlisted Lancaster.

Private John Dixon. 28349. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. J. Dixon, of Boltby, Thirsk; husband of Amy Dixon, of The Battlement, Sutton, Thirsk, Yorks. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 35.
Born Dalton (Thirsk), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Great Smeaton.

Private John David Dixon. 2492. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Maud Mary Dixon, of 14, North St., Driffield, Yorks. Killed 16 January 1916. Aged 18.
Enlisted Driffield.

Private John Henry Dodds. 20355. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Margaret Jane Dodds, of 9A, South St., Spennymoor, Co. Durham. Killed 8 June 1917. Aged 27.
Born Spennymoor, Enlisted Spennymoor.

Private Henry Dodsworth, 1321. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edith Alice Dodsworth, of 21, Railway Terrace, Sowerby, Thirsk, Yorks. Killed 24 April 1915. Aged 20.
Born Thirsk, Enlisted Thirsk.

Private William Donnelly. 28214. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Donnelly; husband of Elizabeth Donnelly, of 96, Duncombe St., Middlesbrough. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 29.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

Private Barnard Dorian. 24857. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Bridget Dorian, of 4, Vine St., Sunderland. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 21.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.

Private David Coatsworth Doughty. 1063. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 25 April 1915.
Born Yarm (Yorks), Enlisted Yarm, Resided Eaglescliffe Village.

Private Robert Douthwaite, 36419. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Douthwaite, of Sproxton, Helmsley, Yorks. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 22.
Enlisted Helmsley.

Private Thomas Arthur Dowey, 19305. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 31 July 1917.
Born Loftus (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Grosmont.

Private John Ducklin, 18778. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Dorothy Ducklin; husband of Ruth Jones (formerly Ducklin), of 9, 6th Street East, Easington Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 14 February 1916. Aged 22.
Born Felling (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Easington Colliery.

Private Roland Duck. 3101. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Duck, of Stable Cottages, Skinningrove, Yorks. Killed 25 May 1915. Aged 18.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Skinningrove.

Private George Henry Dunnill, 27885. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 31 July 1917.
Born Easingwold (Yorks), Enlisted Easingwold.

Private Percival Dunning, 8298. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 June 1917.
Born Thornaby, Enlisted Richmond, Resided York.


One of the Lions at the top of the Menin Gate Memorial, with the Memorial Dedication One of the Lions at the top of the Menin Gate Memorial, with the Memorial Dedication
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The Memorial Dedication inside the Gate The Memorial Dedication inside the Gate
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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