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The Hill 10 Cemetery (1)
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea.
The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 6 August, further troops were put ashore at Suvla, just north of Anzac, and the climax of the campaign came in early August when simultaneous assaults were launched on all three fronts.
The aim of the Suvla force had been to quickly secure the sparsely held high ground surrounding the bay and salt lake, but confused landings and indecision caused fatal delays allowing the Turks to reinforce and only a few of the objectives were taken with difficulty.
Hill 10, a low isolated mound to the north of the salt lake, was taken by the 9th Lancashire Fusiliers and the 11th Manchesters on the early morning of 7 August 1915. The cemetery was made after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from isolated sites and from the 88th Dressing Station, 89th Dressing Station, Kangaroo Beach, 'B' Beach, 26th Casualty Clearing Station and Park Lane.
There are now 699 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 150 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate a number of casualties known or believed to be buried among them.
46 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment are buried in this cemetery, together
with a West Yorkshires Officer attached to the 6th Battalion.
Photographs of their headstones are below. A larger sized image, which opens
in a new window, can be obtained by selecting the thumbnail image. All photos
by Edward Nicholl except where shown.
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Private John Sidney Allinson. 18761.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Auton, of Leeming, Bedale, Yorks; husband of Mrs. Margaret Lawson (formerly Allinson), of 22, Lord St., Middlesbrough. Died 7 December 1915. Aged 34. Born Arkengarthdale, Enlisted Richmond, Residence Leeming (Bedale).
"IN A FAR AWAY GRAVE HE IS SLEEPING. ONE OF THE BEST" |
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Private James Angle. 16190. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert William and Dorothy Anne Angle, of 21, Osborne Terrace, Leeholme, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Killed 12 December 1915. Aged 26. Born Whitworth, Enlisted Bishop Auckland, Resided Leeholme. "THERE IS A LINK DEATH CAN'T SEVER. LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE LAST FOR EVER" |
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Private Thomas Appleby. 13460. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 December 1915. Born Long Benton (Newcastle), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Easington. |
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Private George Atkinson, 18183. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 November 1915. Born Hetton-le-Hole (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton-le-Hole (Durham), |
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Private George Barker, 18366. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Robert and Elizabeth Jane Barker, of New Seaham Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 12 December 1915. Aged 39. Born Seaham, Enlisted Seaham. |
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Private James Bird. 17267. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 November 1915. Born Willington (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Willington. |
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Private William James Bond, 18092.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds 10 August 1915. Born Murton (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery. "BELIEVED TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY"
Photo by Michael Nicholl"THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Sergeant William Robert Bridgett.
3/8605. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Matilda Bridgett, of Tamlaght, Co. Tyrone; Husband of Esther Bridgett, of 41, Victoria Rd., Darlington. Killed 12 December 1915. Aged 37. Born Tamlacht (Co. Tyrone), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Darlington. |
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Private Harry Brown. 18504. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 December 1915. Born Wetherby, Enlisted Darlington. "MAY HE REST IN PEACE" |
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Private Harry Clark. 18110. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Harry and Eliza Clark, of Brandon Colliery, Durham; husband of Mary Ann Gardner (formerly Clark), of 20, Windsor Avenue, Ferryhill Village, Co. Durham. Killed 3 November 1915. Aged 26. Born Quebec (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Brandon Colliery. |
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Private Douglas Constable. 3/7934.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 November 1915. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough. |
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Private Michael Cook, 18565. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 September 1915. Born Seaham Colliery, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided New Seaham. |
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Private Robert William Cummings, 11312.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 November 1915.. Born Marske (Saltburn - Yorks), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Old Penshaw (Durham). |
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Private Thomas Henry Deakin. 18420.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 34781 9th T R Battn. Son of Robert and Sarah Ann Deakin, of 26, Starforth Lane Terrace, Hasland, Chesterfield. Native of Newbold, Chesterfield. Died 1 December 1915. Aged 31. Born Sheffield, Enlisted Doncaster, Resided Brockwell (Chesterfield). |
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Private George Oakley Edgar. 19082.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 14206 East Yorks Regt. Son of Henry and Rose Ann Edgar, of 12, Langley Terrace, Burnhope Colliery, Durham. Killed 1 December 1915. Aged 22. Born Durham, Enlisted Burnhope (Lancaster), Resided Lancaster. |
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Private Richard Farnes. 3/7839. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Farnes, of 21, Lindsay St., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 12 December 1915. Aged 19. Born Stockton (Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Stockton. |
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Private Arthur Foster. 18430. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 19761 Yorks L I. Son of William and Mary Foster, of Newbold, Chesterfield. Killed 24 November 1915. Aged 29. Born Newbold (Chesterfield), Enlisted Doncaster, Resided Brampton (Chesterfield). |
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Private Edward Found. 18553. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Martha Elizabeth Found, of 21, Wykeham St., Scarborough. Killed 14 November 1915. Aged 37. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough. |
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Private John Henry Frankish. 17238. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 December 1915. Born Hunmanby, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Hunmanby. |
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Private Thomas Gibbon. 18119. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Jane Gibbon, of 7, Francis St., Hetton Downs, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 3 November 1915. Aged 24. Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton-le-Hole. There is a biography of Thomas Gibbon on the North East War Memorials Project website. This biography refers to his commemoration on a memorial in All Saints' Church, Eppleton. Although the church has been demolished, the memorial plaque is held at the Hetton Centre. |
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Private Aaron Green. 18438. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 19201 K O Y L I. Brother of Colin Green, of 9, Smith St., Chapeltown, Sheffield. Native of Greystones, Sheffield. Killed 11 November 1915. Aged 20. Born Eccleshall (Sheffield), Enlisted Chapeltown (Sheffield). "AT DUTY'S ALTAR HIS SACRIFICE HE MADE" |
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Lance Corporal Robert Green. 3/9205.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 December 1915. Aged 44. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough. "DEARER TO MEMORY THAN WORDS CAN TELL. FROM HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN." |
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Private Christopher Hanby, 16033.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Christopher and Sarah Hanby. Killed 12 December 1915. Aged 35. Born Shotton, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Shotton. (Name spelt "Hanley" in SDGW; GH d/b gives as "Hanby") "REST IN PEACE EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS." |
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Private Charles Price Hedley, 18283.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. S. J. Ward, of 21, North Moor St., East End, Sunderland. Killed 24 November 1915. Born Monkwearmouth (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland. "HE DIED FOR KING, COUNTRY AND LOVED ONES AT HOME" |
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2nd Lieutenant Basil Spencer Jennings.
