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| 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
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| YORKE | Stanley Gray | Private
23840, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 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 |
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| 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
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