William George Yardley
Rank: Private
Service No: 1296
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 14/12/1915
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (10th Bn)
Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Husband of Mrs Yardley, 3 Barnflat Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Elizabeth Yardley and children.
1901 census information:
Address: 139 Park Street, Kinning Park.
Father: George (44) foreman in bolt and nut work, born about 1857 in England.
Mother: Ann (45) born about 1856 in England.
Sister: Annie (12) born about 1889 in Glasgow.
Self: George (10) born about 1891 in Glasgow.
Sister: Lillie (8) born about 1883 in Glasgow.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises George 54, Elizabeth 46, George 19 and Lily 18 also present are Elizabeth’s children Ernest 22, Annie 22, Edmund 21, Edward 21, Allan 19, Emma 16, Jane 11 and Mary 8 (their surname is Warburton).
Newspaper transcript – George Yardly (24), 10th Highland Light Infantry, killed in France on 14th December, was the husband of Mrs Yardly, 3 Barnflat Street, Rutherglen. Drafted to France in March 1915, he was gassed on the 25th September, and had been only three weeks in France after furlough at home when he met his death. Prior to enlisting he was with the Clyde Coal Company, Cambuslang.