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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. Charles Yallop
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
(d.5thApril 1917)
Charles Yallop was wounded in the left arm. He is burried in Savy British Cemetery
Pte. Frederick Yallop
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
Frederick Yallop was woundedin the left hand and left leg
Pte. Ronald Robert Yallop
British Army B Coy Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch)
from:Coventry
(d.12th April 1917)
On the 6th of April Ronald Yallop wrote to his uncle who was serving in Egypt. He commented that his winter quarters had been good and he had had a good rest with "beaucoup cafes etc". He then commented that they were having their share now and he had only had about 10 hours sleep in the past 72 hours.
This letter was probably never sent by Ron as we now have it in an envelope with a black border and a picture of his grave stuck to it. He died on 12th April 1917 of his wounds and is now buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport. According to evidence I have sourced his Battalion was based in Pierremont, France at this time and the tanks he was training to use did not enter the action until after his death.
Grdsmn. James Yapp
British Army 3rd Btn. Grenadier Guards
from:Dawley, Shropshire
(d.27th Nov 1917)
James Yapp was killed in action on the 27th of November 1917, aged 22 and is commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial in France. He was the son of James & Sarah Yapp of 44 Stable Row, Lightmoor, Dawley, Shropshire and had enlisted into the KSLI Territorials (4th Bn.) in June 1913 aged 17 years 10 months and had been discharged as unfit for duty in Oct 1914 only to immediately re-enlist into the Guards
Pte. Walter Harold Yapp
British Army 5th Btn. Northampton Regiment
from:Kempsey, Worcestershire
(d.27th Mar 1918)
Walter Yapp is my wife`s grandmother's brother and whose name is featured on the war memorial at Kempsey Church, Worcestershire. Walter is buried at Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery.
Pioneer C. Yard
Royal Engineers
(d.13th November 1918)
Pioneer Yard is buried in St. Matthew Churchyard, St. Michael, Barbados.
Rfm. Robert John Henry Yardley
British Army 1/8th Btn. London Regiment
from:London
Rob Yardley enlisted on the 2nd of January 1916. He served and was wounded in France with the BEF. He was entitled to wear one gold braid wound distinction.
Pte. Samuel Frederick Yardley
British Army 111th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
(d.4th Sep 1916)
Pte. Samuel Frederick Yardley of 111th Field Ambulance RAMC was killed in action at Guillemont
Pte Addlebert Yare
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:5, Wadham Terrace, Tyne Dock, South Shields
(d.25th Aug 1916)
Yare, Addlebert. Private, 19/54, Killed in action on 25th August 1916. Aged 27 years. CWGC records show his service number as 19154 this is incorrect.
Buried in Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont, in grave II. O. 2.
Son of Joseph and Minto Yare, of 5, Wadham Terrace, Tyne Dock, South Shields.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Sister. Yarnell
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 46 Stationary Hospital
Pte. Arthur Yarranton
British Army 7th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Wolverhampton
(d.21st November 1917)
Arthur Yarranton volunteered at the outbreak of war but did not go to Gallipoli. So he would have started his service in another battalion.
Pte. Alfred Yarwood
British Army 2nd/22nd Btn. London Regiment
from:Haggeston, East London
(d.31st Oct 1916)
Alfie Yarwood, my great uncle, was born in July 1894 in Haggeston, East London. He enlisted in July 1915 in Shoreditch and served in France and Flanders. He died on 31st October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, and is buried in France in Doullens Communal Cemetery, Extension No.1.
Pte. Alfred Yarwood
British Army 22nd Btn. London Regiment
from:London
(d.31st Oct 1916)
My great uncle Alfie Yarwood served with the 22nd Queens Btn, London Regiment.
Pte Harold Henry Lee Yarwood
British Army 17th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Reddish, Stockport
(d.24th April 1918)
Pte Joseph Yarwood
British Army 5th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Runcorn
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Gnr. Edgar Leonard Yarworth
British Army 199th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Bream's Cross Farm, Gloucestershire
My Grandfather, Edgar Yarworth, enlisted at Lydney, Glos, aged 20, on 9th December 1915. As a 'Group 7 Butcher' based at 43 Newerne Street, Lydney, he was attested for duty at No.3 Depot RGA, The Citadel, Plymouth on 21st of March 1917.
