War deaths - Yeo One-name Study

These records include civilian deaths. Please read the notes below the table.

Year	Date	Forename(s)	Surname	Age or date of birth	Rank	Service	Country	Burial or memorial	Link
1855	18 Jun	Lacy Walter Giles	Yea	20 May 1808	Lieutenant Colonel	Royal Fusiliers	Russia (Crimea)	Sebastopol
1901		J	Yeo			1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards	South Africa
1914	14 Sep	George Alfred	Yeo	1885	Lance Sergeant	King’s (Liverpool) Regiment	France
1914		H W	Yeo			Canadian Army	France
1914	26 Aug	Harry Henry	Yeo	23	Driver	Royal Field Artillery	France
1915		Albert James	Yeo		Private	Welsh Regiment	France
1915	14 Aug	Arthur James	Yeo	13 Jul 1896	Private	5th Welsh Regiment	Greece; died of wounds on HMS Euripedes	East Mudros Military Cemetery	Arthur James Yeo
1915	1 Nov	Charles	Yeo	22	Private	Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry	India (Hyderabad)		Henry Yeo and Jane Dunn
1915	30 Apr	James	Yeo		Drummer	Worcestershire Regiment	France
1915	11 Mar	John	Yeo	1871	Private	Devonshire Regiment	France		John Yeo of the Devonshire Regiment
1915	13 May	John	Yeo	2 Jan 1872	Petty Officer, HMS Goliath	Royal Navy	at sea (off Turkey)
1915	10 Mar	Leslie Farquhar	Yeo	1893	Lieutenant	North Staffordshire Regiment	France	Bethune Town Cemetery
1915	26 May	Reginald Alfred	Yeo	26 Mar 1891	Sergeant	London Regiment	France (Givenchy)	Le Touret Military Cemetery
1915	19 Apr	Rupert Cholmeley Yea	Dering	1883 [born in Ireland]	Captain	King’s Own Scottish Borderers	Belgium (Ypres)	Poperinghe Military Cemetery	Rupert Cholmeley Yea Dering
1915	26 Sep	William Carter	Yews	34	Private	Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment	France
1916	9 Aug	Arthur Henry	Yeo	22		Canadian Infantry	France
1916	31 May	Claud	Yeo	16 Sep 1877	Chief Petty Officer, HMS Indefatigable	Royal Navy	at Sea (Jutland)		Philip Yeo and Elizabeth Higgins
1916	20 Jul	Claude Septimus Maitland	Yeo	1872 [born in Australia]		Australian Infantry	France	Fromelles Military Cemetery	George Shapland Yeo and Elizabeth Pender
1916	3 Sep	Edward	Yeo	26 Jul 1896	Private	King’s (Liverpool) Regiment	France	Thiepval War Memorial	John Edward Yeo and Charlotte Emma Allam
1916	7 Oct	Everard Lisle	Yeo	1892	Temporary 2nd Lieutenant	Machine Gun Corps	France
1916	27 Oct	Frederick George	Yeo	10 Apr 1893	Temporary 2nd Lieutenant	Royal West Kent Regiment	France	Maroc Cemetery	William Yeo and Adeliza Galifant
1916		Harry	Peachey [born Henry Yewes]	1891		Lancashire Fusiliers	France (Somme)	Thiepval War Memorial	Harry Peachey (formerly Yewes) of the Lancashire Fusiliers
1916	15 Sep	Harry Samuel	Yeo	12 Nov 1892	Sergeant	London Regiment	France		Daniel Ross Yeo and Charlotte Brown
1916	29 Apr	Henry John	Yaw	1893	Lance Corporal	Somerset Light Infantry	France
1916	29 Apr	Henry John	Yaw	1893	Lance Corporal	Somerset Light Infantry	France
1916		Henry William Fitzgerald	Yaw		Private	British West Indies Regiment
1916	20 Sep	Horace Willard	Yeo	18	Private	Canadian Infantry	France
1916		Hubert	Yeo	1895		Royal Navy		Plymouth Naval Memorial
1916	7 Oct	John	Yeo		Private	Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)	France
1916	31 May	John Henry	Yeo	16 Feb 1894	Leading Seaman, HMS Tiger	Royal Navy	at sea
