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Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, France
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Christopher Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) visited the Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension. Christopher has kindly supplied photos of the cemetery and the graves of the men of the Yorkshire Regiment who are amongst those who are buried there. Below are Christopher's photos, and information on the men of the Yorkshire Regiment buried there are shown below them. One of the graves is Christopher's great-uncle, Private Frank Maltby.
The cemetery extension was begun by the 50th Division Burial Officer in April 1917 and was used by fighting units until the following November. Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension contains 140 burials of the First World War, seven of them unidentified.

There are 28 identified graves of men of the Yorkshire Regiment in this cemetery.

A view of the Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, showing the Cross of Sacrifice.
A view of the Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, showing the Cross of Sacrifice.
Photo by Christopher Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)

In the above photo graves can be identified in a high resoltuion copy of the image, thus;-
Centre row : Unknown - Unknown - Pte Maltby - Pte Hanson - Pte Moxon - Pte Harrod - then 8 Yorkshire Regiment graves.
In the rear row there are a number of adjoining Yorkshire Regiment graves.

Corporal John Andrews
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Corporal John Andrews. 240873. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917.
Enlisted Pocklington (Yorks).

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Private Frank Barrett. 203995. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 September 1917.
Born Grangetown, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Grangetown.
Private Tom Bowes
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Private Tom Bowes. 241426. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 September 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Benjamin Bry Boyes
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Private Benjamin Bry Boyes. 241132. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 July 1917.
Enlisted Sherburn, Resided Weaverthorpe.
Private Thomas Reginald Campbell
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Private Thomas Reginald Campbell. 241645. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 July 1917.
Born Nunnington, Enlisted Malton, Resided Nunnington.
Lance Corporal William Cockerill, MM
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Lance Corporal William Cockerill, MM. 240491. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. E. Wilson, of Bridge Cottages, West Ayton, Yorks. Killed 19 July 1917. Aged 22.
Born York, Enlisted Scarborough.
Private George Cottle
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Private George Cottle. 201660. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917.
Enlisted Guisborough.
Corporal John Henry Devlin
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Corporal John Henry Devlin. 240417. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John W. and Sarah J. Devlin, of 13, Bedford St., Scarborough. Killed 19 July 1917. Aged 20.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Private Frederick Diaper
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Private Frederick Diaper. 242154. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Swaffham (Norfolk), Enlisted Norwich, Resided Swaffham.
(Shown on CWGC register as "P Diaper"; Regtl No in SDGW = 242152. Not listed in Green Howards Gazette database.)
Private Alexander Dobson. 13938
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Private Alexander Dobson. 13938. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 July 1917.
Born Barneston (Durham), Enlisted Washington.

"BELIEVED TO BE"
Private William Ernest Dumbleton
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Private William Ernest Dumbleton. 260059. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Marie Holton, of Banbury, Oxon.; husband of Nellie Dumbleton, of 80, Honey Hill Rd., Bedford. Killed 19 July 1917. Aged 37.
Born Banbury (Oxfordshire), Enlisted Bedford.
Private Albert Fall
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Private Albert Fall. 202279. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4833 Northants Regiment. Son of Mr. G. F. and Mrs. M. N. Fall, of 46, Melbourne St., Wellingborough Rd., Northampton. Killed 13 July 1917. Aged 29.
Born Hackney (London), Enlisted Northampton.
Private Charles Henry Frow.
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Private Charles Henry Frow. 241773. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 145111 R F A. Husband of Harriet Frow, of 44, Promenade, Bridlington, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 29.
Enlisted Doncaster.
Private Edgar Fussey
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Private Edgar Fussey. 240419. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 July 1917.
Born Swanland (Hull), Enlisted Bridlington.
Private Alfred Hansom
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Private Alfred Hansom. 241219. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Hansom, of 64, Stoney Rock Lane, Leeds. Born at Scarborough. Killed 19 July 1917. Aged 24.
Enlisted Scarborough.
(Shown in SDGW as "A Hanson")
Private Arthur Harrod
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Private Arthur Harrod. 241513. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917.
Enlisted Beverley (Yorks).
Private Arthur Eldon Hill
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Private Arthur Eldon Hill, 202038. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Amy Hill, of 674, Church View, Wyke, Bradford, Yorks. Killed 4 September 1917. Aged 33.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees.
Private Frank Lazenby
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Private Frank Lazenby. 241336. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917.
Enlisted Beverley.
Private Frank Herbert Maltby
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Private Frank Herbert Maltby. 242470. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Son of Mr and Mrs Maltby of Norfolk Street, Cambridge. Killed 19 July 1917.
Enlisted Cambridge.
Private Robert Moore. 242719.
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Private Robert Moore. 242719. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Mary Moore; husband of Florrie Banks Williams (formerly Moore), of 4, Porritt's Yard, Cook's Row, Scarborough. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 38.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Private Herbert Ernest Moxon
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Private Herbert Ernest Moxon. 243288. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Rose Clarke (formerly Moxon), of Bedlam Corner Farm, March, Cambs. Born at March. Killed 19 July 1917. Aged 31.
Enlisted Cambridge, Resided March.
Private Simon Pape
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Private Simon Pape. 241246. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Ernest Robert Reynolds
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Private Ernest Robert Reynolds. 242488. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Sarah Whitehead, of 20, St. Peter's St., Castle End, Cambridge. Killed 19 July 1917. Aged 24.
Born Cambridge, Enlisted Cambridge.
Private Louis Smith
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Private Louis Smith. 38210. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917. Aged 19.
Born Halifax (Yorks), Enlisted Halifax.
(Regimental No = 38200 in SDGW)
Private William Underwood
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Private William Underwood. 18115. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 July 1917.
Born Annfield Plain (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Kimblesworth.
Private Harold Weston
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Private Harold Weston. 241778. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 14365 R F A. Killed 14 July 1917.
Enlisted Longton (Staffs).
Private William Wood
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Private William Wood. 240637. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917.
Born Beverley, Enlisted Everley (sic).
Lance Corporal Isaac Yaxley, MM
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Lance Corporal Isaac Yaxley, MM. 240268. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
(MM is not shown in CWGC register, though is shown in SDGW. Green Howards Gazette database shows it was won in ca. May 1917. Private I Yaxley, 1807, had been wounded two years previously).

Private Maltby's grave (centre) with Pte Hansom's grave on its right.
Private Maltby's grave (centre) with Pte Hansom's grave on its right.
Second grave along in the rear is Pte Underwood's grave.
Photo by Christopher Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)

A view of the Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, showing the Cross of Sacrifice.A view of the Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, showing the Cross of Sacrifice.
Photo by Christopher Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)

A view of the Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, showing the Cross of Sacrifice.
A view of the Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, showing the Cross of Sacrifice.
Photo by Christopher Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)

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