The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Saltaire Village

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The Roll of Honour Page on the Saltaire Village Website.

Saltaire is a Victorian model village within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. UNESCO has designated the village as a World Heritage Site. Saltaire was built in 1851 by Sir Titus Salt, a leading industrialist in the Yorkshire woollen industry. The name of the village is a combination of the founder's surname and the name of the river.

The Saltaire Village website, provides extensive information on the village, - covering the history and news of the village.

Colin Coates (<colincoates55@gmail.com>), a local historian, has researched the names of the men of Saltaire who lost their lives in the First World War. Details of these men, with biographies, can be found on the Roll of Honour page on the Saltaire Village website. We are very grateful to Colin for providing details of this website, and the names of the Yorkshire Regiment soldiers whose names are commemorated on the website.

Three men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are listed on the above pages. These soldiers are shown below, with the names of the local Saltaire memorials on which they are commemorated.

Private Fred Foster. 27389. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Commemorated on the Rolls of Honour for Nab Wood, Shipley, & St. Peter's Church, Shipley.)

Lance Corporal William Harold Speedie. 38218. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Isabella Speedie, of 19, Maddocks St., Saltaire Rd., Shipley, Yorks. Killed 4 May 1917. Aged 29.
Born Bridlington, Enlisted Bradford.
Buried MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT.
(Name as "H W Speedie" in SDGW)
(Commemorated on the Rolls of Honour for Nab Wood, Shipley, & St. Paul's Church, Shipley.)

Private Herbert Whitehead. 27585. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of W. and H. Whitefield, of Pitsford Hill, Wiveliscombe; husband of Ellen Whitefield, of Pitsford Hill. Killed 20 September 1916. Aged 23.
Born Windhill (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Saltaire.
Buried SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2.
(Commemorated on the Rolls of Honour for Nab Wood, Shipley, Windhill Parish Church, & Bradford Grammar School.)

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