The Loos Memorial - Surnames W
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The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with “W” listed on the Loos Memorial are recorded below.
Commemorative Panels on the Loos Memorial and Headstones in Dud Corner Cemetery can be viewed by selecting here.
Men commemorated on the Loos Memorial
Private John Waites
19314. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Waites, of 26, Henry St., Seaham Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 28 September 1915. Aged 24.
Born Boldon Close (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided New Seaham Colliery.
Private Albert Wakeham
9396. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Kate Theresa Southern, of 1, Surtees St., Hopetown, Darlington. Killed 30 September 1915. Aged 23.
Born St. Heliers (Jersey CI), Enlisted Darlington.
(A letter from Albert Wakeham dated 5 June 1915, as it appeared in the Jersey Evening Post, of Thursday 28 June 1917 is shown on the website "The Channel Islands and the Great War”.
Private Alfred Timothy Walker
19974. 3rd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment attached to the 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Marie Walker, of Cottingham, Yorkshire. Killed 23 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Commemorated on the Addenda Panel, LOOS MEMORIAL.
Private William Walker
11970. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 September 1915.
Born Market Weighton (Yorks), Enlisted Hull..
Corporal Gilbert Hodgson Walkington
11257. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frank Walkington, of 3, Glykoline Terrace, Carlton Ironworks, Ferryhill, Co. Durham. Killed 9 May 1918. Aged 22.
Born Carlton, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Ferryhill (Stockton).
Lance Corporal Harry Walton
7924. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Mrs. Annie Clarke, of Hademore Crossings, Whittington, Lichfield, Staffs. Killed 25 September 1915. Aged 31.
Born Trinity Tamworth (Staffs), Enlisted Derby, Resided Chelleston.
Private Septimus Walton
17577. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 September 1915.
Born Newcastle, Enlisted North Shields, Resided Walker (Newcastle).
Lieutenant Cyril Francis Webb
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September 1915.
Private Frederick Whitham
3/8243. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Emma Whitham, of 91, Heeley Green, Sheffield. Killed 26 September 1915. Aged 32.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield.
Captain Humphrey Worthington Wilson
East Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 October 1915.
Lance Corporal Alfred Wilson
10137. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 September 1915.
Born Marylebone, Enlisted London, Resided Fulham S W.
Private George Wray
3/6583. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Easby, of 12, Pierson St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Died 25 September 1915. Aged 27.
Born Grangetown, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorative Panels on the Loos Memorial and Headstones in Dud Corner Cemetery
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