Category Archives: York & Lancs

Pte. C.H. Francis

Posted on October 10, 1918 by geconway

Private Charles Henry FRANCIS                 (Served as: Henry Charles) Regiment/Service: York and Lancaster Regiment [Formerly: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)] Unit: 18th Battalion Service Number: 62240 (Formerly: 89354 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) … Continue reading →

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Pte. A. Staley

Posted on July 20, 1918 by geconway

Private Arthur STALEY Regiment/Service: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) [Formerly: York and Lancs Regiment] Unit: 15th/17th Battalion. Service Number: 27518 [Formerly: 21794, York and Lancs Regiment] Date of Death: 20 July 1918 – Died [Prisoner of War] Age: 24 … Continue reading →

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L/Sgt. F.H. Shenton

Posted on June 25, 1918 by geconway

Lance Sergeant Frederic Harold            SHENTON Regiment/Service: York and Lancaster Regiment (Formerly: Sherwood Foresters [Notts and Derby Regiment]) Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Service Number: 31940 (Formerly: 3471 Sherwood Foresters) Date of Death: 25 June 1918 – Died … Continue reading →

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Capt. A.F. Kingdon

Posted on October 9, 1917 by geconway

Captain Arthur Francis KINGDON Regiment/Service: York and Lancaster Regiment Unit: 6th Battalion Service Number: n/a Date of Death: 9 October 1917 – Killed in Action Age: 21 Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL Memorial Ref: Panel 125 to 128. Personal: Arthur was born … Continue reading →

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Capt. J.A. Young

Posted on October 4, 1917 by geconway

Captain John Arthur YOUNG Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [Formerly: Royal Fusiliers] Unit: 17th (Service) Battalion (Welbeck Rangers) [Formerly: 16th (Chatsworth Rifles) Battalion] [Formerly: Royal Fusiliers, 2nd Public Schools Battalion] [Formerly: Royal Fusiliers, 19th (Service) Battalion] [Formerly: 11th Battalion, … Continue reading →

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Pte. H.S. Brunt

Posted on August 12, 1917 by geconway

Private Henry Stephen BRUNT Regiment/Service: York and Lancaster Regiment Unit: 1st Battalion Service Number: 27722 Date of Death: 12 August 1917 – Died (Salonika) Age: 32 Cemetery: LAHANA MILITARY CEMETERY Grave Reference: III. E. 15 Personal: Henry was born in the … Continue reading →

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Pte. M. Lait

Posted on July 1, 1916 by geconway

Private Maurice LAIT Regiment/Service: York and Lancaster Regiment Unit: 12th (Service) (Sheffield) Battalion –                      “The Sheffield Pals“ Service Number: 12/430 Date of Death: 1 July 1916 – Killed in Action … Continue reading →

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