1916	3 May	John James	Yeo	23	Private	Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)	France
1916	31 May	John Louis	Yeo	10 Jan 1896	Stoker, HMS Defence	Royal Navy	at sea
1916	31 May	Richard Yeo	Brooks	1885	HMS Indefatigable	Royal Navy	at Sea (Jutland)
1916	22 Aug	Robert	Yeo	22	Private	Devonshire Regiment	France
1916	23 Jul	Sidney	Yeo	1892	Corporal	East Surrey Regiment	France
1916	19 Sep	Sidney Thomas	Yeo	1889	Lance Corporal	London Regiment	France		Philip Yeo and Elizabeth Hallett
1916	15 Aug	Thomas	Yeo		Rifleman	King’s Royal Rifle Corps	France
1916	1 May	Thomas David	Yeo	1896	Private	Wiltshire Regiment	Iraq	Basra War Memorial
1916	9 Jul	Wesley Charles	Yeo	1897	Private	Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry	France
1916	21 Oct	William	Yaw	1889	Driver and Gunner	Royal Field Artillery	France (Somme)	Meaulte Military Cemetery	William Yaw of the Royal Field Artillery
1917		Albert	Yeo		Private	Welsh Regiment	France
1917	16 Dec	Alfred Edward	Yeo	1894	Private	Machine Gun Corps	France
1917	26 Oct	Arthur Thomas	Yeo	1888	Private	London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers]	France
1917	20 Nov	G E	Yeo		Private	Canadian Machine Gun Corps	France
1917	20 Nov	George Elmer	Yeo	14 Apr 1893	Private	Canadian Field Ambulance	France
1917	14 Feb	H	Yeo		Private	Welsh Regiment	France
1917	9 Oct	H J	Yeo		Private	Australian Infantry	France
1917	16 Aug	Harold William	Yea	1892	Private	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	Belgium		William Henry Cleave Yea and Martha Ann Davey
1917	24 Aug	Hubert Claud Cater	Yeo	1895	Temporary 2nd Lieutenant	Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry	France		Philip Yeo and Elizabeth Higgins
1917	1 Aug	James Frederick Jesse	Yeo	1896	Temporary 2nd Lieutenant	Highland Light Infantry	France (Ypres)
1917	25 May	Lloyd Garfield	Yeo	1898 [born in Canada]		Canadian Reserve Cavalry Regiment	England (Kent)		James Yeo and Elizabeth Braund
1917	12 Apr	Louis Harvey	Yeo	31	Private	Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)	France
1917	4 May	William Richard	Yeo	1895	Driver	Royal Engineers	France		John Yeo and Sarah Kelly
1917	26 Oct	William Wallace	Yeo	2 Sep 1895	Private	Royal Marine Light Infantry	Belgium	Tyne Cot Memorial
1918	23 Aug	Arthur Frederick	Yeo	30 Jul 1900	Private	Royal West Kent Regiment	France	British cemetery, Franvillers	Joseph Yeo and Sarah Thomas
1918	4 Nov	David John	Yeo	1898	Private	Welsh Regiment	France	Vis-en-Artois Cemetery	Thomas Yeo and Mary Davis
1918	16 Jul	Frederick George	Yeo	20	Pioneer	Royal Engineers	France	Mont Huon Military Cemetery
1918	24 Nov	G H	Yeo	1897	Private	Royal Fusiliers	France
1918	4 Oct	George	Yeo	18 Nov 1874	Private	Army Service Corps	England (London)
1918	14 May	H	Yeo		Private	Northamptonshire Regiment	France
1918		Henry	Yoe		Private	Labour Corps	France
1918	31 Aug	John William	Yeo	28	Private	Yorkshire Regiment	France
1918	25 Sep	Samuel	Yeo	1885	Rifleman	King’s Royal Rifle Corps	France
1918	30 Aug	Thomas Burton	Yeo	19	Private	The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment	France	Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Monacu
1918	18 Sep	William Allin	Yeo	1899	Private	Durham Light Infantry	France	British Cemetery, Trefcon
