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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Archangel Allied Cemetery, Russian Federation |
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The
Archangel Allied Cemetery
Photo : Pavel
Kvartainov
During both world wars, Archangel was one of the ports through which the Allies assisted Russia with supplies and munitions.
The cemetery was begun immediately after the occupation of the town in August 1918 by the Allied force sent to support the Soviet Russian Government against potential threat from German occupied Finland and other local sources. It was used by No.85 General Hospital, No.53 Stationary Hospital, No.82 Casualty Clearing Station, HM Hospital Ship 'Kalyan' and other Allied hospitals.
During the Second World War, after the German attack on Russia in June 1941, Archangel became an Allied airbase and a naval base from which minesweepers met and escorted the convoys.
ARCHANGEL ALLIED CEMETERY contains 224 burials and commemorations of the First World War, including special memorials to 140 officers and men with known burials in cemeteries elsewhere in northern Russia. Two of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains 7 Second World War burials.
10 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment are buried in this cemetery.
We are extremely grateful to Pavel Kvartainov, a zoologist (Ornithologist) at Moscow State University, who has photographed the cemetery and all of the memorials / headstones in the cemetery. Pavel has kindly provided this website with a file that contains all of these photographs.
Click on the thumbnail image of the headstone for a larger version of the photo which opens in a new window.
 Plot M1 (see plan below) |
Captain Tom Edmond Geoffrey Bailey.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late James Battersby Bailey and of Louisa F. Bailey, of II, Herne Hill Mansions, Herne Hill, London. Killed 2 April 1919. Aged 35. "THESE LAID THE WORLD AWAY
POURED OUT THE RED SWEET WINE OF YOUTH" The following biographical notes on Captain Bailey are taken from Robert Coulson's biographies of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;- Tom Bailey had a university background entering Clare College at Cambridge in 1902. With the cadre of the 6th Battalion he arrived back in England from the Western Front in June of 1918 where they assembled at Mychett Camp at Aldershot. Towards the autumn the battalion was reconstituted and allotted the task of supporting the Soviet Russian government against insurgences in northern Russia. Captain Bailey and the 6th Battalion left Dundee on October 17th 1918 but didn’t arrive in Murmansk until November 26th due to bad weather. Towards the end of December the battalion was mobilised to move to Archangel where the Bolsheviks were making strong efforts to drive the allies out. The 6th Battalion fought many small actions in the early months of 1919 and on April 1st A, B and C companies were in position for an attack on the town of Chinova the following day. Captain Tom Bailey was killed in this action at Chinova on April 2nd 1919 aged 35, the last officer of the regiment to fall in the Great War. |
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 Plot A10 (see plan below) |
Corporal Alfred George Beak.
65131.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3570 A P C. Son of Alfred James Beak and Martha Jane Beak, of 166, Chamberlayne Rd., Kensal Rise, London. Killed 3 April 1919. Aged 29. Born Willesden (Middx), Enlisted London, Resided Kensal Rise. "KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY" "WE LOVED THEE WELL BUT JESUS LOVED THEE BEST" |
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 Special Memorial B10 (see plan below) |
Corporal William Brown. 65048.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 68496 E Yorks Cyclists Battn. Son of Margaret Brown, of 19, Kent St., Glasshouse St., Nottingham, and the late William Brown. (buried Ust-Vaga Burial Ground). Killed 19 April 1919. Aged 22. Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham. BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT
"R.I.P" |
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 Plot
L1(see plan below) |
Lance Serjeant George Cope.
64626.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 58127 Sherwood Foresters. Son of Thomas and Mary Cope; husband of Sarah Ann Cope, of 23 Newgate St., Lenton, Nottingham. Killed 6 April 1919. Aged 40. Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham. "THY WILL BE DONE" |
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 Plot
C6(see plan below) |
Private Ernest Leonard Crosby.
109922. 2nd/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 4440 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 October 1918. Born Beaumont (Essex), Enlisted Ipswich, Resided Clacton-on-Sea. |
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 Plot
O2 (see plan below) |
Private Clarence Frith. 244009.
13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4048 Durham Light Infantry. Killed 17 April 1919. Enlisted Morpeth, Resided Sheffield. |
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 Special
Memorial B56(see plan below) |
Private Harry Hale, 57801. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ben and Eliza Hale, of 16, Carr Lane, South Kirkby, Pontefract. (buried Seletskoe Cem.). Killed 4 April 1919. Aged 24. Born South Kirby, Enlisted South Kirby, Resided Pontefract. BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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 Special
Memorial B59(see plan below) |
Private John Richard Heyworth,
63899. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 9415 Royal Army Pay Corps. Son of Samuel and Ellen Heyworth, of 35, Netherby St., Burnley. (buried Seletskoe Cem.). Killed 4 April 1919. Aged 32. Born Burnley, Enlisted Burnley (Lancs). BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "DEARLY LOVED BY ALL" |
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 Special
Memorial B62(see plan below) |
Private Arthur Jackson. 57755.
13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 5 May 1919. Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield. (buried Sredmekhrenga Chyd.) (In the Register of Soldiers Effects it was stated that he "accidentally drowned", and left his estate of £19/3s/2d to his father, Ernest.) BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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D1(see plan below) |
Serjeant Arthur Newton. 65046.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 1395 East Yorks Cyclists Battn. Killed 27 March 1919. Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Hull. |
The Cross of Sacrifice in Archangel Allied Cemetery. Behind the Cross can
be seen the wall containing Special Memorials.
The
Cross of Sacrifice in Archangel Allied Cemetery.
"THIS CROSS OF SACRIFICE IS ONE IN DESIGN
AND INTENTION WITH THOSE WHICH HAVE
BEEN SET UP IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM AND
OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
WHERE OUR DEAD OF THE
GREAT WAR ARE LAID TO REST"
Dedication
on the wall containing Special Memorials.
Plan of the Archangel Allied Cemetery
Ref : ww1cemeteries.com
The location of the Archangel Allied Cemetery in the Russian Federation.
(Ref : Google
Maps)