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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord (France) |
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A view of the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), showing the Cross
of Sacrifice
(Photo : Richard Roberts, <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
Bailleul was occupied on 14 October 1914 by the 19th Brigade and the 4th Division. It became an important railhead, air depot and hospital centre, with the 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 11th, 53rd, 1st Canadian and 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Stations quartered in it for considerable periods. It was a Corps headquarters until July 1917, when it was severely bombed and shelled, and after the Battle of Bailleul (13-15 April 1918), it fell into German hands and was not retaken until 30 August 1918.
The earliest Commonwealth burials at Bailleul were made at the east end of the communal cemetery and in April 1915, when the space available had been filled, the extension was opened on the east side of the cemetery. The extension was used until April 1918, and again in September, and after the Armistice graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields and other burial grounds.
BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION contains 4,403 Commonwealth burials of the First World War; 11 of the graves made in April 1918 were destroyed by shell fire and are represented by special memorials. There are also 17 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and 154 German burials from both wars.
In the centre of the town is a stone obelisk erected by the 25th Division
as their Memorial on the Western front, recalling particularly the beginning
of their war service at Bailleul and their part in the Battle of Messines.
The town War Memorial, a copy of the ruined tower and belfry of the Church
of St. Vaast, was unveiled in 1925 by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, the City
which had "adopted" Bailleul.
There are 67 identified graves of soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment
in this cemetery, together with the grave of a member of the Royal Flying
Corps who was formerly in the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are very grateful to Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>), Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>), and Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) for the photographs from this cemetery. Alan Marsh (<alanmarsh@tiscali.co.uk>) has provided a photograph of a headstone of a relative.
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Private John Anderson Atkinson.
1554. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 21 June 1916. Born Skelton, Enlisted Skelton, Resided Middlesbrough. |
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Private Walter Stanley Atkinson,
1525. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Florence Atkinson, of 3, Mount Pleasant, Queen St., Scarborough. Killed 30 July 1916. Aged 19. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
"TILL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY" |
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Private Lewis William Beckley,
3201. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 May 1915. Born Skelton. |
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Private George Edward Boynton.
2780. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James W. and Jane Boynton, of Park House, Leconfield, Beverley, Yorks. Native of Rotsea, Cranswick, Yorks. Killed 22 July 1916. Aged 23. Enlisted Driffield, Resided Beverley.
"AWAKE
CHERISHED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD" |
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Lance Corporal George Brown,
40495. 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, formerly 3021 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. R. L. and Mrs. J. Brown, of Park St., Masham, Ripon, Yorks. Killed 6 August 1917. Aged 19. Born Hackness (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton (Yorks), Resided Masham (Yorks). "AT REST"
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Private John Burke. 12857. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Patrick and Mary Burke. Killed 20 October 1915. Aged 26. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private Robert Russell Byers,
18994. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary E. Byers, of 13, West Square, Scarborough. Killed 12 November 1915. Aged 40. Born Gateshead, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Burniston (Scarborough). |
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Private Francis Harding Carter,
23230. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Mary E. Carter, of 174, Portland Rd., Newcastle-on-Tyne. Killed 8 July 1917. Aged 28. Born Newcastle, Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Shieldfield (Newcastle). |
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Corporal Matthew Casey, 19627. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Robert and Isabella Routh, of 2, Palmer St Gateshead. Killed 29 December 1915. Aged 29. Born Dublin (Ireland), Enlisted South Shields.
"STILL TO MEMORY DEAR"
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Private Joseph Chappell, 241197. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 August 1917. Born Easingwold, Enlisted Wakefield. (SDGW gives battalion as 2nd) |
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Private William Clark. 1546.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Amy Clark, of 72, Eastgate North, Driffield, Yorks. Killed 24 May 1915. Aged 19. Born Driffield, Enlisted Driffield. |
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Private Thomas Cooper. 1633.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 November 1915. Born Driffield, Enlisted Beverley. Photo by Alan Marsh (<alanmarsh@tiscali.co.uk>). Thomas Cooper was an uncle of Alan Marsh's mother. |
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Private Anthony Albert Cornish.