He embarked at Folkestone for Boulogne on 10th of September 1917. Two months later on 12th of November 1917 he received a shrapnel wound to his left leg and was returned from the Canadian Hospital in Boulogne to the Duchess of Russia's Hospital, Harrogate (part of the East Leeds War Hospital) where he remained for 82 days making golliwogs and black cats for therapy over Christmas 1917.
He returned to France with 199th Siege Battery, disembarking on 22nd of October 1918. On 15th of February 1919, with service for the duration complete, he returned to his parent's farm at Breams Cross and his wife and daughter Mary at Myrtle Cottage, Alvington. He had received the usual Active Service in France WW1 medals and was transferred to 'Class Z Army Reserve with a medical category of A1.
Mjr. Charles Allix Lavington Yate VC.
British Army 2nd Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
(d.20th Sep 1914)
Charles Yate served with the 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and wounded at the Battle of Le Cateau, he was captured and later he died whilst escaping as a prisoner of war in Germany. He died age 42, on the 20th September 1914 and is buried in Grave II. G. 8 in the Berlin Southwestern Cemetery. He was the son of the Rev. George Edward Yate, Vicar of Madeley, Shropshire and Prebendary of Hereford; He was the husband of Florence Helena and had served in the South African War.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 28985, dated 25th Nov., 1914, records the following:- Commanded one of the two Companies that remained to the end in the trenches at Le Cateau on 26th August and, when all other officers were killed or wounded and ammunition exhausted, led his nineteen survivors against the enemy in a charge in which he was severely wounded. He was picked up by the enemy and has subsequently died as a prisoner of war
Yate was 42 years old, and a major in the 2nd Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, during the First World War when the following deed took place during the battle of Le Cateau for which he was awarded the VC. On 26 August 1914 at Le Cateau, France, Major Yate commanded one of the two companies that remained to the end in the trenches, and when all other officers had been killed or wounded and ammunition exhausted, he led his 19 survivors against the enemy in a charge.
He was held at Targau POW Camp, after he was captured by the Germans. After repeated attempts, he escaped a month later on 19 September 1914, but was quickly apprehended by local factory workers who suspected his appearance, and cut his own throat to avoid recapture and possible execution as a spy. He died on 20 September 1914.
Four other VCs were won that day at Le Cateau, including one by Lance Corporal Frederick William Holmes, who wrote of Yate: Major Yate was a thorough gentleman and a great favourite with us all. He had had a lot of experience in the Far East and at home, and I am sure that if he had lived he would have become a general. He was always in front, and his constant cry was "Follow me!"
Yate is buried in grave II. G. 8. at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Berlin South-Western Cemetery in Stahnsdorf, near Potsdam, Germany. He is also listed on the parish war memorial, now on The Green, at Madeley.
Major Charles Allix Lavington "Cal" Yate VC
British Army 2nd Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
(d.20th Sep 1914)
Cal Yates died in a POW camp on 20th Sep 1914, Age: 42 and is buried in the Berlin South Western Cemetery in Germany. He was the son of the Rev. George Edward Yate, Vicar of Madeley, Shropshire and Prebendary of Hereford; husband of Florence Helena. He had served in the South African War.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 28985, dated 25th Nov., 1914, records the following:- "Commanded one of the two Companies that remained to the end in the trenches at Le Cateau on 26th August, and, when all other officers were killed or wounded and ammunition exhausted, led his nineteen survivors against the enemy in a charge in which he was severely wounded. He was picked up by the enemy and has subsequently died as a prisoner of war."
Mjr. Charles Allix Lavington Yate VC.
British Army 2nd Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Madeley, Shropshire
(d.19th Sep 1914)
Charles Yate was born in Madeley, Shropshire on 14th March 1872, and graduated from the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1892, thence posted to 2 KOYLI based in Bombay (Mumbai), India.
At the outbreak of WW1 Major Yate was 42 years old, and a company commander in the 2nd Battalion KOYLI, and was amongst the first to land in France. During the retreat from Mons, 2 KOYLI deployed two companies to act as rearguard whilst the remainder of the battalion fell back in good order. They held the line against fierce attacks by the enemy throughout the day until their ammunition was exhausted. By this time, only Major Yate and 19 soldiers remained in action and, no ammunition remaining, he and his men fixed bayonets and charged the enemy. Major Yate V.C. was captured by the Germans and, because of repeated attempts to escape from his captors, was sent to Torgau prison in Lower Saxony.
