Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire) Regiment Archives

Richard Cross Wynn | Graves

SERJEANT 20955 R. C. WYNN Name: Richard Cross Wynn Regiment & Unit/Ship: Yorkshire Regiment 12th Bn. Secondary Unit, Regiment: Transf. to (C.S.M. 340210) 17th Coy. Labour Corps Date of Death: 9 August 1919 Age at Death: 27 years old Buried or commemorated at: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY LXXII. F. 28. France Awards: – Additional Info: Son […]

Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson MC | Graves

CAPTAIN T. S. ROWLANDSON MC Name: Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson MC Regiment & Unit/Ship: Yorkshire Regiment 4th Bn. Date of Death: 15 September 1916 Age at Death: 36 years old Buried or commemorated at: BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT I. G. 7. France Awards: Military Cross Additional Info: Son of Samuel and Isabel Rowlandson, of Newton Morrell, […]

Henry Cook | Graves

SERJEANT 20982 H. COOK Name: Henry Cook Regiment & Unit/Ship: Yorkshire Regiment 12th Bn. Date of Death: 9 January 1917 Age at Death: 23 years old Buried or commemorated at: GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE II. L. 6. France Awards: – Additional Info: Son of Alice Ann Cook, of Middlesbrough. Service Record: View Record A high-resolution […]

The Story of Donald Bell VC

THE STORY OF DONALD SIMPSON BELL VC When the British Army launched its great Somme offensive in the summer of 1916, few people could have envisaged the devastation battle would bring. The opening day alone saw British casualties of almost 60,000 and by the time the slaughter had ground to a bloody halt in the […]

Richard Cross Wynn | Service Record