14th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), attached to the 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jonathan Sutcliffe Jennings and Hannah Mary, his wife, of Cononley Hall, Keighley. Killed 7 November 1915. Aged 25.
"UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS"
Lieutenant Jennings joined the 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment on 29 September 1915 as part of the reinforcements for the battalion that had lost all of its officers and most of its men in August 1915. He died of wounds only weeks after joining the battalion. Photo : DC of the Find a Grave website |
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Private George Henry Jobling. 18256.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Jobling, of Yafforth Hill, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 12 December 1915. Aged 21. Born Yafforth (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Yafforth (Yorks). |
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Private James Johnson. 13472. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Mary Johnson, of Jarrow. Killed 1 December 1915. Aged 38. Born Jarrow, Enlisted South Shields, Resided Jarrow. "FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING, LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING." |
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Private Robert Kirk. 12617. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Hannah Kirk, of Helperby, York. Died of wounds 12 December 1915. Aged 24. Born Helperby (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Helperby. "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD" |
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2nd Lieutenant William John Kirkwood. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. D. A. and Jeanie Kirkwood, of Glasgow; husband of Winnie Kirkwood, of Eastbourne. Killed 11 November 1915. Aged 31. |
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Private William Linley. 11962. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 November 1915. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. |
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Lance Serjeant Alban Lydon. 16148.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Michael and Elizabeth Arm Lydon; husband of Alice Latimer (formerly Lydon), of 71, Elemore Lane, Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 12 December 1915. Aged 31. Born Hetton-le-Hole, Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton-le-Hole. "LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM IN A HERO'S GRAVE HE LIES" |
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Private James Leonard Mudd. 8146.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Mudd, of Middlesbrough. Died 12 December 1915. Aged 20. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Nottingham. |
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Lieutenant Henry Sigismund Oppe. 11th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached 6th Battalion. Son of the late Mr. A. S. Oppe and of Pauline Oppe, of Pamber Heath, Basingstoke. Born in London. Killed 6 November 1915. Aged 35. "HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE" |
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Private James Ploughman. 15663. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Margaret Ploughman, of 3, South Railway St., Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 5 November 1915. Aged 22. Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Seaham. |
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Private Fred Pratt. 17651. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 December 1915. Born Claypath (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Ushaw Moor. |
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Private Robert Charles Reynolds. 18351.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 December 1915. Born Plumstead (Norfolk), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Hetton-le-Hole. |
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Private Fenwick Miller Robson. 18205. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth Robson, of The Back Vine, Newbottle, Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham. Killed 12 December 1915. Aged 25. Born Sunderland, Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Fencehouses. |
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Serjeant William Stallerbrass. 8637. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 November 1915. Born Whittlesea (Cambs), Enlisted Bury St. Edmunds, Resided Peterborough. |
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Private Benjamin Stockport. 16646.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 3 November 1915. Born Castle Eden (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Castletown. |
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Private Thomas Henry Thomas. 17694.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 19 November 1915. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private Robert Thompson. 18334. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Mary Thompson, of High Downs Square, Hetton Downs, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 12 December 1915. Aged 25. Born Hetton-le-Hole, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Hetton-le-Hole. |
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Private Thomas Wallace. 16331. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Barbara Wallace, of 37, Hylton Rd., Hartley's Buildings, Sunderland, and the late Adam Wallace. Killed 11 November 1915. Aged 40. Born Pallion (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland. "SWEET REMEMBRANCE FROM MOTHER AND FAMILY" |
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Private Samuel Watchman. 18223. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Isabel Watchman, of Etherley Dene, Durham. Killed 19 November 1915. Aged 40. Born Etherley Dene (Durham), Enlisted Bishop Auckland, Resided Etherley Dene. |
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Private Joseph Robert Watson. 18779.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Watson; husband of Millicent Watson, of 3, Garden Lane, Cleadon, Sunderland. Killed 19 November 1915. Aged 29. Enlisted Barnard Castle. |
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Private Robert Wears, 15668. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 October 1915. Born Seaham, Enlisted Seaham Harbour. |
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Private John Thomas
Willsden, 18071. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mrs. E. Willsden, of 41, Brunswick St., Darlington. Killed 1 December 1915. Born Darlington, Enlisted Darlington. |
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Private William Wilson. 18619. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 December 1915. Born Spennymoor, Enlisted Spennymoor. |
The Hill 10 Cemetery (2)
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The Hill 10 Cemetery (3)
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The Hill 10 Cemetery (4)
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Photo : Edward Nicholl