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Regiment War Graves, - Bettrechies Communal Cemetery ( France, Nord) |
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Bettrechies Communal Cemetery (1)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
This cemetery is within the area traversed by the British Expeditionary Force in August 1914, but was then occupied by the Germans until almost the end of the war.
Bettrechies Communal Cemetery contains 33 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, five of them unidentified. Of the 28 identified burials, 22 are of soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment. All of these men were killed on the same day (only 5 days before the war ended) in an action on the French-Belgian border, when the German forces were being pushed back.
We are extremely grateful to Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) who has generously provided the photographs on this page.
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Private Arthur Bateman.
235033.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Mary Bateman, of Battersea, London; husband of Emily Ellen Bateman, of 4, Dighton Rd., Wandsworth, London. Killed 6 November 1918. Aged 38. Born Battersea, Enlisted Kingston-on-Thames, Resided Wandsworth. |
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Private George Bell.
42045. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35917 DLI. Killed 6 November 1918. Born Tanfield, Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Burnopfield (Co. Durham). |
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Private John Laws Bell. 48453. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of David and Margaret Bell, of 3, Thistle St., Hebburn, Co. Durham. Killed 6 November 1918. Aged 33. Born Felling, Enlisted Hebburn. |
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Private Tom Harry Cope.
39170. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 November 1918. Born Skipton, Enlisted Stanley, Resided South Moor. (A photo and further details on Tom Cope can be found on http://www.cpgw.org.uk/viewDetail.cfm?sID=371-05&view=main) |
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Lance Corporal William Critchinson.
204031. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 November 1918. Born Leeming (Newton), Enlisted Richmond , Resided Leeming (Bedale). |
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Private James Dagger.
38802. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 November 1918. Born Preston (Lancs), Enlisted Preston. |
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Serjeant George Davison.
13016. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Denis Davison, of 12, Hospital Rd., Retford, Notts, and the late Arthur Davison. Killed 6 November 1918. Aged 25. Born Ryhope (Sunderland), Enlisted Ryhope. |
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Private John Henry Hague, 33557. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Barbara Hague, of Melcar Farm, Carlton, Snaith, Yorks. Killed 6 November 1918. Aged 33. Born Carlton (Yorks), Enlisted Goole, Resided Carlton. "THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS"
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Private Thomas Hunter. 45579. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Only son of Thomas and Ann Hunter, of Middlesbrough; husband of Daisy M. Johnston (formerly Hunter), of 12, Horsefield St., Middlesbrough. Died 6 November 1918. Aged 21. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private Thomas Jones.
41863. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 161862 R F A. Killed 6 November 1918. Born Oswestry (Salop), Enlisted Oswestry. |
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Private Thomas John Kelly, 35479.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3/46222 74th T R Battn. Son of Thomas and Annie Kelly, of Dolphin House, Brecon. Killed 6 November 1918. Aged 19. Born Welshpool (South Wales), Enlisted Bargoed (Glam), Resided Darran. (Shown in SDGW as "John Thomas Kelly") "IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST ONE OF THE BEST GOD GRANT HIM REST" |
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Private Albert Ernest
Lea. 41771.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 185026 R F A. Son of John and Ann Lea, of Smethwick, Staffs. Killed 6 November 1918. Aged 20. Born Smethwick, Enlisted Smethwick. "WHAT WERE MY SUFFERINGS
COMPARED UNTO THINE" |
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2nd Lieutenant Denis Leonard, MM. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 November 1918. |
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Private Matthew Lumsden, 19688. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 November 1918. Born Easington (Durham), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Old Penshaw (Fencehouses). |
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Private Lucien Vincent Mahdjoubian. 43685. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5/70929 87th T R Battn. Son of Vincent and Elise Mahdjoubian, of 9, St. Paul's Rd., Bradford. Killed 6 November 1918. Aged 19. Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford. "HAT VOLUNTAS TUA" |
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Private Robert Wilson
Muncaster. 14348.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Jessie Muncaster, of 78, Four Lane Ends, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 6 November 1918. Aged 26. Born Lanchester, Enlisted Durham. "ABIDE WITH ME"
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Private Albert Preston. 34139. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 33245 Cheshire Regt. Killed 6 November 1918. Born Hadfield (Derby), Enlisted Glossop, Resided Hadfield. |
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Lance Corporal Joseph
Reece. 203911.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Elizabeth M. Reece, of 26, Thomas St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, and the late Joseph Reece. Died 6 November 1918. Aged 25. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. "LOVED BY ALL"
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Private Jonathan Scott. 38302. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 November 1918. Born Wrekinton (Durham), Enlisted Newcastle. |
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Private William Smith. 35831. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly TR/10/2860 21st T R Battn. Killed 6 November 1918. Born Queen's (Middx), Enlisted Mill Hill, Resided Kilburn. |
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Corporal Francis William Thompson. 10470. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 November 1918. Born Bethnal Green, Enlisted Stratford, Resided London. |
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Serjeant Harry Winter. 20366.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Harriet Winter, of 40, Edgecombe St., Newland Avenue, Hull. Native of Peterborough. Killed 6 November 1918. Aged 41. Born Everingham (Yorks), Enlisted Hull. "DEARER TO MEMORY
THAN WORDS CAN TELL" |
Bettrechies Communal Cemetery (2)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)