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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Anneux British Cemetery (France, Nord) |
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Anneux British Cemetery
Photo : Chris Cosgrove.
Anneux, Havrincourt and Graincourt were captured by the 62nd (West Riding) Division on 20 and 21 November 1917. Anneux remained in Allied hands until the following 6 December. It was recaptured on 27 September 1918, by the 57th (West Lancashire) and 63rd (Royal Naval) Divisions, acting with the 52nd (Lowland) and the 1st and 4th Canadian Divisions. These six divisions, with the New Zealand Division (which carried on the advance in October 1918), are most largely represented in the cemetery.
The original cemetery was made by the 57th Division Burial Officer and by various units in October 1918. At the Armistice it contained 131 graves but was then greatly increased when graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields and small cemeteries in the area.
Anneux British Cemetery now contains 1,013 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 459 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate seven casualties believed to be buried among them.
Amongst the graves are those for six soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are extremely grateful to Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) who has generously provided the photographs on this page.
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Lance Corporal Richard Alma Dry.
23252. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of A. E. and J. P. Dry, of Hull; husband of Sarah Ellen Dry, of 8, Rose Terrace, Barnsley St., Holderness Rd., Hull. Killed 24 November 1917. Aged 29. Born Hornsea, Enlisted Hull. |
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Lance Serjeant Thomas Kay, 24675.
13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 December 1917. Born Elsecar (Yorks), Enlisted Doncaster, Resided Bolton-on-Dearne (Nr. Rotherham). |
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Private Albert Keeble. 235309.
8th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 241970 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 October 1918. Born Wetheringsett (Suffolk), Enlisted Stowmarket (Suffolk), Resided Stowmarket. |
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Rifleman Alexander Hugh Lindsay. 235310. 2nd/6th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 242841 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Janet Lindsay, late of Manchester; husband of Lily Lindsay, of 94, Algernon St., Warrington. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 29. Born Manchester, Enlisted Manchester, Resided Manchester. "FOR EVER WITH THE LORD" |
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Lieutenant Percival Victor Alban
Radcliffe. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached to Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry). Son of Bernard and Georgina Radcliffe, of Royton, Malvern Wells, Worcs. Killed 25 November 1917. Aged 20. "REQUIEM AETERNAM DONA EI. DOMINE ET LUX PERPETUA LUCEAT EI. R.I.P." |
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2nd Lieutenant Thomas William Stanfield,
MM. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Janet Stanfield, of 7, Gardenia St., Currock, Carlisle, and the late George Stanfield; husband of the late M. R. Reid Stanfield. Native of Maryport, Cumberland. Killed 23 November 1917. Aged 26. Additional information from the Carlisle Grammar School War Memorial Register;- Stanfield, Thomas William (adm. Sept. 1906), born Dec. 20, 1890, son of George Stanfield, 42 Beaconsfield Street. Left, July, 1910. D.S. Went to Southampton Training Coll., 1910-2. Asst, Master, Peases West Council School, Crook. Great War Private, Durham Regt, Wounded in France, July 26; M.M., 1916. 2nd Lieut., Yorkshire Regt. Killed in action, Nov. 23, 1917. Military Medal: “Pvt TW Stanfield, Durham Light Infantry, for carrying an important message through shell fire.” From the school magazine; The Carliol 1916 |
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