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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension (Aisne, France) |
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Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension (1)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
The Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension was made after the Armistice for the burial of remains brought in from the battlefields of the Aisne and from smaller cemeteries in the surrounding countryside.
There are just over 1,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. The majority of them died in 1918; most of the rest died in September, 1914. Included the total figure are 6 soldiers of the United Kingdom whose identity had been established with reasonable, but not absolute certainty and who are commemorated by special memorial headstones bearing the superscription 'Believed to be', and 26 soldiers of the United Kingdom and 5 of Canada whose graves could be identified collectively but not individually and who are commemorated by special memorial headstones bearing the superscription 'Buried near this spot'.
There are also 26 soldiers of the United Kingdom who are commemorated in the cemetery as follows: 22 who were buried at the time in MENNESSIS and PREMONTRE Communal cemeteries and in the former German cemeteries at Crecy-sur-Serre, Villequier-Aumont, Versigny, Couchy-le-Chateau, Fourdrain and Suzy and whose graves are lost are commemorated by special memorial headstones inscribed to that effect, with the additional inscription 'Their glory shall not be blotted out'; 3 are commemorated by special memorial headstones bearing the superscription 'Believed to be buried in this cemetery'; and one, whose grave is known to be in the cemetery although the exact place of burial could not be established, is commemorated by a special memorial headstone inscribed 'Buried in this cemetery'.
Amongst the graves are those of 13 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are very grateful to Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) for having taken the photos of the cemetery and the Yorkshire Regiment headstones.
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Private Fred Briggs. 34776.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly TR/5/14041 4th T R Battn. Son of George and Annie Briggs, of 12 Cottage Beck Rd., New Brumby, Lincolnshire. Killed 16 September 1918. Aged 19. Born Broomby (Lincs), Enlisted Scunthorpe. "DEATH DIVIDES
BUT MEMORY CLINGS" |
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Private Patrick Casey. 35665.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 27218 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Killed 27 September 1918. Born Templemore (Londonderry), Enlisted Londonderry. |
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Private Charles Darling. 30728.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late John Darling and of Mary Darling, 20 Commercial St., Scarborough, Yorkshire. Killed 14 September 1918. Aged 38. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough. |
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Private Alfred Henry Edmond.
240230. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Harriet Edmond; brother of Alice Edmond, of 14 Wansford Rd., Driffield, Yorkshire. Killed 2 September 1918. Aged 24. Born Driffield, Enlisted Driffield. |
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Private Albert Edmund Guiver.
34918.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 51695 Welsh Regt. Son of the late Henry and Susan Guiver; brother of Miss A. A. Guiver, of 3 Chargeable Lane, Plaistow, Essex. Killed 5 August 1918. Aged 30. Born Burstard (Essex), Enlisted Stratford, Resided Plaistow. "NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPETH"
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Private Fred Halliday, 38168.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Halliday, of 38 York St., Bingley, Yorkshire. Killed 22 August 1918. Aged 32. Born Shipley (Yorks), Enlisted Bingley. "AT REST"
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Private Edward Charles Manders.
42404. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 164223 R F A. Killed 21 August 1918. Enlisted Tewkesbury (Beckford). |
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Private Reginald Cyril Brett Martin.
35711.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 38658 Hants Regt. Son of Henry Charles and Malvina Martin, of Bournemouth, Hampshire; husband of Ellen Mary Martin, of "Hayton", Grove Ave., Yeovil, Somerset. Killed 14 August 1918. Aged 40. Born Bournemouth, Enlisted Bournemouth. "CALLED AND CHOSEN
AND FAITHFUL REV 17. 14" |
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Private Richard Moody. 240684. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jane Moody, of High St., Napperton, Driffield, Yorkshire. Killed 17 September 1918. Aged 21. Born Carnaby (Bridlington), Enlisted Bridlington, Resided Carnaby. |
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Private Thomas Robert Musgrave.
35608.
4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3946 Berks Yeomanry. Son of Elizabeth Musgrave, of 100 Oxford St., Totterdown, Bristol. Killed 7 September 1918. Aged 19. Born Totterdown (Bristol), Enlisted Bristol, Resided Totterdown. "TOO GOOD IN LIFE
TO BE FORGOTTEN IN DEATH" |
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Private John George Ord. 34872.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 77558 91st T R Battn. Adopted son of Charlotte Scott, of 19 The Baulk, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Killed 28 August 1918. Aged 19. Born Skelton-in-Cleveland, Enlisted Retford, Resided Worksop. |
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Private Sidney James Side. 202883.
4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Annie Side, of 1 Teal St., Warrenby, Redcar, Yorkshire. Killed 10 September 1918. Aged 20. Born Castleton (Yorks), Enlisted Stockton, Resided Maltby. "DEATH DIVIDES
BUT MEMORY CLINGS" |
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Private Harry Smith. 35742. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 236376 12th Loucester Yeo. Cyclist Battn. Killed 13 September 1918. Born Laverton (Glos), Enlisted Cheltenham, Resided Laverton (Near Broadway - Worcester). |
Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension (2)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension (3)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)