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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Hinderwell Cemetery |
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Hinderwell
Cemetery - 1 (February 2020)
Showing the information board, on which are described the 8 graves of First
World War soldiers.
Photo : Hazel & Keith Hickman (<hickman379@btinternet.com>)
Hinderwell Cemetery contains 14 Commonwealth War Graves from both World Wars. 8 of these graves are for soldiers of the First World War, including three who served with the Yorkshire Regiment. 6 of the graves are for service personnel of the Second World War, including one female.
When visited in June 2011, the plot where two of the Yorkshire Regiment graves are located was in very poor condition, - completely overgrown and many graves broken and hidden. However, the cemetery has subsequently been tidied-up and some of the toppled headstones restored. (Ref : Hazel Hickman (<hickman379@btinternet.com>).
Haze Hickman has provided an account of the cemetery, for which see below.
 
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Private Sanderson Cole. 23945. 14th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Sarah Cole, of Church St., Staithes, Yorks. Died at home 27 December 1915. Aged 22. Born Staithes, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby. The inscription on the Cole family headstone reads;- "Pte Sanderson Cole, beloved son of William & Sarah Cole, who died at Ripon Dec 27 1915 aged 22 years. Died doing his duty. Peace Perfect Peace. Also William, beloved husband of Sarah Cole, who was drowned at sea....." To view larger sized images of the headstones (left), click on the thumbnail. Close the window that opens to return to this page. Photos : Edward Nicholl |
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Private Herbert Thomas Dunn. 206411. Labour Corps, formerly 22836 of the Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home 28 November 1917. Born Staithes (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby (Yorks), Resided Staithes (Yorks). To view a larger sized image of the headstone (left), click on the thumbnail. Close the window that opens to return to this page. Photo : Edward Nicholl |
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Sapper Thomas Hick. 96998. Royal Engineers, formerly 17890 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Zachariah and Mary Hick, of Melville House, High St., Staithes, Yorks. Died at home 16 July 1918. Aged 30. Born Staithes (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby (Yorks). "IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE / OF / THOMAS, THE BELOVED SON OF ZACHARIAH & MARY HICK / OF STAITHES WHO DIED JULY 16TH 1918 AGED 30 YEARS HE BORE GREAT PAIN, HE BORE IT WELL, BUT WHAT HE SUFFERED NONE CAN TELL. PEACEFULLY SLEEPING RESTING AT LAST LIFE'S WEARY PAINS AND SUFFERINGS ARE PAST ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED / ZACHARIAH WHO DIED NOV 9TH 1927 / AGED 62 YEARS RESTING IN PEACE ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED / MARY WHO DIED JAN 1ST 1946 AGED 80 YEARS. RE-UNITED" The Hick family headstone is almost immediately behind the headstone for Private Dunn. Select either of the thumbnail images on the left to open a larger sized image in a new window. Photos : Edward Nicholl |
Hinderwell Cemetery - 2 (February 2020)
Photo : Hazel & Keith Hickman (<hickman379@btinternet.com>)
Hinderwell
Cemetery, - the WW1 burial plot (June 2011). The grave of Private Dunn is
on the right; Private Cole's on the extreme left.
Photo : Edward Nicholl
Hinderwell Cemetery (June 2011), - view across towards the Boulby Potash Mine.
Photo : Edward Nicholl
Hinderwell Cemetery is on sloping site which is centred around the original 1829 Chapel Hill Cemetery which is slightly raised and surrounded by a low natural stone wall.
Hinderwell Cemetery is well-maintained and in late Winter it is covered with
swathes of naturalised daffodils, primroses and snowdrops. There are wide-open
views from the Cemetery towards Staithes, Roxby and Boulby Cliff which is
the highest cliff on the North East Coast.
There are three WW1 Yorkshire Regiment graves on the West Side of Low Cemetery
to the East of Chapel Hill Cemetery.
There is a display board at the entrance to Low Cemetery that clearly delineates
the First World War burial plot. The display board has photographs of each
of the eight graves and shows their precise locations including the Yorkshire
Regiment’s graves of Private Sanderson Cole, Private Herbert Thomas
Dunn and Sapper Thomas Hick.
There are six Commonwealth Second World War graves in Top Cemetery which is
to the North of Chapel Hill Cemetery.
The six graves include two army personnel, three members of the Royal Aid Force Volunteers and one woman who served with the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force.