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War Memorials Elsewhere, - Sunderland, - Names "G" |
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The
War Memorial in Sunderland's Mowbray Park (1)
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The names of those soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment and recorded in the Book of Remembrance for Sunderland, surnames beginning "G", are listed below.
The page numbers in the Sunderland Book of Remembrance in which their names are recorded are shown below.
Lance Corporal Andrew Gardiner, 14764. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, of Sunderland; husband of M. A. Gardiner,
of 4, Nelson Square, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland. Died of Wounds 8 October 1917.
Aged 23.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY.
(Page 77 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private Thomas Matthew Briggs Gardiner. 17164. 6th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary Ann Briggs. Killed 14 September 1916.
Born Monkwearmouth (Sunderland).
Buried LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE.
(Page 73 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private William Gatenby. 13640. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Sunderland (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Page 75 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private Charles Alfred George.
17175. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 September 1915.
Born Monkwearmouth, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Monkwearmouth.
Buried RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY.
(Page 76 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
| Private Joseph Gillis. 235140. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Sadie Gillis, of 7, Rectory Terrace, Sunderland, and
the late Charles Gillis. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 24. Enlisted Sunderland. Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL. (Page 73 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance) |
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| **Private Gillis was one of 16 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment who are commemorated in the British Jewry Book of Honour. Of the 50,000 Jews who served with the British and Colonial Forces during the First World War, 2,324 lost their lives and are commemorated in this book. |  |
Private James Gilstin. 13596. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 13 May 1917.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
(Page 75 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private James Goddard. 15657. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of James Norton Goddard and Amelia Goddard, of Rydal House, New Durham
Rd., Sunderland. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 20.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
(Page 73 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private John Golightly. 15658. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
(Page 73 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Corporal Henry Gooch. 24730. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 10 August 1916.
Born Sunderland (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN.
(Page 75 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Corporal Edmund Liddle Gordon, 235141. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 30 October 1917.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Panels 52 to 54 & 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
(Page 73 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private Joseph Graham.
21020. 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly
10957 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph Graham, of 29, Alice
St., Ryhope, Co. Durham. Killed 15 September 1915. Aged 23.
Born Ryhope (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Panel 58 to 72 or 218 to 219, HELLES MEMORIAL.
(Page 245 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private Dobson Crondace Gray. 18566. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Margaret Duke Gray, of 58, Fowler Terrace, Hendon, Sunderland.
Killed 7 January 1916. Aged 31.
Born Hendon, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Hendon.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
(Page 74 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Sergeant Edward Gray. 13696. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died
3 July 1916.
Born Dipton (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Hendon (Sunderland).
Buried DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
(Page 75 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private John Green. 16307. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
1 July 1916.
Born Ryhope (Sunderland), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ryhope.
Commemorated on the FRICOURT MEMORIAL and Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Page 233 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Serjeant Thomas Grummett.
22707. 12th Battalion South Wales Borderers, formerly
23801 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Grummett,
of 7, Villiers St., Sunderland. Killed 21 April 1917. Aged 33.
Born Sunderland (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland (Durham).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 4A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Page 117 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private Henry Gurney.
4969. XVIII Corps Cyclist Battalion Army Cyclist Corps, formerly
11114 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 November 1917.
Born Silksworth (Sunderland), Enlisted South Shields (Durham).
BUried YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY.
(Page 254 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
The War Memorial in Sunderland's Mowbray Park (2)
Photo : Edward Nicholl