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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Beaurevoir British Cemetery (France, Aisne) |
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Beaurevoir
British Cemetery (1)
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)
Beaurevoir was attacked by the 2nd Australian Division on the 3rd October, 1918, and taken by the 25th Division on the 5th.
Beaurevoir British Cemetery was made by the 66th Division in October, 1918, when officers and men who fell in the early part of that month were buried; and after the Armistice the graves of 70 who died in 1917-18, and were buried in the Communal Cemetery German Extension, were brought in to Rows AA, BB, B, C and G.
There are now nearly 300, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, almost 50 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to four soldiers from the United Kingdom known or believed to be buried among them.
The British Cemetery covers an area of 935 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble stone wall.
Twelve soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are buried here.
We are extremely grateful to Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) who has generously provided the photographs of the headstones and the cemetery.
Click on the thumbnail image of a headstone for a larger version of the photo which opens in a new window.
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Private William Henry Barrett, 45935.
13th Battalion DLI, formerly 20266 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Louisa Russell, of I, Ford Farm, Tring, Herts. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 25. Born Ashton Abbotts, Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Nunthorpe S O (Yorks) |
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Private William John Cook.
235334. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4979 Northumberland Fus. Killed 5 October 1918. Born Islington, Enlisted Holloway, Resided Islington (London). |
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Private Alexander Fraser Coutts.
34379. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 26248 K O S B. Son of John and Rosanna Coutts; husband of Mitchell Coutts, Rose Cottage, Kintore, Aberdeen. Born at Kintore. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 39. Born Kintore (Aberdeen), Enlisted Aberdeen. "IN LOVING MEMORY"
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Lieutenant William Henry Grimsley.
14th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, attached 9th Battalion. A.R.C.O. Son of James William and Alice Grimsley, of 48, Sheep St., Bicester, Oxon. Killed 6 October 1918. Aged 27. "REST IN PEACE"
The following notes on Lieutenant Grimsley are found in Robert Coulson's biographies of Yorkshire Regiment Officers killed in the war;- "William Grimsley was born at Bicester in Oxfordshire in 1892, the son of a local builder. With a talent for music, before the war he was an Associate of the Royal College of Organists. He joined the 9th Battalion in a draft from the 14th (home based) Battalion which provided men for all the serving Green Howard battalions. Towards the end of the war in actions against the Hindenberg Line Lt Grimsley was involved in a successful attack on the village of Beaurevoir carried out at 6-00 a.m. on October 5th 1918. The following day the battalion were pushing the line forward to the north of the village when Lt William Henry Grimsley was killed in action aged 27 on October 6th 1918. He is buried close to where he fell in Beaurevoir British Cemetery. " |
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Private Thomas Hill, 47998.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 17993 5th T R Battn. Son of Fred Hill, of 19, Holmes St., Westgate, Bradford, and the late Elizabeth Hill. Killed 6 October 1918. Aged 20. Enlisted Bradford. "UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS"
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Private Thomas Sinderson Humberstone,
235366. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 8944 Northumberland Fus. Son of William and Elizabeth Humberstone. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 21. Born Cleethorpes (Lincs), Enlisted Grimsby, Resided Cleethorpes. "PEACE PERFECT PEACE
AT REST" |
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Private Bertie Wilfred Theodore
Manning. 34269. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 249256 5th Labour Battn. Son of George and Matilda Frances Manning, of 10, Severn Terrace, Kirkley Run, Lowestoft. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 26. Born Lowestoft (Norfolk), Enlisted Lowestoft. |
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Private Norman Neil. 16172.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 October 1918. Born Horden, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Easington Colliery. |
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Lieutenant Charles Read. 1st/2nd Battalion attached to the 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 5 October 1918. The following notes on Lieutenant Read are found in Robert Coulson's biographies of Yorkshire Regiment Officers killed in the war;- "Charles Read first served in the ranks of the Royal Fusiliers before gaining his commission and joining the Yorkshire regiment. The 9th battalion returned from the Italian front in September of 1918 and assembled at St Riquier near Abbeville. Towards the end of the month they moved to the area of Maricourt and Lt Read and the battalion were in action against the German positions on the Hindenburg Line. On October 4th 1918 orders were received to attack and sieze the village of Beaurevoir and the high ground beyond it. On October 5th at 6-00am Lt Read led “D” company into the attack on the village where bitter fighting went on all day but by evening Beaurevoir had been taken. Lt Charles Read was killed in this action on October 5th 1918 and is buried close to where he fell in Beaurevoir British Cemetery just east of Le Catelet." The only other information on Lieutenant Read available so far is from the National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) in which Charles Read, of Brynholme Street, Roundhay, Leeds, died 5 October 1918, left £815 / 3s / 5d to a William Read, clothier. |
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Private Sylvester Smith. 34287.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 19010 Scottish Rifles. Killed 5 October 1918. Born Aberdeen, Enlisted Aberdeen. |
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Corporal Frederick Turner.
235478. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5339 Durham L I. Son of Charlie and Fanny Turner, of Winton; husband of Alice Maud Turner, of 42, Parker Road, Winton, Bournemouth. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 34. Born Netley (Hants), Enlisted Bournemouth, Resided Winton. |
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Private Preston Young. 91980.
13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 13828 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 October 1918. Born Whitburn (Sunderland), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Grangetown. |
Beaurevoir
British Cemetery (2)
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)