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CAMBRIDGE GUILDHALL WAR MEMORIAL
WORLD WAR 1 - SURNAMES - Y

World War 1 detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2014

Listed here are the surnames from the Guildhall Roll of Honour and to be also found on other memorials within the county.

Photograph Copyright © Mary Naylor 2013

YORKE	Harold [Charles]	Leading Stoker 227621, H.M.S. "Princess Irene", Royal Navy. Lost with his ship 27 May 1915 when she exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives. Aged 28. Born 27 June 1887 in Cambridge. Enlisted 27 June 1905 for 12 years, an errand boy before enlisting. Height 5 feet 1½ inches, light brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, Son of Charles and Laura Yorke, of 86, Sturton St., Mill Road, Cambridge. Admitted to Barnwell Boys' School in 1897, resident 86, Sturton St., Mill Road, Cambridge. In the 1891 census he was aged 3, resident with his parents, Charles and Laura, in Sturton Street, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. panel 11. See also Cambridge St Matthew's Extract from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 4 June 1915, page 5: STOKER H. C. YORKE. First-Class Stoker Harold Charles Yorke, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Yorke, 86, Sturton-street, Cambridge, who was on the ill-fated Princess Irene, is officially reported to have lost his life. Stoker Yorke had only just joined the vessel, having been previously serving on the Forward. Mr. and Mrs. Yorke have two other sons serving their country—Pte. Sidney Arthur Yorke, of the Royal West Kents, and Pte. Alfred James Yorke, of the R.A.M.C. The former expects shortly to leave for the front.
YORKE	Stanley Gray	Private 23840, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed by a bullet while putting out wire in front of the trenches 31 December 1916. Aged 20. Born, 29 September 1896, and resident Cambridge, enlisted March, Cambridgshire. Son of Charles and Laura Yorke, of 86, Sturton St., Cambridge. Formerly 8730, Army Cyclist Corps. Admitted to Barnwell Boys' School 1903. Buried in AGNY MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row Section E. Grave 26. See also Cambridge St Matthew's and also Liverpool Street Station War Memorial
YORROW	T O	No further information currently available
YOUNGMAN	Ernest Godfrey	Private 9216, Suffolk Regiment. Died at home 2 April 1919. Aged 25. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Cambridge, a Butcher, resident with his parents, William Walter and Phoebe E Youngman, at 21, Hooper Street, Cambridge. See also Cambridge St Matthew's

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CAMBRIDGE GUILDHALL WAR MEMORIAL WORLD WAR 1 - SURNAMES - Y

CAMBRIDGE GUILDHALL WAR MEMORIAL
WORLD WAR 1 - SURNAMES - Y