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Page for the website, "Buckinghamshire Remembers"
The website, "Buckinghamshire Remembers" is a website set up by June and Peter Underwood, and their son Peter, to record the Memorials to the men of Buckinghamshire who died as a result of the First World War. This website is very comprehensive and has a powerful search engine included in it, so that the details of, - and Memorials to, individuals can be quickly found.
The website includes the details of 13 men of the Yorkshire Regiment who had connections with Buckinghamshire. Their details are shown below, but those interested in the names and their Memorials are recommended to visit the website "Buckinghamshire Remembers" to find out more.
Private David Batchelor, 33756. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 630120 Army Service Corps. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Batchelor, of Chesham, Bucks. Killed 22 December 1917. Aged 22.
Born Chesham (Bucks), Enlisted Chesham
Buried NEUVILLE-BOURJONVAL BRITISH CEMETERY.
Corporal John Robert Clark, 19218. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of F. T. Clark, of Upper Hartwell, Aylesbury. Died at home
23 June 1920. Aged 47.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Aylesbury (Bucks).
Buried ADDINGTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Bucks.
(The Service Record of John Robert Clark exists. From this we can see that;-
He had previously served 12 years with the 2nd Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment.
In 1897 he was a Shoemaker in Cawnpore, India.
He enlisted on 1 September 1914, was promoted to Corporal on 14 October 1914
and Serjeant on 20 April 1915.
He served in France from 9 September 1915 to 3 December 1916, but in that
time was demoted to Corporal due to being absent without leave. He was discharged
on 4 April 1919 due to pulmonary phthisis (TB). His wife was Fanny Seaton
Clark, and they had two children, - Fanny and John Robert.)
Lieutenant George Ernest Lister Cressey. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late George Henry and Mary Pelham Cressey,
of Fairoak, Gerrard's Cross, Bucks. Killed 26 September 1915. Aged 20.
Commemorated Panel 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
Private Percy Driscoll. 10339. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 6 November 1914.
Born Aspley Heath (Bedford), Enlisted London, Resided Woburn Sands (Bucks).
Buried HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY.
Company Serjeant Major George Henry Flemming. 3/8878.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Gilbert and Mary Flemming;
husband of Rose Elizabeth Flemming, of 5, Albion St., Aylesbury, Bucks. Killed
21 September 1916. Aged 41.
Born Hoxton (London), Enlisted London, Resided Aylesbury.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Victor John Gillions. 35630. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4009 R Berkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Minnie
Gillions, of 47, Queen St., Aylesbury, Bucks. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 19.
Born Tottenham (Middx), Enlisted Aylesbury (Bucks).
Commemorated SOISSONS MEMORIAL.
Private Frederick William Ginger. 42347. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 183510 RFA. Killed 2 April 1917.
Born Mursley (Bucks), Enlisted Banbury.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Lieutenant Francis Harold Harrison. 3rd Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment, attached 5th Bn. Special Bde. Royal Engineers. Son of
Frank and Ruth Harrison, of 7, Guilford Place, London, W.C.1. Killed 2 September
1916. Aged 30.
Buried BAPAUME POST MILITARY CEMETERY, ALBERT.
(Shown as Harold Francis Harrison on the Hitcham War Memorial)
Private Lionel Jordan, 2269. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Henry and Mary Jordan, of 1, Prospect Place, Wing, Bucks.
Killed 20 August 1915. Aged 29.
Enlisted Northallerton.
Buried CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES OLD MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private George W T Parsons, 3/8211. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died at home 16 May 1916.
Buried WINSLOW (ST. LAWRENCE) CHURCHYARD.
Serjeant William Prior Phillips. 7744.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 October 1914.
Born Huntingdon, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Stony Stratford (Bucks).
Buried POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Joseph James Slater, 35729. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 38624 Hants Regiment. 14 May 1918. Aged 29.
Born Newport Pagnell (Bucks), Enlisted Bletchley, Resided Loughton (Bletchley).
Buried BEAUREPAIRE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, PONTAVERT.
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.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Private Frederick William Thompson. 9319. 2nd Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. C. Daley (formerly Thompson), of Fulmer,
Slough, Bucks., and the late Mr. J. Thompson. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 20.
Born Canterbury (Kent), Enlisted Dublin, Resided Fulmer (Bucks).
Commemorated Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
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