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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Les Baraques Military Cemetery ( Sangatte, Pas de Calais) |
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Les Baraques Military Cemetery (1)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
In April 1915, No.6 Base Supply Depot was started at Calais to help relieve the pressure on Boulogne and to provide a base nearer to the front than Havre or Rouen. The base remained open until the last Commonwealth forces left France in March 1921.
The 30th, 35th and 38th General Hospitals, No.9 British Red Cross Hospital and No.10 Canadian Stationary Hospital were also stationed in the town providing about 2,500 beds. For three years, Commonwealth burials were made in Calais Southern Cemetery, but it later became necessary to start a new site and in September 1917, the first burials took place at Les Baraques. The cemetery continued in use until 1921.
The cemetery now contains 1,303 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, together with more than 250 war graves of other nationalities, all but 2 of them German. The cemetery also contains seven Second World War burials.
14 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment are buried in this cemetery.
We are extremely grateful to Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) who has generously provided the photographs on this page.
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 James Atchison.
205000.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 February 1918. Born Ryhope (Co Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided South Hetton (Durham). |
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2nd Lieutenant William
Claud Kennedy Bullock. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Hilda Bullock, of Sheepcote Lane, Glascote, nr. Tamworth, Staffs. Killed 12 May 1918. Aged 26. "SLEEP DEAR ONE
TAKE YOUR REST I LOVED THEE BUT JESUS LOVED THEE BEST |
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Private John William Dowey, 10930.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, transferred to 479264 Labour Corps. Son of David Dowey, of "Ocean View," Sandsend, nr. Whitby, Yorks., and the late Hannah Eliza Dowey. Of Easington, Yorks. Wounded at the Dardanelles, 22nd Aug., 1915; on the Somme, Aug., 1916; and again at Ypres, in Aug., 1917. Died 27 August 1918. Aged 23. Born Liverton (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby (Yorks), Resided Loftus (Yorks) |
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Private Arthur James
Rupert Fernley. 35407. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 13477 11th Bn Manchester Regt. Son of Arthur and Alice Ann Fernley, of "Redcroft," Rochdale Rd., Middleton, Lancs. Of West Didsbury, Manchester. Student at the College of Agriculture, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire. Killed 18 April 1918. Aged 23. Born Manchester (Lancs), Enlisted Manchester. "STUDENT
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE HOLMES CHAPEL RESTING IN PEACE" Note : the headstone is that of a soldier of the Manchester Regiment. |
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Lance Corporal Herbert Basil Gibson,
36420. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John H. and Sarah J. Gibson, of 21, Oliver St., South Bank, Yorks. Killed 15 December 1917. Aged 20. Born Redcar, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided South Bank. "IN LOVING MEMORY
OF OUR DEAR SON DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS MOTHER, FATHER AND FAMILY" |
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Private Robert Stephen
Johnson, 9644. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of W. H. and J. E. Johnson, of Urlay Nook, Yarm-on-Tees, Yorks. A Prisoner of War in Germany for over three years. Died 15 December 1918. Aged 28. Born Urlay Nook (Durham), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees. |
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Private Ernest Lewis.
29285. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Matilda Lewis of Willenhall (Staffs). Died 29 December 1918. Aged 21. Born Willenhall (Staffs). (According to the Register of Soldiers' Effects Ernest Lewis died of "The Flu".) |
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Private John James Murphy. 21233.
12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 April 1918. Born Barnard Castle, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Stockton-on-Tees. |
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Lieutenant Cecil Howard Perkins. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached 21st Light Trench Mortar Battery. Son of Charles William and Mabel Norah Perkins, of 25, Edgbaston House, Broad St., Birmingham. Killed 22 July 1918. Aged 22. "DULCE ET DECORUM EST
PRO PATRIA MORI" |
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Private Bertie James Reeves. 34768.
12th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 287387 R A S C. Killed 19 April 1918. Born Upper Hardres (Nr. Canterbury - Kent), Enlisted Maidstone, Resided Upper Platt (Borough Green - Kent). |
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Private W Smith.
9613. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, transf. to (403605) 859th Area Employment Coy. Labour Corps. Husband of Mary Smith, of 8, Cross St., Scarborough, Yorks. Died 11 March 1919. Aged 58. |
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Private John Tyson.
80320. 2nd/6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 6422 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Agnes Jane Tyson, of 11, Beaconsfield St., Currock, Carlisle. Killed 11 October 1918. Aged 30. Born Carlisle, Enlisted Carlisle. "GOD'S WILL BE DONE" Phot by len of the Find a Grave website |
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Private William Rendell Walton. 22486.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Susannah Walton, of Middlesbrough and the late Charles Walton. Died 20 November 1918. Aged 22. "SON OF SUSANAH
AND THE LATE CHARLES WALTON TILL WE MEET AGAIN" (Note : the inscription on the headstone reads "SUSANAH" (sic) |
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Private Robert George
Wilson. 235274. 12th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Susan Wilson; husband of H. R. Wilson, of 73A, Nelson St., Dereham Rd., Norwich. Native of Norwich. Killed 18 April 1918. Aged 34. Born Heighton (Norwich), Enlisted Northallerton (Yorks), Resided Norwich. |
Les Baraques Military Cemetery (2)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Graves
of Members of the Chinese Labour Corps in Les Baraques Military Cemetery
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Below are three less usual headstones that were found in this cemetery.
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Ralph Vipont Brown The headstone of a member of the Friends' War Victims Relief Committee. Mike Berrell (<mike_berrell@ntlworld.com>) has sent the following information on Ralph Vipont Brown;- On the 1901 census the Vipont Brown family lived at 2 Birch Lane, Longsight, Manchester. Edward Vipont Brown. Head M 38 Surgeon & Physician Own account in partnership at home. Born, Northumberland North Shields. Dorothy Brown Wife 26 Born, Surrey Croydon Cedric Vipont Brown Son 4 Born, Lancs Manchester Ralph Vipont Brown Son 2 Born, Lancs Manchester plus 2 servants. On the 1911 census Ralph Vipont Brown is at Dalton House, Kendal, Boarding School aged 12 together with his brother Cedric Vipont Brown aged 14. The Brown family belonged to the Society of Friends. Cedric Vipont became a doctor and was my GP when I was a child. |
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Silance Ethel Davis QM Army Auxiliary Corps |
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An unknown civilian (?),
- "A Victim of the Great War" |