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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun (Pas de Calais, France) |
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Duisans British Cemetery (1)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
The area around Duisans was occupied by Commonwealth forces from March 1916, but it was not until February 1917 that the site of this cemetery was selected for the 8th Casualty Clearing Station. The first burials took place in March and from the beginning of April the cemetery grew very quickly, with burials being made from the 8th Casualty Clearing Station (until April 1918), the 19th (until March 1918), and the 41st (until July 1917).
Most of the graves relate to the Battles of Arras in 1917, and the trench warfare that followed. From May to August 1918, the cemetery was used by divisions and smaller fighting units for burials from the front line. In the Autumn of 1918 the 23rd, 1st Canadian and 4th Canadian Clearing Stations remained at Duisans for two months, and the 7th was there from November 1918 to November 1920.
There are now 3,205 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated at Duisans British Cemetery. There are also 88 German war graves.
Amongst the graves are those of 26 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are very grateful to Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) and Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>for having taken the photos of the cemetery and the Yorkshire Regiment headstones.
Click on the thumbnail image of a headstone for a larger version of the photo which opens in a new window.
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Lance Corporal Arthur Armitage.
29126. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas William and Mary Jane Armitage, of 30, Smithy Lane, Moldgreen, Huddersfield. Killed 22 July 1917. Aged 24. Born Moldgreen (Huddersfield), Enlisted Huddersfield, Resided Moldgreen. |
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Private John Bell. 39202. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 24 July 1917. Born Durham, Enlisted South Shields. |
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Private Robert Britton. 39469.
14th (2nd Barnsley) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. Formerly (24058) Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Ellen Britton, of 4, Lowthian Terrace, Port Clarence, Middlesbrough. Died 2 July 1917. Aged 22. Born Stockton, Enlisted Richmond, Resided Stockton. "PEACE PERFECT PEACE"
Photo : David Roy <info@islandinvestigationspennine.co.uk> |
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Lance Corporal George Oswald Campbell,
10994. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Edith Campbell, of 78, Roseberry View, Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorks. Killed on 25 April 1917. Aged 22. Born Chesterfield (Derbyshire), Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees. |
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Lance Corporal Arthur Cawkwell, MM.
17878. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Fred and Annie Cawkwell, of 33, North St., Hull. Killed 30 September 1918. Aged 24. Born Hull, Enlisted Aldershot, Resided Bedale (Yorks) |
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Lance Corporal James Cordingley. 15890. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Sarah Alice Cordingley, of 155, Ashton Rd., Newton, Hyde, Cheshire. Killed 28 September 1918. Aged 22. Born Hyde (Cheshire), Enlisted Hyde, Resided Newton (Hyde). |
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Private John Dean. 21087. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 April 1917. Born Elgin (Scotland), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Elgin. |
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Private Patrick Devlin. 241443/3772.
7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Patrick Devlin, of 16, Hard mar St., Middlesbrough. Died 23 April 1917. Enlisted Middlesbrough. (Note : address of "Hard mar St.," is as per the CWGC register. A search of the 1911 Census does not show any obvious alternative.) |
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Lance Corporal James Harold Dunn.
11484. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Esther Snow (formerly Dunn), of 21, Childers St., Middlesbrough. Died 9 July 1916. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private William Willie Forster.
39017. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Only son of J. H. and M. Forster, of Ivy Dene, Scalby, Scarborough. Killed 3 September 1917. Aged 25. Born Loftus (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough. |
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Private George Fuller. 260061. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Maud Fuller, of 9, Dyke St., St. George's St., Ipswich. Killed 25 May 1917. Aged 25. Born Ipswich, Enlisted Ipswich. |
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Private Thompson Garrett. 18272.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ingram and Martha Garrett, of 21, Low Downs Square, Hetton Downs, Co. Durham. Killed 12 June 1917. Aged 19. Born Walker-on-Tyne, Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton-le-Hole. |
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Private Frederick George Golden.
235239. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. S. E. Woodhouse, of Heath Cottage, Northrepps, Norwich. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 27. Born North Repps (Norfolk), Enlisted London, Resided North Repps. |
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Private Eric Humphreys, 235245. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Jane Humphreys, of 73, Cobden St., Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorks. Killed on 21 July 1917. Aged 19. Born Stockport, Enlisted Stockton, Resided Thornaby-on-Tees. (Shown as "Eric Humphries" in SDGW) |
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Private William Kemp, 17173.
7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Kemp, of 3, Front St., Carlin How, Yorks. Killed 26 April 1917. Aged 21. Born Carlin How, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Hinderwell (Yorks). |
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Private Isaac Lowery. 39164.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of W. Lowery, of Gowland Square, Wrekenton, Gateshead-on-Tyne. Killed 4 April 1917. Born Kimblesworth (Durham), Enlisted Gateshead, Resided Wrekenton. |
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Private Frederick James Newman,
41999. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 161814 RFA. Son of Fred. Newman, of 11, Pretoria Terrace, Alstone, Cheltenham. Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 21. Enlisted Cheltenham, Resided Alston. |
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Private Ambrose Parker. 38448.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Sarah Parker, of 10, Sugden Yard, Wakefield Rd., Brighouse, Yorks. Killed 24 April 1917. Aged 40. Born Brighouse (Yorks), Enlisted Brighouse. |
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Private Edward Bertie Pawsey,
11278. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Emma Pawsey, of Archway House, Gilling West, Richmond, Yorks. Killed on 30 September 1918. Aged 25. Born Gilling West, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks). |
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Lance Corporal John William Squires. 36310. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 843 East Yorks Regt. Killed 3 September 1917. Born Holy Trinity (Hull), Enlisted Hull. |
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Private Sydney Tucker, MM. 18036.
7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John R. and Mary Jane Tucker, of 44, Tennyson Avenue, Scarborough. Killed 24 April 1917. Aged 22. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough. |
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Private James Tyler. 29973. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 40574 Notts & Derby Regt. Son of Sarah Tyler, of Millthorpe, Falkingham, Lincs. Killed 26 May 1917. Born Pointon (Lincs), Enlisted Bourne, Resided Falkingham. (SDGW gives date of death as 26/05/1916, but GH Gazette database states 1917) |
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Private Percy Wensley. 27097. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Martha Ann Wensley, of 22, Church Lane, Robert Town, Liversedge, Yorks. Killed 3 September 1917. Aged 24. Born Brighouse (Yorks), Enlisted Heckmondwyke, Resided Liversedge. |
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Private Thomas Wilson. 16128. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas A. and Mary Diane Wilson, of 11, Westward St., Middlesbrough. Died 2 September 1917. Aged 25. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private William Wilson. 39203.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Nephew of Alice Smith, of 12, Byron St., South Shields. Killed 12 May 1917. Born South Shields, Enlisted Hull, Resided South Shields. (SDGW has date of death as 15/12/1915! GH Gazette database has above date for date of death) |
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Private Thomas Woodward. 40342.
8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 28523 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Elizabeth Jane Woodward, of 49, King's Rd., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, and the late Thomas Woodward. Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 37. Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough. "IN MEMORY OF THE BELOVED SON
OF T.& E.J.WOODWARD OF MIDDLESBROUGH" |
Duisans British Cemetery (2)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Duisans British Cemetery (3)
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