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Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension
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Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension (1) Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension (1)
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)

The village of Houplines was briefly occupied by the German forces as they advanced northward toward the channel ports in early October 1914. It was retaken by the British 4th Division later that month and remained in Allied hands until April 1918 when it was overrun by German units during the great spring offensive. It was finally recaptured by the Allied forces in September 1918. Houplines then contained four Commonwealth cemeteries in addition to plots in the communal cemetery. These sites were regrouped and concentrated after the war and today just two cemeteries remain. Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension was established, as ‘Houplines New Military Cemetery’, in October 1914 and used, mostly by the men of the 4th and 6th Divisions, until January 1916. In the years after the Armistice, the cemetery was enlarged when graves were concentrated here from the communal cemetery itself, other Commonwealth cemeteries in the village and the battlefields around Armentières.

The extension now contains over 530 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 68 burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to four casualties known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery also contains one Second World War burial.

Amongst the graves are 17 for soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.

We are extremely grateful to Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) who has generously provided the photographs of the cemetery on this page.

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2nd Lieutenant Walter William Ball.
2nd Lieutenant Walter William Ball.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alfred Holmes Ball and Emma Ball, of "Sunnyside," 7, Nelson Rd., Daybrook, Nottingham. Killed 24 November 1915. Aged 28.

"PEACE PERFECT PEACE"

(elder brother of Oliver Herbert Ball, of the 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed one year later.)
Private John Bell. 8614.
Private John Bell. 8614.
10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 8 December 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private John Bell. 17968.
Private John Bell. 17968.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary Bell, of 3, Villette Path, Sunderland. Killed 8 November 1915.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Lance Corporal Frank Bryce. 20324.
Lance Corporal Frank Bryce. 20324.
10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Minnie Bryce, of 6, Toller Gate, Scarborough. Killed 19 December 1915. Aged 43.
Born Barnsley, Enlisted Scarborough.


"BELOVED HUSBAND
OF MINNIE BRYCE
OF SCARBOROUGH, YORKS"
Private James Cairns. 15000.
Private James Cairns. 15000.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James Cairns. Killed 9 December 1915. Aged 30
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.

(SDGW spells name as "Cairnes" ; G H Gazette spells name as "Caines")
Private Thomas Carey. 12921.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 November 1915.
Born Newport (Tipperary), Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Newport (Tipperary).
Private Samuel Charlton. 17993.
Private Samuel Charlton. 17993.
10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 January 1916.
Born East Hedleyhope (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided East Hedleyhope (Durham).
2nd Lieutenant Bertram Mitford Cust.
2nd Lieutenant Bertram Mitford Cust.
10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mrs. W. M. G. Cust, of 2, Devonshire Place, London. Killed 9 November 1915. Aged 24.


"VIXI SED MAGIS VIVAM"
Private Charles Rubin Anderson Dutton. 17390.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Adopted son of Charles and Sarah Anderson, of 3, Single Row, South Newsham, Northumberland. Killed 23 November 1915. Aged 18.
Born South Shields, Enlisted Blyth.
Private Fred Ford. 23040.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 November 1915.
Born Bishop Cleeve (Gloucester), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Private Henry William Gray. 20356.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 December 1915.
Born Durham, Enlisted Crook, Resided Durham.
Private Thomas Fleck Jones. 17757.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 November 1915.
Born Bill Quay (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Seaham Harbour.
Private Robert Jordison. 17461.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 December 1915.
Born Byker (Newcastle), Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resied Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Private George Kerry, 19524.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 December 1915.
Born Coundon (Durham), Enlisted Bishop Auckland, Resided Coundon.
Private Arthur Mortimer Mitchell. 17494.
Private Arthur Mortimer Mitchell. 17494.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 November 1915.
Born Elswick (Newcastle), Enlisted Newcastle.
Private John Wilson, 20282.
Private John Wilson, 20282.
10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 November 1915.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Whitby.
Private Thomas Wiseman. 17343.
Private Thomas Wiseman. 17343.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles and Isabella Wiseman, of II, Glebe Crescent, Washington, Co. Durham. Killed 31 December 1915. Aged 29.
Born Washington, Enlisted Washington.


"EVER REMEMBERED
BY HIS LOVING MOTHER
AND SISTER"

Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension (2) Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension (2)
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)

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