He broke out of Torgau but was found by factory hands on their way to work who saw through his disguise, and although fluent in German, he was unable to convince them of his identity. Dressed in civilian clothes, Major Yate knew that he would be probably executed as a spy, and before the workers could arrest and subdue him, he cut his own throat and committed suicide rather than be taken.
He is buried in the CWG cemetary, Stahnsdorf, near Potsdam, and his death is marked on the war memorial situated on The Green, Madeley. He left a widow but no children. His V.C. is on display as part of the KOYLI exhibits at Doncaster Museum, South Yorkshire.
L/Cpl. Charles Frederick Yates
British Army 1st/5th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
from:Sileby, Leicester
(d.14th Oct 1918)
Charles Yates died 14th October 1918 and is buried in the Vadencourt British Cemetery in France. he was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Yates, of 16 Seagrave Rd., Sileby, Leicester.
Pte. Edward John Cresswell Yates
British Army 12th (Service) Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment
from:Alfreton
(d.23rd Jun 1917)
Edward Yates served with the 12th Battalion, Pioneers in the Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment.
RSM. Edward V. Yates DCM.
British Army 9th Btn. Scottish Rifles
(d.23rd Mar 1918)
Edward Yates served with the 9th Scottish Rifles and was awarded the DCM.
Pte. Fred Yates
British Army Coldstream Guards
from:Burnley
Fred Yates was my grandfather. I never met him. He died in 1949 and is buried in Aston Cemetery, Rotherham and was living in Fence prior to his death.
Sgt. George Edward Yates DCM
British Army 20 Company RGA and 23rd Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Jersey
My great grandfather George Yates enlisted in the RGA on 8th January 1903 in Portsmouth. He was posted to No.2 Depot at Fort Rouner then to 20th Company RGA (Jersey) in February 1903. He Married Ethel Elizabeth Minchinton on 3rd March 1906 and a son George Arthur (who would become a Capt. RASC) was born 19th August 1906.
George was posted to 88th Company RGA and saw foreign service in Hong Kong and Peking from October 1911 to November 1914. He was posted to 23rd Siege Battery RGA in February 1915 and deployed to France in August 1916. He was awarded the DCM (London Gazette 3rd of June 1918) and was posted to 2nd Army Artillery School on the 8th of June 1918. He was posted 36th Fire Command on the 8th of February 1920. George was awarded the medal of Jersey Humane Society for gallantry in the attempted rescue of a man overcome by poisonous gases in the town sewers in Jersey. He was discharged from the Army on 7th of January 1924 having Served with the Colours of 21 years.
The Citation for his DCM reads: 13955 Sjt. G. E. Yates, R.G.A. (Jersey)
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This reliable and capable non-commissioned officer has set a fine example of steadiness under fire and of disregard of danger at all times. He has taken part as No. 1 of a detachment in all the fighting in which the battery has been engaged for the last three years.
He was awarded the DCM, 1914-15 Star, British War, Victory, Long Service and Good Conduct medals.
Sgt George Yates on promenade at Havre des Pas Jersey
LAC Harold Yates
Royal Air Force
My father, Harold Yates, served at RAF Medicine Hat from approximately 1941 to 1944 as an LAC. He told me how friendly and helpful the Canadians were to visiting British servicemen.
Pte. Harry Yates
British Army 10th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Long Eaton, Derbys
(d.24th March 1918)
Harry Yates served with the 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters.
Gnr. Harry Yates
British Army 255th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.29th September 1917)
Harry Yates is my 1st cousin four times removed. He died at the age of 26.
Gnr. Harry Yates
British Army 255th Seige Bty Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.29th Sep 1917)
Harry Yates is buried in Klien-Vierstraat British Cemetery.
Lt Horace Yates
British Army 7th Btn South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Tamworth
L/Cpl. John William Yates
British Army 1st/5th Battalion, A coy. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Shelton, Stoke on Trent
(d.18th Jun 1917)
I have been researching the records of my great granddad, John Yates, who died in WW1. The records I have found are amazing and really given me an insight into his life and how he died. John was 40 when he was enlisted as a Private and then promoted to Lance Corporal. He was 5ft 9 3/4 according to his war records and had a 36 inch chest. Between 1914 and 1917 John returned home for one period but soon returned to battle. John was husband to Alice Yates and had 6 children, the youngest Reginald (my grandfather) never met his father as he died before being able to return home to meet his baby son. He died of wounds to his thigh on the 18th of June 1917.
John William Yates is buried in a war grave at Chocques Military Cemetery in France.
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