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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Hargicourt British Cemetery (France, Aisne) |
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Hargicourt
British Cemetery
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)
Hargicourt was occupied by British troops in April 1917, lost on the 21st March 1918, and recaptured by Australian troops on the 18th September 1918.
Hargicourt British Cemetery was begun in May 1917, and used by fighting units until March 1918; some further burials were made in September and October 1918, and three British graves were brought in after the Armistice from HARGICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION. It was largely used by the 34th Division, under the name of Hargicourt Quarry Cemetery (derived from the quarry across the railway line).
There are now over 300, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this cemetery. Of these, over 30 are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a United Kingdom soldier known to be buried among them.
The British Cemetery covers an area of 2,151 square metres and is enclosed by a flint and stone wall.
Four soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are buried here.
We are extremely grateful to Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) who has generously provided the photographs of the headstones and the cemetery.
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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Private John Robert Coulthard.
23904. 12th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Mary Coulthard, of The Square, Westgate-in-Weardale, Co. Durham. Killed 10 September 1917. Aged 26. Born Westgate (Weardale - Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Stockton. "A DUTIFUL SON"
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Private Herbert Lethbridge.
20137. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mrs. A. Neat (formerly Lethbridge), of 22, Marton Burn Rd., Grove Hill, Middlesbrough. Died 2 September 1917. Aged 25. Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Middlesbrough. "PEACE PERFECT PEACE"
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Private Herbert Stangroom. 20139.
12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Maud Alice Gray (formerly Stangroom), of 304, Cannon St., Middlesbrough. Native of Leeds. Died 10 September 1917. Aged 44. Born Leeds, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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2nd Lieutenant Edgar Temple.
West Yorkshire Regiment, attached to the 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of R. Botham Temple and Julia Temple, of 82, Braybrooke Rd., Hastings. Killed 10 September 1917. Aged 24. (from the 12th Battalion War Diary Lieutenant Temple was killed on 8 September 1917. There were 9 casualties that day, and 2 other soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment are buried in the same cemetery, - also "killed 10 September 1917". Lieutenant Temple had served with the Yorkshire Regiment from May 1916, when it first arrived in France. Ref. GH Gazette database.) |