Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, - Bolton (Heaton) Cemetery

Bolton (Heaton) Cemetery contains 214 burials from both World Wars, - 135 from the First World War and 79 from the Second World War.

One burial is that of a soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment.

We are very grateful to Mike Berrell for the photographs of the headstone and the part of the Bolton (Heaton) Cemetery in which this soldier is interred.

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Private William Prince. 6541. 2/5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Ellen Schofield, of 9, Ryley St., Deane Rd., Bolton. Died at home 26 January 1917. Aged 34. Enlisted Royton (Lancs).

Private Prince's Headstone (left of centre) in Bolton (Heaton) Cemetery.
Photo : Mike Berrell

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