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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Caudry British Cemetery (France, Nord) |
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Caudry British Cemetery
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)
Caudry town was the scene of part of the Battle of Le Cateau on the 26th August 1914, and from that date it remained in German hands until the 10th October 1918, when it was captured by the 37th Division. It had been a German centre for medical units, and during October 1918 and the following five months the 21st, 3rd, 19th and 49th Casualty Clearing Stations passed through it.
The British Cemetery (originally called the German Cemetery Extension) was begun in October 1918 by the New Zealand Division and carried on by the Casualty Clearing Stations. It was completed after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the German Cemetery and from one other cemetery.
The bodies of two French soldiers and one Italian were removed to other burial grounds after the war.
There are now over 700, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 50 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to four soldiers and one airman from the United Kingdom known to be buried among them. Another special memorial records the name of a soldier from the United Kingdom, buried in FONTAINE-AU-PIRE Communal Cemetery, whose grave could not be found.
The cemetery covers an area of 2,770 square metres and is enclosed partly by a rubble wall.
Amongst the graves are those of 3 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are extremely grateful to Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) who has generously provided the photographs of the cemetery and headstones on this page.
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Private Ernest Binns, 41866.
2nd Battalion King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), formerly 22899 Yorkshire Regiment. Died 20 November 1918. Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private Walter Knaggs Duck, MM.
100016.
4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, formerly 15514 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Matthew and Emily Jane Duck, of Ravenscar, Scarborough. Killed 4 November 1918. Aged 29. Born Ravenscar (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Scarborough. "HE GAVE HIS LIFE
FOR HIS COUNTRY" |
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Private Edward Francis Howlett-Turner,
59217. 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 37567 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. J. P. and Mrs. E. F. Turner; husband of E. C. Howlett-Turner, of 100, Kent St., Great Grimsby, Lincs. Born in London. Killed 8 November 1918. Aged 35. Born Millwall (Middx.), Enlisted Grimsby. |