1918	31 Dec	William Edward	Yeo	1884	Sapper	Royal Engineers	Iraq	Amara War Cemetery
1918	Nov	William H	Yeo		Private	Australian Infantry [from Reid’s Flat, New South Wales]	France
1918	1 Sep	William Henry	Yeo	14 Oct 1889	Private	54th Battalion, Australian Infantry	France	Peronne Cemetery	William Henry Yeo and Harriet Chown
1918	16 Jul	William James	Yeo	8 Oct 1886	Stoker, 1st Class, HMS Anchusa	Royal Navy	at sea
1919		Edgar Thomas	Yea	1898	Private	Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry
1919	26 Jun	William	Yeo	27 Apr 1895	Acting Leading Stoker, HMS Iron Duke	Royal Navy		Weston Mill Cemetery, Plymouth
1920	8 Jun	Richard Edwin	Yeo	29	Private	Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry	Cornwall	Looe Cemetery
1921	30 Aug	John Shapland	Yeo	19 Jul 1890	Driver	Australian Field Artillery	New South Wales	New Moss Vale Cemetery
1939	14 Oct	Arthur Leonard	Hussey-Yeo	25 Oct 1910	Able Seaman, HMS Royal Oak	Royal Navy	at sea		Joseph Hussey Yeo and Jane Matthews
1940	12 Nov	Charles Henry	Yeo	1869	civilian		England (Lambeth, London)		Charles Henry Yeo
1940	2 Dec	Donald	Yeo	14 Jun 1919	Seaman, HMS Forfar	Royal Navy	at sea	Chatham War Memorial	Henry Yeo and Catherine Ann Spencer Beare
1940	29 May	Richard Percy Yeo	Cross	1914	Flight Lieutanant	235 Squadron, Coastal Command	England (Kent)	Herne Bay Cemetery	Richard Percy Yeo Cross
1941	17 Jun	Amery Yeo	Evans	1910	Pilot Officer	115 Squadron, Royal Air Force		Marham, Norfolk	Amery Yeo Evans
1941	11 Nov	John Lenus	Yeo	19	Sergeant	Royal Canadian Air Force
1941	8 Dec	Leslie William	Yea	1919	Aircraftman 2nd Class	Royal Air Force	Northumberland		Leslie William Yea
1941	29 May	Thomas Cyril	Yeo	9 Dec 1919	Able Seaman, HMS Hereward	Royal Navy	at sea
1941	26 Nov	William David	Yeo	1917	Lieutenant	Royal Tank Regiment	Libya	Tobruk War Cemetery	William David Yeo
1941	22 Aug	William George	Yeo	1910	Leading Aircraftsman	Royal Air Force	Westmorland
1942	22 Jul	Arthur Thomas	Yeo	1918	Pilot Officer	158 Squadron, Royal Air Force	Netherlands	Amersfoort Cemetery	Arthur Thomas Yeo
1942	2 Jul	Cecil James	Yeo	25 Jul 1897	Lieutenant Colonel	East Surrey Regiment		Radlett, Hertfordshire
1942	2 Oct	Charles Henry	Yeo	30 [born in Australia]		Australian Infantry	New Guinea		Thomas Yeo and Elizabeth Mason
1942	23 Jul	Douglas Henry	Yeo	20 Nov 1920	Sergeant	Royal Air Force	Scotland	Runnymede War Memorial	John Yeo and Sarah Kelly
1942		Lye W	Yeo		Private	Royal Army Medical Corps
1943	23 Nov	Arnold William Henry	Atyeo	23	Sergeant	114 Squadron, Royal Air Force	Italy	Bari War Cemetery
1943	17 May	Gordon Arthur	Yeo	9 Jun 1922	Sergeant	617 Squadron, Royal Air Force	Netherlands	Bergen General Cemetery	Gordon Arthur Yeo
1943	25 Jun	Howard Garfield	Yeo	26 Jan 1921	Flight Sergeant	Royal Australian Air Force	England (Hertfordshire)	Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford
1943	28 Mar	Leslie David	Hussey-Yeo	22 Jan 1915	Able Seaman, HM Submarine Thunderbolt	Royal Navy	at sea	Plymouth Naval Memorial	Joseph Hussey Yeo and Jane Matthews
1943	8 Apr	Louis John	Yeo		Sergent	44 (Rhodesia) Squadron, Royal Air Force	Germany	Rheinberg War Cemetery
