Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, - Berlin South-Western Cemetery (Brandenburg, Germany)

Berlin South-Western Cemetery (1)
Photo : Commonwealth War Graves Commission

In 1922-23 it was decided that the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died all over Germany should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries. Berlin South-Western was one of those chosen and in 1924-25, graves were brought into the cemetery from 146 burial grounds in eastern Germany.

There are now 1,176 First World War servicemen buried or commemorated in the Commonwealth plot at Berlin South-Western Cemetery. The total includes special memorials to a number of casualties buried in other cemeteries in Germany whose graves could not be found.

The following cemeteries are among those from which graves were brought to Berlin South-Western Cemetery:-

ALTDAMM PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY.
BUDEROSE PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY.
CROSSEN PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY.
DOBERITZ PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY.
HASENHEIDE GARRISON CEMETERY.
HEILSBERG PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY.
KLEIN WITTENBERG OLD CEMETERY; the NEW (or PRISONERS OF WAR) CEMETERY; and WITTENBERG OLD SMALL CEMETERY.
LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY.
MAGDEBURG MILITARY CEMETERY.
MERSEBURG TOWN CEMETERY and the PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY.
OPPELN TOWN CEMETERY.
SCHNEIDEMUHL PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY.
STARGARD PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY.
STENDAL PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY.
ZERBST (HEIDETOR) CEMETERY and the PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY.

Amongst the graves in Berlin South-Western Cemetery are 31 for soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.

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We are very grateful to Uwe Jenrich of the Find A Grave website who has provided photos of the headstones.

		Private Thomas William Barnes. 205010. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 11 November 1918. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

		Private Michael Bennett. 15720. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Catherine Bennett, of Grange Town; Husband of Catherine Bennett, of 57, Vaughan St., Grange Town, Yorks. Died 14 July 1918. Aged 32. Born Grangetown (Yorks), Enlisted South Bank, Resided Grangetown. "SILENT THOUGHTS A SECRET TEAR KEEP HIS MEMORY EVER DEAR"

		Private George William Bradley. 63195. 51st Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 32616 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 May 1918. Born Hull, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees.

		Private Frank Butler. 42281. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 42281 R F A. Son of John and Florence Butler, of 4, Lower Reddon St., Bideford, Devon. Killed 24 July 1918. Aged 27. Born Bideford, Enlisted Barnstaple, Resided Bideford (North Devon). "MAY GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST"

		Private Frederick James Cooke. 33919. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly S/4/109944 R A S C. Son of Henry Cooke; husband of Mary Elizabeth Rowley (formerly Cooke), of 12, Herbert St., Wolverhampton. Killed 3 November 1918. Aged 35. Born Walsall (Staffs), Enlisted Lichfield, Resided Blaken Hill (Wolverhampton).

		Private Clifford Day. 35592. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3869 Berkshire Yeomanry. Brother of Frederick T. Day, of 10, Curtis Grove, Wilford Rd., Nottingham. Died 7 September 1918. Aged 19. Born Headless Cross (Reditch), Enlisted Birmingham, Resided Wobheath (Reditch). "I REST BENEATH THE ALMIGHTY SHADE MY GRIEF EXPIRES MY TROUBLES CEASE"

		Private Joseph Ferguson. 30036. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 22794 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 June 1918. Born Fatfield (Co. Durham), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Sunderland.

		Corporal John Thomas V Grayson. 240896. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. M. Grayson, of Railway St., Rillington, Malton, Yorks. Died 8 May 1918. Aged 21. Born Bossall (Yorks), Enlisted Driffield, Resided Sledmere (Malton). "TO OUR LOVED ONE" The headstone refers to Corporal Grayson as "J V Grayson". However, the records do not show what the "V" stands for.

		Lance Corporal George William Green. 241836. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Ann Kirkup, of 12, Spencer St., Eldon Lane, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Born at West Hartlepool. Killed 4 September 1918. Aged 22. Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted Bishop Auckland, Resided Eldon Lane (Co. Durham). (Shown in SDGW as "William George Green") "DEATH AND DARKNESS AND THE TOMB ONLY WHISPER "TILL HE COME!""

		Private Ernest Ambrose Holmes, 48430. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly TR/5/71068 87th T R Battn. Son of John Ambrose and Eliza Holmes, of New St., Asfordby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Died 13 September 1918. Aged 19. Born Ashfordby (Leics), Enlisted Nottingham, Resided Upper Broughton. "REST IN PEACE"

		Private Walter James Hutchens, 9577. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 17 October 1918. Born New Barnet, Enlisted Woolwich, Resided Down (Nr. Orpington - Kent).

		Private Charles Robert James. 35758. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 238887 12th Yeomanry Cyclist Battn. Son of Charles and Fanny James, of Moor Court Lodge, Kington, Herefordshire. Killed 23 October 1918. Aged 19. Born Cuddlestone, Enlisted Birmingham, Resided Kingston (Hereford).

		Private George Thomas Janes. 79040. 1st/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 5346 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Ada Jane Janes, of 106, Cowper St., Luton, Beds. Killed 6 September 1918. Aged 41. Born Luton (Beds), Enlisted Luton. "A LOVING HUSBAND A FATHER KIND NO MORE ON EARTH YOUR LOVE I'LL FIND"

		Private Francis Meshach Jowett. 202703. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 28 October 1918. Born Burnley (Lancs), Enlisted Burnley.