14330. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 December 1915. Born Ryhope, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ryhope. |
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Private Alfred Darby. 8747.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 January 1916. Born Sedgeley (Staffs), Enlisted Sheffield, Resided Attercliffe. |
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Private Joseph Davies, 13208.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 December 1915. Born Guisborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Upsall (Guisborough). |
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Major John Charles Edward Douglas.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Admiral Sir Archibald Douglas, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., LL.D.; J.P., and of Lady Douglas. Barrister, Gray's Inn. Killed 18 December 1915. Aged 39.
"GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS" |
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Private Charles Thomas Finkell.
3783. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 26 June 1916. Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby. |
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Serjeant Thomas Lumley Frankish,
550. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Francis and Emma Frankish, of Kirby Grindalythe, Wharram, Malton, Yorks. Killed 24 June 1915. Aged 22. Born Rillington (Yorks), Enlisted West Sutton (Yorks).
"THIS SOLDIER FOUGHT
FOR THE LAW OF HIS GOD EVEN UNTO DEATH" |
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Private James Davidson Gair.
45150. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Jane Gair, of 85, Pont St., Hirst, Ashington, Northumberland. Killed 11 November 1915. Aged 19. Born Amble (Northumberland), Enlisted Morpeth, Resided Ashington. |
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Private Robert Sydeny Garbutt.
4252. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 19 June 1916. Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Cargo Fleet. |
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Private John William Garniss.
3873. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 May 1916. Enlisted Northallerton. |
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Private Herbert Arthur Gill.
3128. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Gill, of 14, Carlow St., Middlesbrough. Died 20 June 1915. Aged 17. Enlisted Middlesbrough.
"HE ANSWERED THE CALL"
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Private Percy Grierson, 2933. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph Henry and Annie Grierson, of Enterpen, Hutton Rudby, Yarm, Yorks. Killed 26 July 1916. Aged 23. Born Gayton (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Hutton Rudby |
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Private George Harker, 39004.
21st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly (20743) 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 September 1916. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo : emam of the Find a Grave website |
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Private George Harston, 20337.
10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Mary Harston, of Hutton, Rudby, Yorks. Killed 3 January 1916. Aged 20. Born Hutton Rudby (Yorks), Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Hutton Rudby |
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Private George Edward Hine,
235305. 20th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 5329 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 December 1917. Born Bethnal Green (Middlesex), Enlisted London, Resided London. |
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Private William Hodgson. 3228.
4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 June 1916. Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Brotton. |
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Lance Corporal Edgar Hogg, 2704.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Eliza Hogg, of Crayke, York. Killed 31 July 1916. Aged 22. Born Easingwold (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Crayke (Nr. Easingwold) |
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Private John William Holdsworth,
13066. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 January 1916. Born Normanby, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Normanby. |
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Private Stephen William Hunter.
4524. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 19 June 1916. Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private Harry Inns. 3308. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Annie Inns, of Strensall, York. Killed 14 April 1916. Aged 19. Enlisted Malton, Resided Strensall (Yorks). "THE LORD GIVETH
AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY" |
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Corporal Thomas Jennings. 1452.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Jane H. Jennings, of Manor House, Storwood, Melbourne, York. Killed 8 June 1916. Aged 21. Born Storwood (Yorks), Enlisted Pocklington.
"GOD IS LOVE"
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Private Alexander McKenzie Jobey.
18802. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ann Jobey, of 24, Elsmore Lane, Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham, and the late Alexander McKenzie Jobey. Killed 23 October 1917. Aged 30. Born Hetton-le-Hole, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Hetton-le-Hole. |
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2nd Lieutenant Edward Earle Jones. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Anna Jones, of The Manor House, Scorton, Yorks. Wounded 2nd Battle of Ypres, 1915. Died 1 August 1916. Aged 25.
"OF THE MANOR HOUSE
SCORTON, YORKSHIRE. GREATLY LOVED MIZPAH" |
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Serjeant Jesse Jones. 484. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Catherine Jones, of 9, Hewitt's Buildings, Guisborough, Yorks. Native of Guisborough. Killed 3 May 1915. Aged 47. Born Mitcham (Surrey), Enlisted Guisborough.
