Name |
Address |
Reported |
Further Details |
Private Harold Abbott |
6, Cromwell Ave. |
28th June 1918 |
Had his leg amputated above the knee and was in hospital in England. Brother to Henry Abbott. |
Private George Baxter |
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3rd August 1917 |
Wounded in the knee whilst serving in the Yorkshire Regt. (Green Howards). He joined at the outbreak of war and had another brother also serving with him. |
Lieutenant Lawrence Beauvais |
3, Mitford St. |
14th December 1917 |
Wounded twice whilst serving with the Dorsetshire Regt. in Mesopotamia. Previously served in the Artists Rifles. |
Private P.F. Biggins |
4, Jennings Yard, Murray St. |
4th October 1918 |
Wounded and in hospital in Nottingham after a piece of shrapnel passed through both his feet when he went ‘over the top’ on Sep. 24th 1918. Was acting as a stretcher bearer in his regiment, Yorks. and Lancs. He was 19 in July 1918 and had a brother in the Navy in Ceylon who joined up aged 16. |
Private Ernest Billings |
1, Prospect Place, Belle Vue St. |
18th May 1917 |
Wounded by a bullet passing through his arm and grazing his ribs. Was in hospital at Cardiff and belonged to the Hunts. Cyclists Battalion. Had recently married the daughter of Mr. H.O. Cogill. Was previously wounded through the thigh. |
Private Harry Brigham |
John St. |
20th October 1918 |
Badly burnt after he and several others were investigating a German dug out. Their sergeant struck a match and the group were enveloped in a ball of flame, as the dug out was full of some form of combustible gas. Owned a fish shop and was recouperating in Netley Hospital. Served in the Coldstream Guards. Wife originally resided in Lebberston. |
Linkfield |
4th May 1917 |
Hit on the head by shrapnel and just above the left knee by gunshot whilst unconscious. Was wounded twice previously. Killed in action on 23rd March 1918 during the 1918 German Spring Offensive. |
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Edmund Cammish |
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28th July 1916 |
Wounded in France and sent to a hospital in Sheffield. Married and enlisted in Leeds. |
Tom Cammish |
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7th December 1917 |
Wounded in France around this date. |
William Cappleman Cammish |
3, Sand Hill Lane |
21st July 1916
4th August 1916 26th January 1917 |
The armed trawler he was on was sunk by a submarine and he was posted MIA. He was twenty-one and joined the Navy at the outbreak of war. Admiralty state that several of the crew were picked up by the German Navy and made PoW. William sent home three photos of himself and other crew members in prisoner uniform. |
Able Seaman William Cappleman |
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18th January 1918 |
Wounded with a bullet passing through his left arm whilst serving with the Royal Naval Divison in France. Brother of Wallis. |
Wallis Cappleman |
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18th January 1918 |
Suffered from gas poisoning and shell shock in the Summer of 1917. Brother of William. |
Private James Clark |
Hunmanby |
15th November 1918 |
Reported to be a PoW after being missing for several months. His brother, Tom, had been missing for over a year. |
60, Queen St. |
20th July 1917 |
Reported MIA and was a joiner and wheelwright by trade. Had a wife and daughter. Pte. Clark’s body was not found until the end of the war, and he was then pronounced deceased. |
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Private Henry Orlando Cogill |
1, Prospect Place, Belle Vue St. |
28th June 1918 |
Parents and sister received a letter from comrades that he had been missing with several other men since 6th June. |
Private Edward Coles |
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31st May 1918 |
Taken PoW in the 1918 German Spring Offensive. Previously served in the Hunts. Cyclists Battalion. Married to E. Cammish of Filey. |
Private George Matthew Colling |
11, Reynolds St. |
12th October 1917 |
Injured in the right elbow and left arm and had enlisted in summer 1915 into the East Yorkshire Regt. Mother was recently widowed, as his father had just died of cancer. Worked for F.M. Pratt, of Mitford St. as a Corn merchant and was 30 years old. Brothers serving in the Royal Field Artillery and Minesweeping duites. |
Lieutenant Oswald Cooper |
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5th April 1917
26th June 1917 |
Injured in Gallipolli and returned to service but due to complications had to have several fingers amputated around this date as a result. Son of Canon Cooper, the Filey vicar and brother of Walter. Served in the Lancashire Fusiliers at Gallipolli. |
Major Walter Cooper |
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26th June 1917
13th September 1918 |
Hit on the head by a piece of shell but only slightly wounded. Recipient of the military Cross and mentioned in despatches twice whilst serving in the royal Field Artillery. Slightly wounded by a piece of shell whilst in temporary command of his battery but was still able to continue on duty. |
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7th December 1917
14th December 1917 |
Seriously wounded whilst serving in the Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of these wounds at 9.30pm on the 3oth November. |
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Sergeant G.W. Fairey |
West Parade |
19th April 1918 26th April 1918 |
Posted MIA. Prisoner of war in Germany after being captured during the 1918 German Spring Offensive. Served in the Hunts. Cyclists Battalion, before moving to the London Regt. on arrival in France. Married to Miss Skelton, so was brother in law to George and William, both of whom died in the war in 1916. |
Private Arthur Featherstone |
10, Ebenezer Terrace, Queen St. |
18th May 1917
26th June 1917 |
Wounded for a second time with a bullet through the hand. He wrote ‘We had a very hot time when we went over to see the Boche’s’. The first time he was wounded was through the leg, side and arm in 1915. Recovered from wounds but was suffering from a severe fever. Brother in law to Horace Nicholls. |
Sapper Frank Fell |
Sea Breeze Cottage |
14th September 1917 |
Wounded and gassed in France whilst serving in the Royal Engineers. Was invalided home. |
Sapper J. Fell |
Murray St. |
26th April 1918 |
Wounded in the face whilst serving in the Royal Engineers. Father was Benjamin Fell, builder and he has three brothers serving. Father resided at Sea Breeze Cottage. |
Private Charles Ferguson |
64, Queen St. |
19th October 1917 |
Gassed and shelled in early 1917. Recipient of the Military Medal. Brother in law of Robert Colley. |
Sapper Alfred Gardner |
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18th October 1918 |
Wounded in the back and home on covalescence leave. Served in the Royal Engineers and brother in law to Herbert Gardner. |
Sergeant H.C. Gash |
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18th October 1918 |
Wounded in the left eye and right shoulder by shrapnel and was in hospital in London. Served in the Wiltshire Regt. Previously enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1915 but was invalided home with kidney problems, rheumatism, and neuritis (caused by gas poisoning). Was the local postman. |
Lance Corporal J.W. Glenton |
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10th May 1918 |
Reported MIA. |
2nd Lieutenant George C. Gray |
Nesscliff, West Parade |
1st March 1917 |
Posted MIA and was in the West Yorkshire Regt., attached to the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Joined up into the Royal Engineers and received his commission there after eight months in France. Returned to England for ten months before going back to France in November 1917. Brother of Walter Gray. |
Gunner Mason Gray |
Ebenezer House, Queen St. |
18th January 1918 |
Slightly wounded in action but able to continue at his post. Served in the Royal Navy. |
Gunner Walter Gray |
12, Marriners Terrace |
25th May 1917 |
Buried by a shell that crushed his back, right shoulder and left leg. His face was also cut and bruised and he was in hospital in Aberdeen. Served in the Royal Field Artillery as a gunner/signaller. Fought in the German East African campaign. Had two brothers, Robert and George also serving. |