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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Cambrin Military Cemetery (France, Pas de Calais) |
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Cambrin Military Cemetery (1)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
At one time, the village of Cambrin housed brigade headquarters but until the end of the First World War, it was only about 800 metres from the front line trenches. The village contains two cemeteries used for Commonwealth burials; the churchyard extension, taken over from French troops in May 1915, and the Military Cemetery "behind the Mayor's House."
Cambrin Military Cemetery, often called Cambrin Chateau Cemetery, was begun in February 1915 and used as a front line cemetery until December 1918. It contains many graves of the Battle of Loos and in row D there are buried 57 officers and men of the 1st King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on the first day of the battle, 25 September 1915
Cambrin Military Cemetery contains 816 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Amongst the graves in Cambrin Military Cemetery are 10 for soldiers who
served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
To view a larger version of a headstone photo which opens in a new window,
below, select the thumbnail image.
We are very grateful to Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) who has provided photos of the cemetery and the headstones and to Tom Wheeldon for two photos of the headstones of former soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment.
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Corporal Clement Charlesworth. 10535.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph Barron Charlesworth and Annie Charlesworth, of 50, Clough St., Morley, Yorks. Killed 23 January 1918. Aged 21. Born Morley (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Morley. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private William Andrew Hodges, 19135. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Catherine and the late Alfred Hodges, of 7, Stanley View, Colton Rd., Armley, Leeds. Killed 24 April 1918. Aged 21. Born Dulwich (London), Enlisted Leeds. "EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS" Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private William Waddington Holdsworth,
27086. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Arthur and Clara A. Holdsworth, of Beggarington, Hartshead, Liversedge, Yorks. Killed 24 April 1918. Aged 22. Born Hipperholme (Yorks), Enlisted Heckmondwike, Resided Beggarington. " DUTY NOBLY DONE" |
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Private James Ward Kirkman, 41960.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 159901 R F A. Husband of Elizabeth Ann Kirkman, of 127, Seymour St., Chorley, Lancs. Killed 28 March 1918. Aged 32. Born Chorley (Lancs), Enlisted Chorley. "UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS" Private Kirkman's mame was originally incorrectly shown on the headstone as "Kirkmam". This was reported to the CWGC, and the "typo" was swiftly corrected on the headstone. |
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Sapper Thomas Patton. 82220. 170th Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers, formerly 17519 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 August 1915. Born Wingate (Co. Durham), Enlisted North Shields (Northumberland). (further, and fuller, biographical information on Thomas Patton may be found on the Northumbria World War One website.) Photo : Tom Wheeldon |
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Private Andrew Rogers. 20075. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 4 February 1918. Born Workington (Cumberland), Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Corporal Joseph Thomas. 3/7450. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 22 February 1918. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Willie Ward. 29483. 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry, formerly 23648 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Mary Elizabeth Ward, of Rotherham. Killed 2 September 1917. Aged 29. Enlisted Sheffield (Yorks), Resided Rotherham (Yorks). Photo by len of the Find a Grave website |
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Serjeant William Harold White. P/46759. Mechanic, 103rd Sqdn Royal Air Force, - formerly in the 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, and formerly 5/37834 10th T R Battn. Son of Sidney William and Elizabeth White, of 15, Broomfield Crescent, Headingley, Leeds. Died 25 October 1918. Aged 20. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. "FAREWELL DEAR SON TILL MORNING BREAKS & SHADOWS FLEE AWAY" Photo : Tom Wheeldon |
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Private James Wilson. 16409. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 March 1918. Born Durham, Enlisted Durham. From the register of soldiers effects, James Wilsom's sole legatee was his mother, Isabella. From the 1911 census, Isabella Wilson and James Wilson's address was 53, Hedley Hill, Cornsay, Durham. James Wlson aged 17 was a Pony Driver in a coal mine.) (SDGW gives date of death as 28/03/1918 ; GH Gazette database puts year of death as 1916). Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
Cambrin Military Cemetery (2)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Cambrin Military Cemetery (3)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)