"DEATH DIVIDES
BUT MEMORY EVER CLINGS" |
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Private James Joyce. 19209.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 December 1915. Born Newcastle-on-Tyne, Enlisted Newburn, Resided Benwell (Newcastle). |
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Private George Arthur Jude.
2032. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John William and Mary Jude, of 9, Waterloo Rd., Newport, Mon. Killed 4 November 1915. Born Hull, Enlisted Beverley, Resided Heckmondwyke. (SDGW and GH Gazette d/b gives Regtl No as 2023) |
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Private Michael Laheny. 17602.
10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 26 February 1916. Born Hartlepool, Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Hartlepool. |
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Lance Corporal John Bywell Laws,
16759. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. H. Laws, of 41, Staverdale St. West, Dawdon Colliery, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 20 January 1916. Aged 21. Born West Dowden (sic) (Seaham Harbour), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided West Dowden (sic).
"PEACE PERFECT PEACE"
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Private Alexander Leslie. 39362.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 June 1917. Born Hackney (London), Enlisted London, Resided Islington. |
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Private George Liddle. 12274.
10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 18 December 1915. Born Darlington, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private John Mankin. 17489.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Barbara Mankin, of 12, Brunswick Place, Albert Edward Dock Estate, North Shields. Killed 21 April 1916. Aged 20. Born Tynemouth (North Shields), Enlisted North Shields. "LORD REST HIS SOUL
EVER LOVED BY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER" |
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Private Edward Melbourne. 1588.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915. Born Beverley (Yorks), Enlisted Beverley. |
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Private John James McCracken.
13207. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William John and Sarah McCracken, of 57, Hatherly St., Middlesbrough. Died 31 January 1916. Aged 21. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
"WE MISS HIM MOST
THAT LOVED HIM BEST" |
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2nd Lieutenant Percy Norman Leopold
McInnes. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Harry and Elizabeth McInnes, late of Withernsea, Yorks; husband of the late Florence McInnes, of 26, Royal Avenue, Scarborough. Native of Swingfleet, Yorks. Killed 20 July 1916. Aged 34.
"26 ROYAL AVENUE SCARBOROUGH
HE TOOK THE PATH WHERE DUTY LED" |
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Corporal Fred Albert Nalton.
2491. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Albert and Mary Emma Nalton, of 53, Eastgate North, Driffield, Yorks. Killed 6 August 1916. Enlisted Driffield, Resided Sunderlandwick. |
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Private Enoch Newton. 4216. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 2 August 1916. Enlisted Guisborough, Resided Skelton Green. |
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Lance Corporal John Ralph Pattison,
1163. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Thomas and Mary
Pattison, of Catterick, Yorks. Died 7 October 1915. Aged 21. Born Catterick (Yorks), Enlisted Catterick. |
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Private Charles Sydney Pearson.
22947. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Pearson. Killed 13 February 1916. Aged 33. Born Glaisdale (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Eckington. "ALL I ASK IS
THAT WHERSOEVER YOU MAY BE THAT YOU REMEMBER ME AT THE ALTAR OF GOD" |
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Lance Corporal John Ramsey.
14124. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Ramsey, of 41, Davison St., Boldon Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 28 October 1915. Aged 19. Born Hedworth (Sunderland), Enlisted Bolden Colliery. "THY WILL BE DONE"
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Private Arthur Henry Rising,
4454. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William George and Alice Maria Rising, of 14 Manless Green Terrace, Skelton-in Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed on 18 June 1915. Aged 22. Enlisted Guisborough, Resided Saltburn. |
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Private Ernest Alexander Robertson.
42576. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 17157 D L I. Son of Alexander and Isabella Robertson, of 41, Malcolm St., Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Killed 4 July 1917. Aged 27. Born Newcastle, Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne.
"HE DIED TO SAVE US ALL"
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Private Job Rutter. 19520. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Sarah Rutter, of Ashfield Green, Newmarket, Suffolk; husband of Ada Lilian Dargue (formerly Rutter), of 84, Pierson St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Died 22 December 1915. Aged 32. Born Whickham Brook (Suffolk), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby. |
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Private Thomas Simpson. 17290.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 November 1915. Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland. |
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Captain John Kenneth Stead.
