YORKSHIRE’S 24 FIRST WORLD WAR VC RECIPIENTS:

1: Corporal William Anderson, 2nd Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment).

2: 2nd Lieutenant Ernest Beal, 13th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment).

3: 2nd Lieutenant Donald Bell, 9th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment).

4: Private William Butler, 17th (Service) Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).

5: Private George Chafer, 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.

6: Corporal William Clamp, 6th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment).

7: Private John Cunningham, 12th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.

8: Private Tom Dresser, 7th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment).

9: 2nd Lieutenant John Harrison, 11th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.

10: Captain Philip Hirsch, 4th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment).

11: 2nd Lieutenant James Huffam, 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment).

12: Sergeant Harold Jackson, 7th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.

13: 2nd Lieutenant Henry Kelly, 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment).

14: Private Arnold Loosemore, 8th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment).

15: Major Stewart Loudoun, 10th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment).

16: Sergeant William McNally, 8th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment).

17: Corporal Samuel Meekosha, 1/6th Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).

18: Sergeant Albert Mountain, 15th/17th (Service) Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).

19: Private Arthur Poulter, 1/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment).

20: Captain George Sanders, 1/7th Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).

21: Private William Short, 8th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment).

22: Private Henry Tandey, 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment).

23: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Watson, 5th Battalion, The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

24: Captain Archie White, 6th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment).