Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, - Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux (France)

Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux (France) - 1
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>).

Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux (France) - 2
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)

The cemetery now contains 1,901 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 168 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 23 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Three of these are from the Yorkshire Regiment ("Known to be Buried in this Cemetery" and "Believed to be Buried in this Cemetery").

One unique grave is that of Private Joseph Standing Buffalo of the 78th Battalion Canadian Infantry. Private Standing Buffalo was the great grandson of Chief Sitting Bull of the Battle of Little Big Horn.

Amongst the graves are 28 for identified soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.

We are extremely grateful to Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) who has generously provided the photographs on this page, together with photographs by Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>).

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		Private Samuel Anderson, 45954. 11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 23451 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Anderson, of Middlestone Moor, Spennymoor; husband of E. W. Storey (formerly Anderson), of 18, Low Albion St., Witton Park, Co. Durham. Killed 27 November 1917. Aged 20. Born Spennymoor (Durham), Enlisted Spennymoor.

		Private William Henry Boynton, 201229. 1st/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Wilson Boynton and Jane Boynton, of Wains Yard, Market Place, Thirsk. Killed 9 September 1917. Aged 20. Enlisted Thirsk.

		Private John Catterson. 201782. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Hannah Catterson, of The Fever Hospital, Blackburn. Native of Middlesbrough. Died 13 August 1917. Aged 25. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Grange-on-the-Green. "GLORY GUARDS WITH WATCHING MIND"

		Private Bertie George Chaplin, 235639. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 2035 Essex Regiment. Son of Abraham Robert and Agnes Gertrude Chaplin, of Oxford Rd., Mistley, Manningtree, Essex. Killed 30 September 1918. Aged 19. Born Mistley (Colchester - Essex), Enlisted Manningtree, Resided Mistley. "THY WILL BE DONE" Private Chaplin shares a headstone with a soldier (Lance Corporal A Bushfield) of the Canadian Mounted Rifles.

		Private Joseph Conway. 201746. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 5 September 1917. Born Blythe, Enlisted Middlesbrough. (SDGW and Green Howards database have regimental no as 201748)

		Private Thomas Laurie Dooley. 3/7898. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Laura Ann Dooley, of Bradford, Yorks. Killed 9 April 1917. Aged 19. Born Bradford, Enlisted Halifax, Resided Undercliffe (Bradford). "REST AND PEACE"

		Private John Fenwick. 11627. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 April 1917. Born South Shields, Enlisted South Shields, Resided East Jarrow. (Private Fenwick's headstone states that he is "Known to be Buried in this Cemetery")

		Serjeant Albert Goldsborough. 36194. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 10070 West Riding Regt. Killed 9 April 1917. Born Swinton (Rotherham), Enlisted Halifax, Resided Rotherham (Yorks). "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" (Serjeant Goldsborough's headstone states that he is "Known to be Buried in this Cemetery")

		Private Alfred John Hall. 42353. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 164270 RFA. Killed 2 April 1917. Born Cheltenham, Enlisted Cheltenham.

		Private John Robert Hodgson. 243303. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Harriet Hodgson, of Middlesbrough. Died 24 April 1917. Aged 19. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. "HIS NAME IS WRITTEN IN LETTERS OF GOLD ON A SISTER'S HEART AT HOME"

		Private Francis Robert Howling. 24566. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Esther Ann Howling, of 12, Bargate St., Newport Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 24 April 1917. Aged 23. Born Newcastle, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

		Private Stephen Kenny. 36312. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 23828 14th Reserve Cavalry. Killed 2 April 1917. Born Birmingham, Enlisted Coventry.

		Corporal William Ernest Knight, 9550. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William James and Sarah Jane Knight, of York House, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Died of wounds 25 April 1917. Aged 23. Born Plymouth, Enlisted York, Resided Matlock (Bath). "A CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOREVER ENGLAND"

		Private Vincent Harold Marson, 243463. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds 25 April 1917. Born Beverley (Yorks), Enlisted Beverley.

		Corporal Andrew McQueeney, 10066. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 9 April 1917. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Thornaby-on-Tees.

		Private Fred Nixon, 23512. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 2 April 1917. Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.

		Corporal William Frederick Pattison, 200119. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 24 April 1917. Born Birkby (Yorks), Enlisted Thirsk.

		Private Samuel Percy Peck. 29810. 6th (Pioneer) Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 243820 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Louie Peck, of 26, Brookfield Rd., Arnold, Notts. Killed 27 October 1918. Born Arnold (Notts), Enlisted Hucknall, Resided Arnold. "THY WILL BE DONE"

		Private William Raistrick. 235211. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Mary Ann Raistrick, of Baildon, Yorks; husband of Janet Raistrick, of Union St., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 25 July 1917. Aged 28. Born Baildon, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

		Private Alfred James Sample, 26614. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward James Sample, of Ormesby, Yorks. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged 29. Born Ormesby, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

		Private Trevor Rendle Saunders, 203451. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 October 1918. Born Cardiff, Enlisted Cardiff. Private Saunders shares a headstone with a soldier (Lance Serjeant W Maben) of the Canadian Infantry.

		Lance Serjeant John William Seaman, 10010. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Harriet Seaman, of 110, King James St., Walkley, Sheffield. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged 22. Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield.

		Serjeant Henry Smith, 6241. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 2 April 1917. Born Bermondsey (London), Enlisted Hounslow, Resided Sheffield.

		Private Raylton Simpson, 200298. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Elizabeth Simpson, of 2, Primrose Terrace, Brompton, Northallerton. Killed 24 April 1917. Aged 21. Born Eppleby (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Brompton.

		Private Robert William Stainsby. 52302. 1st/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, formerly 45451 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 October 1918. Born Middlesborough (Yorks), Enlisted Saltburn-By-Sea (Yorks), Resided Redcar.

		Private John Robert Stephenson, 36727. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert Stephenson, of Falsgrave, Scarborough; husband of Minnie Stephenson, of 21, Park Rd., Scarborough. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged 37. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.

		Lance Corporal Arthur Sydney Traynor, 36293. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 22449 Rast Yorks Regt. Killed 2 April 1917. Born Whitehaven (Cumberland), Enlisted Hull. L/Cpl Traynor's headstone is marked "Believed to be.."

		Lance Corporal George Thomas Waddington, 241562. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917. Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Raskelf (Easingwold).

Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux (France)
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)

The grave of an Unknown Soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment in Bucquoy Road Cemetery
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)

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