20th Squadron Royal Flying Corps, formerly 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Edward and Mary Lizzie Stead, of Everdon, Redcar, Yorks. Died 4 February 1917. Aged 24. |
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Private Richard Timbs. 3406.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 April 1916. Enlisted Pocklington, Resided Yapham. |
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Private Claude Turnbull, 1878. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 June 1915. Born Newcastle, Enlisted Eston, Resided Grangetown. (Although baptised "Claude Tindall Turnbull" he was later mostly known only as "Claude (or Claud) Turnbull". His father was Thomas Turnbull (1849–1894). His mother was Charlotte Eliza Shepherd (1862–1907). In the 1911 Census he was a steelworker living as a lodger at Farm Cottage, Grangetown. ) |
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Private Reginald Meyrick Waites.
41701. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 160672 R F A. Son of George and Catherine Waites, of Cardiff; husband of Edith Maud Heale (formerly Waites), of 24, May St., Cathays, Cardiff. Killed 7 July 1917. Aged 32. Born Cardiff, Enlisted Cardiff.
"GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"
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Private Belfred Ward. 11262.
72nd Coy Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 23510 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 April 1916. Born Pontefract (Yorks), Enlisted Pontefract. |
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Private Albert Edward Warwick.
18842. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Warwick, of 15, Short St., Middlesbrough. Died 10 December 1915. Aged 27. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. INSCRIPTION ON HEADSTONE OBSCURED |
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Private John Welsh. 21100. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 15364 D L I. Killed 23 April 1916. Born Gilesgate (Durham), Enlisted Durham. |
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Private Arthur Westerman. 15150.
8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 November 1915. Born Tingley (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds. |
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Private Raymond Wheatley. 3437.
4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Matthew and Hannah Wheatley, of 122, High St., Brotton, Yorks. Killed 29 September 1915. Aged 18. Enlisted Brotton. (SDGW gives date of death = 9 October 1915)
"SON OF MATTHEW
AND HANNAH WHEATLEY BROTTON, YORKS THY WILL BE DONE. (WESLEYAN)" |
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Private Charles Whitfield. 11896. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 11 January 1916. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough. |
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Private John Usher Widdowfield.
3/7911. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 22 March 1916. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private John Wilson. 240407.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Annie Wilson, of Wombleton. York. Killed 14 November 1917. Aged 21. Born Wombleton (Kirbymoorside), Enlisted Malton, Resided Wombleton
"GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE" |
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Private Maurice Wray. 35670.
1st/4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 28882 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Harriet Elizabeth Wray, of 38, Newlands Place, Bradford, Yorks. Killed 14 April 1918. Aged 32. Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
"OUR BELOVED SON"
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A
view of the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
A view of the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord)
(Photo : Richard Roberts, <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The
headstone for Lieutenant Evans of the 1st Canadian Division>
(Photo : Richard Roberts, <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LIEUTENANT
ALFRED JAMES LAWRENCE EVANS
B.SC. MC.GILL.
1ST CANADIAN DIVISION
7TH DECEMBER 1915
AGED 26 YEARS
BORN AT QUEBEC
DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED ON
23RD NOVEMBER 1915
WHILE IN COMMAND OF
1ST BDE. MINING SEC. 3RD BTN.
FRONT LINE TRENCHES BELGIUM
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
FOR GALLANT AND DISTINGUISHED
CONDUCT IN THE FIELD
"THE BRAVE DIE NEVER BEING
DEATHLESS THEY BUT CHANGE
THEIR COUNTRY'S ARMS FOR MORE
THEIR COUNTRY'S HEART."
The Headstone for Serjeant T Mottershead, VC DCM
Royal Flying Corps. Died 12 January 1917. Aged 27.
"NOT ONCE OR TWICE / IN OUR ROUGH ISLAND STORY
WAS THE PATH OF DUTY / THE WAY TO GLORY"
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Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)