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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz |
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Flatiron
Copse Cemetery, Mametz - 1
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Flatiron Copse was the name given by the army to a small plantation a little to the east of Mametz Wood. The ground was taken by the 3rd and 7th Divisions on 14 July 1916 and an advanced dressing station was established at the copse. The cemetery was begun later that month and it remained in use until April 1917. Two further burials were made in August 1918 and after the Armistice, more than 1,100 graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields and from smaller cemeteries.
Almost all the concentrated graves are those of men who died in the summer and autumn of 1916. There are now 1,572 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 420 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 36 casualties known or believed to be buried among them, and nine buried in Mametz Wood Cemetery whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
18 identified soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment are buried in this cemetery.
Gravestone photos are by Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>, Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) and Tom Wheldon.
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Private Thompson Allinson, 2379.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 September 1916. Enlisted Marske, Resided Richmond (Yorks) (SDGW has Regtl No as 2394, as does Green Howards Gazette) Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Lance Corporal Thomas Brown.
23500. 150th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 2450 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 September 1916. Born Winston, Enlisted Northallerton.
"BELIEVED TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY"
"THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) and Tom Wheldon |
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Private Harold Collinson. 1545.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 September 1916. Born Driffield, Enlisted Driffield. Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private Clarence William Elliott.
4209. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 September 1916. Born Coatham (Yorks), Enlisted Redcar. Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Lieutenant William Featherstone.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Ann Featherstone, of Redcar; husband of Ella Featherstone, of 56, Newcomen Terrace, Redcar. Killed 13 September 1916. Aged 33. "COME UNTO ME
Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> ALL YE THAT LABOUR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST" |
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Private Thomas Arthur Goldby,
3159. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Goldby, of Sykes House, Mount Pleasant, Carlin How; husband of Rachel Goldby, of 5, Ings Lane, Brotton, Yorks. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 27. Born Carlin How (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Carlin How. "TO LIVE IN HEARTS
Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE" |
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Private Thomas Gray. 1258. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 September 1916. Aged 20. Born Bridlington, Enlisted Bridlington. (Shown as "T Gray" in both CWGC and SDGW, and as "Edward Thomas Gray" in "The Great War Heroes of Bridlington" by Bonnett & Wilson. However, he was baptised "Thomas Edward Gray" in Q1 1896.) |
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Private George Hopwood. 3164.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Harriet Gatus, of Youlton Lodge, Tollerton, York. Killed 12 September 1916. Aged 20. Enlisted Darlington, Resided Askham Richard (Yorks). Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private William James Hornsey.
2081. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Sophia Hornsey, of Brook Lodge, Norton, Malton, Yorks. Killed 12 September 1916. Aged 21. Born Norton (Malton), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Norton (Malton). "ALSO IN MEMORY OF
2827 PRIVATE M. HORNSEY 5TH BN. YORKSHIRE REGIMENT 15TH SEPTEMBER 1916" Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private Thomas Jones. 6748.
10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 July 1916. Born Shipley (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Cowes (Isle of Wight). Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private Thomas Johnson Mainprize.
3965. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 September 1916. Enlisted Scarborough. Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Lieutenant Colonel James Mortimer,
CMG . 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Robert and Matilda Mortimer; husband of Dora Mortimer, of Grove Cottage, Driffield, Yorks. Born at Driffield. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 45. "LAETUS SORTE MEA"
Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private Albert Nelmes. 3231.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Samuel and Louisa Nelmes, of 2, Zetland Terrace, New Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorks. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 20. Enlisted Skelton, Resided New Marske. "A YOUNG LIFE NOBLY ENDED"
Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private George Nicholson, 4021.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 12 September 1916. Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Thornaby. Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private Harry Pickersgill. 1714.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 September 1916. Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond. Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Lance Corporal Herbert Robson,
1224. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Sarah W. Short, of 18, Londesborough St., Hull. Born at Replingham, Yorks. Killed on 11 September 1916. Aged 21. Born South Cave Riplingham (Yorks), Enlisted Driffield, Resided Hull. Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private Charles Edwin Stonehouse,
3476. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of David and Jane Stonehouse, of North Dalton, Driffield. Killed on 11 September 1916. Aged 31. Enlisted North Dalton, Resided Dalton (Driffield). Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Captain Frank Woodcock. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth J. Woodcock, of Grove Cottage, Great Driffield, Yorks. Killed on 15 September 1916. Aged 22. "IT'S A GREAT THING TO DIE FOR ENGLAND BRAVE YOUNG ENGLISH BOY" Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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The
Headstones of Two Brothers, Both Killed on the Same Day
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Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) and Tom Wheldon.
Flatiron
Copse Cemetery, Mametz - 2
Photo : Commonwealth
War Graves Commission