		Private Henry John Kellett. 35408. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4/16960 Manchester Regt. Son of Richard and Mary Kellett, of 6, Wilton St., Heaton Park, Manchester. Died 2 October 1918. Aged 29. Born Windermere, Enlisted Manchester.

		Private Edward Cosgrove King, 48206. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly TR/5/110154 87th T R Battn. Died 16 November 1918. Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Fulwell.

		Private Herbert Harry Kinsman, 42388. 12th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 164276 R FA. Son of Henry and Thirza Kinsman, of 7, Strand, Bideford, Devon. Died 30 October 1918. Born Bideford (Devon), Enlisted Barnstaple, Resided Bideford.

		Private Charles Henry Marriott. 35726. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 38649 Hants Regt. Son of J. C. and Alice Ann Marriott, of 130, Adelaide Rd., St. Denys, Southampton. Killed 14 September 1918. Aged 19. Born Southampton, Enlisted Southampton.

		Private Benjamin Robinson. 204141. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 43904 Northumberland Fus. Son of Benjamin and Jane Robinson, of Burradon, Dudley, Northumberland; husband of Catherine R. Robinson, of 403, John Williamson St., South Shields, Co. Durham. Killed 3 November 1918. Aged 25. Born Burradon, Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne. "INTO THY HANDS O GOD I COME BELOVED HUSBAND OF CATHERINE R ROBINSON OF SOUTH SHIELDS"

		Private John James Rogers, 200473. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Ellen Rogers, of Middleton Tyas, Yorks. Killed on 23 October 1918. Aged 23. Born Greta Bridge (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Middleton Tyas. (shown in SDGW as "John James Rodgers") "IN LOVING MEMORY OF JIM PEACE PERFECT PEACE"

		Private Frank Thomas Scholefield. 35243. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35606 9th T R Battn. Son of John Edwin and Janet Scholefield, of 40, Radcliffe Lane, Pudsey, Leeds. Killed 26 August 1918. Aged 19. Born Molteno (Cape Colony), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Pudsey. "AT REST"

		Private Joseph Marmaduke Simpson. 48293. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly TR/5/11-346 87th T R Battn. Killed 20 September 1918. Born Walker (Northumberland), Enlisted Jarrow.

		Private Harry Smith. 241000. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Lancelot and Jane Smith, of 46, Town St., Old Malton, Malton, Yorks. Killed 3 July 1918. Aged 22. Enlisted Malton. "A DAILY THOUGHT AN EVERLASTING MEMORY"

		Private William Ernest Smith. 48059. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4/109493 RASC. Husband of Mrs. E. M. L. Wardle (formerly Smith), of Forest Farm Cottages, Hinckley Rd., Kirby Muxloe, Leicester. Died 5 October 1918. Aged 24. Born Winton (Malton), Enlisted Malton, Resided Hovingham. "REUNION OUR ABIDING HOPE MABEL"

		Private Ivor Spittle. 35367. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 62121 50th T R Battn. Son of John and Alice Spittle, of 16, Dynevor Rd., Skewen, Neath, Glam. Born at Netherton, Dudley, Worcs. Killed 29 May 1918. Aged 18. Born Netherton (Worcester), Enlisted Neath. "REST IN PEACE"

		Private Aaron Thorpe, 200301. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr Henry and Mrs J. A. Thorpe, of 32 Park St, Skelton-in-Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed on 1 September 1918. Aged 23. Born Newcastle, Enlisted Skelton (Yorks). "HE DID HIS DUTY"

		Private Thomas Scott Turnbull. 64719. 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 45542 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of David and Helen Turnbull, of Letham Hill, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland. Killed 12 November 1918. Aged 20. Born Newcastle-on-Tyne, Enlisted Doddington (Northumberland). "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"

		Private Walter Thomas Underwood. 35562. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 71276 Berkshire Regt. Died 17 September 1918. Born Oxford, Enlisted Reading. (Walter Thomas Underwood born in Oxford in Q1 1899. Therefore he would have been only 19 years old when he died, - as a Prisoner of War).

		Private Frank Ushaw. 43715. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 68307 D L I. Son of Mrs. A.M. Ushaw, of 12A, Alma Cottage, Skinner St., Whitby, Yorks. Killed 27 October 1918. Aged 19. Born Whitby, Enlisted Darlington. "HE LAID HIS BEST GIFT ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY HIS LIFE R.I.P"

		Lance Corporal George Arthur Watson. 39194. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of J. K. and the late Margaret Watson; husband of Margaret Arm (sic) Watson, of 25, Richard St., West Hartlepool. Killed 8 June 1918. Aged 32. Born Stockton, Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided 36 Dalton Street, West Hartlepool. "EVER LOVED AND REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE AND LITTLE SON"

Private Harold Wright. 201286. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Wright, of The Nagg's Head Inn, Northallerton, Yorks, and the late William Wright. Killed 22 October 1918. Aged 25. Enlisted Northallerton. "LOVING HIM DEARLY HIS MEMORY WE'LL KEEP"

Berlin South-Western Cemetery (2)
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Berlin South-Western Cemetery (3)
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