1943	29 Oct	Matthew Barnabas	Yeo	6 May 1910	1st Radio Officer, HMS Bullmouth	Royal Navy	at sea (off Madeira)	Tower Hill Memorial
1943	17 Jul	Michael Thomas Russell	Yeo	10 May 1920	Sub-Lieutenant, HM Motor Torpedo Boat 316	Royal Navy	at sea (between Italy and Sicily)	Plymouth Naval Memorial
1943	28 Jul	Ronald Bernard	Yeo	4 Feb 1920	Signalman	Royal Corps of Signals	Thailand (prisoner of war camp)	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
1943	24 Aug	William Hector John	Yeo	15 Feb 1922	Flying Officer	90 Squadron, Royal Air Force		Runnymede War Memorial
1943	7 Aug	William Stanley	Yeo	1920	Private	Durham Light Infantry	Sicily	Catania War Cemetery
1944	12 Jan	Charles Ernest	Yeo	1907	Flying Officer	108 Squadron, Royal Air Force	Malta	Malta Memorial	William Yeo and Adeliza Galifant
1944	6 Jun	Daniel	Yeo	12 Jun 1915 [born in Canada]	Warrant Officer	Royal Regina Rifles	France (Normandy)	Canadian War Cemetery, Beny-sur-Mer	Daniel Yeo
1944	24 Jun	Frederick Charles	Yeo	27 Aug 1917	Trooper	Royal Armoured Corps	France (Normandy)	Bayeux Memorial; Calvados Military Cemetery
1944	21 Sep	Frederick George Wilson	Yeo	1925	Driver	Royal Army Service Corps	Netherlands	Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery
1944	7 Dec	Henry William	Yea	1914	Private, first class	United States Army	Letye Island, Philippines	Fort McKinley Cemetery
1944	22 Oct	John Maurice Macfarlane	Yeo	1916	2nd Lieutenant	Royal Armoured Corps	Belgium	Geel War Memorial
1944	16 Mar	Lorne Edgar	Yeo	30 Aug 1923 [born in Canada]	Pilot Officer	Royal Canadian Air Force	Germany
1944	1 Dec	Minne Ada	Yeo [née Swain]	52	civilian		Essex		Minnie Ada Yeo
1944		Richard Daniel	Yeo				France
1944	15 Dec	Samuel George Edward	Yeo	30 Dec 1921	Private	Canadian Infantry (Cape Breton Highlanders)	Italy
1944	12 Feb	William James	Yeo	15 Jul 1904	Stoker 2nd Class, HMS Lanka	Royal Navy	at sea	Plymouth War Memorial
1945	31 Jan	Cyril Henry	Yeo	1912	Able Seaman	HMS President III	at sea (Mediterranean)	Bari War Cemetery	Robert Yeo and Elizabeth Elliot
1945	10 Jun	George Norman	Yeo	1916	Sergeant	Royal Artillery	India	Madras War Cemetery
1945	26 Feb	George William	Yeo	1922 [born in Canada]	Private	Canadian Army	Netherlands		Thomas Charles Yeo and Zeolina Pearl Harris
1945	13 Feb	John Robert	Yeo	1920	Gunner	Royal Artillery	Netherlands	Milsbeek War Cemetery
1945	18 Jul	Thomas Gordon	Yeo	28 Feb 1921	Marine	Royal Marines, HMS Exeter	Dutch East Indies (prisoner of war camp, Macassar)
1945	6 May	Vincent K	Yeo	22	Sergeant	South African Defence Forces
1945	26 Sep	Wilfred Yeo	Mountain	23 [born in Canada]	Sergeant	Royal Canadian Artillery	Canada	Summerside, Prince Edward Island	Wilfred Yeo Mountain
1946	25 Feb	Timothy	Yeo	42	Sapper	Royal Engineers	England (London)
1946	1 Mar	William Charles	Yeo	6 Apr 1914	Private	Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	Essex	Prudential Building, London
1951		L	Yeo		Private	Royal Leicestershire Regiment	Korea
1951	6 Oct	William John	Yeo	23	Lance Corporal	Royal Australian Regiment	Korea
1953	21 Jun	Allan George	Yeo	22	Lance Corporal	Royal Australian Regiment	Korea
Year		Forename(s)	Surname	Age or date of birth	Rank	Service	Country	Burial or memorial

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