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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Beaurains Road Cemetery, Beaurains (France, Pas de Calais) |
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Beaurains
Road Cemetery (1)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
The cemetery was begun a few days before Beaurains was captured by Commonwealth forces on 18 March 1917. It was a month before the Battle of Arras began, and the Germans were still in nearby Tilloy-les-Mofflaines. The cemetery was used (sometimes under the name of Ronville Forward Cemetery) until the beginning of June by the 14th (Light) Division Burial Officer and by fighting units. It was used again for a short time in August and September 1918, in the Second Battle of Arras. It contained, at the date of the Armistice, the graves of 129 British soldiers, 15 French soldiers and four German prisoners. It was enlarged after the armistice when graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields and other cemeteries.
The cemetery now contains 331 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 23 of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials to 14 casualties buried in Ronville British Cemetery, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery also contains four German graves.
Amongst the graves are those for 4 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are very grateful to Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) for photographs of the cemetery and headstones.
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Private William Arthur Beavon.
40143. 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 19981 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Jane Beavon; husband of Hettie Hooton (formerly Beavon), of 24, Dorothy St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Killed 9 April 1917. Aged 27. Born Allotment (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough (Yorks). |
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Private Willie Hoyle, 81279.
8th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 38127 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. J. Hoyle, of 97, Thursby St., Bradford, Yorks. Killed 11 April 1917. Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford. |
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Private Harold James Kirby,
241186. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Robert Kirby, of Fridaythorpe, Malton, Yorks. Killed 22 April 1917. Aged 24. Born Driffield, Enlisted Malton. |
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Private Fred Park, 31304. 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 29047 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mrs. M. A. Jackson (formerly Park), of 22, Under Lane, Grotton, Oldham. Killed 9 April 1917. Born Oldham, Enlisted Clapham, Resided Oldham. (Note : SDGW puts date of death as 13 April 1917.) |
Beaurains
Road Cemetery (2)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Beaurains
Road Cemetery (3)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)