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(St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (1)
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St. Omer was the General Headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force from October 1914 to March 1916. Lord Roberts died there in November 1914. The town was a considerable hospital centre with the 4th, 10th, 7th Canadian, 9th Canadian and New Zealand Stationary Hospitals, the 7th, 58th (Scottish) and 59th (Northern) General Hospitals, and the 17th, 18th and 1st and 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Stations all stationed there at some time during the war. St. Omer suffered air raids in November 1917 and May 1918, with serious loss of life.
The cemetery takes its names from the triangular cemetery of the St. Omer garrison, properly called the Souvenir Cemetery (Cimetiere du Souvenir Francais) which is located next to the War Cemetery.
The Commonwealth section of the cemetery contains 2,874 Commonwealth burials of the First World War (6 unidentified), with special memorials commemorating 23 men of the Chinese Labour Corps whose graves could not be exactly located. Second World War burials number 403, (93 unidentified). Within the Commonwealth section there are also 34 non-war burials and 239 war graves of other nationalities.
Amongst the graves are those of 23 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are very grateful to Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) and Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) for having taken the photos of the cemetery and the Yorkshire Regiment headstones.
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Private Thomas Boyes, 21474.
12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Florence Boyes, of 25, Lower Princess St., South Bank, Yorks. Died 21 November 1916. Aged 20. Born Eston (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided South Bank. "DEARLY LOVED BY ALL"
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Lance Corporal George Francis William Bradley.
8473. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Frederick and the late Rosalie Clara Bradley, of 32, Elliott Rd., Brixton, London. Killed 23 June 1915. Aged 28. Born Holloway (London), Enlisted Stratford, Resided London. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Lance Corporal James Bradley,
7585. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Richard Bradley. Killed 7 May 1915. Aged 28. Born Leeds, Enlisted Bradford, Resided Leeds. "TIS SWEET TO REMEMBER WHO ONCE WAS HERE THOUGH ABSENT TO US HE IS JUST AS DEAR" Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private William James Cripps, 200840. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Bessie Cripps, of 61 Boosbeck Rd, Skelton Green, Skelton-in-Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed on 13 April 1918. Aged 21. Born Corsham, Enlisted Boosbeck (Yorks). Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Henry Jesse Crowe, 33339. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, transf. to (222497) 213th Area Employment Coy. Labour Corps. Died 12 April 1918. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Aircraftman Tom Davies. 130133. Royal Air Force, formerly 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Amy E. Davies, of 38, Salisbury St., Middlesbrough. Died 7 February 1919. Aged 24. (Not shown in SDGW) "EVER REMEMBERED
BY HIS LOVING MOTHER" Photo : Danielle of the Find a Grave website |
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Private John Dempsey. 242794. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Dempsey, of Sully; husband of Alice Florence Dempsey, of 2, Taff Cottage, Sully, Cardiff. Killed 14 November 1917. Aged 33. Born Sully (Barry), Enlisted Barry, Resided Sully. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private James John Fuller. 33142. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3726 Norfolk Regt. Son of James and Bessie Fuller, of Chedgrave, Loddon, Norwich. Killed 1 November 1917. Aged 20. Born Loddon (Norfolk), Enlisted Norwich, Resided Chedgrave (Loddon). "REST IN PEACE" Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Corporal John William Fuller, 33142. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, transf. to (472167) 942nd Area Employment Coy. Labour Corps. Died 30 May 1918. Born Kensington (Middlesex), Enlisted London, Resided Cambridge. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private John Haynes, 7502. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John W. Haynes; husband of Ruth Haynes, of 32, Hallfield Rd., Layerthorpe, York. Killed 29 June 1915. Aged 34. Born Hulme (Manchester), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Leeds. "THOUGH FAR APART
STILL MEMORY CLINGS THY WILL BE DONE" Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Lance Corporal John Watson Holmes,
202185. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Arthur Edmund and Hannah M. Holmes, of "Woodcroft," Park Rd., Hale, Cheshire. Born Crewe, Cheshire. Killed 11 October 1917. Aged 20. Born Crewe (Ches), Enlisted Manchester, Resided Whalley Range. "THESE ARE THEY WHICH CAME OUT OF GREAT TRIBULATION" Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Wilfred Johns. 35312.
4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 201921 South Wales Borderers. Killed 12 April 1918. Born Nantyglo (Glam), Enlisted Abertillery, Resided Nantyglo. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Edward Jones, 48082.
13th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, formerly 10588 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward Abel Jones and Elizabeth Jones, of 41, Banks St., Middlesbrough. Killed 27 August 1918. Aged 24. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. "TEARS ARE THE LINKS
IN MEMORIES GOLDEN CHAIN " Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) |
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Private William Langrick. 1736.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 July 1915. Born Market Weighton, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Market Weighton. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Harold Moody, 1613. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 April 1915. Born Eston (Yorks), Enlisted Skelton, Resided Lingdale. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private John Roche. 64577. 15th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 5199 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late James Roche, of Middlesbrough. Died 29 August 1918. Aged 26. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) |
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Private Ernest Roebuck. 204658.
20th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 28591 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ben and Elizabeth Roebuck, of Pudsey, Leeds; husband of Ethel Bradshaw (formerly Roebuck), of 50, Granville Terrace, Whingate, Armley, Leeds. Killed 11 September 1917. Aged 34. Enlisted Pudsey. "THY WILL BE DONE" Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Harry Shutt. 24811. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Ellen Shutt, of Middlesbrough; husband of Mary Jane Shutt, of 2, Monsell Street, Middlesbrough. Died 15 August 1916. Aged 32. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) |
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Sapper Walter Tadman. 247968. Broad Gauge Operating Coy. Royal Engineers, formerly 2090 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 October 1917. Born Hull, Enlisted Scarborough (Yorks). Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) |
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Private Cecil Henry Thompson.
24911.
13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jane and the late Robert Thompson, of 27, Stamford St., Leeman Rd., York. Killed 8 August 1916. Aged 27. Born Selby (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided York. Enlisted Pudsey. "DEARLY LOVED. SADLY MISSED." Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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2nd Lieutenant Albert Edward Thorpe.
3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 11th Battalion East Yorks Regt. Son of George and Ellen Thorpe, of Wisbech; husband of Dora Thorpe, of 30, Milner Rd., Wisbech, Cambs. Died 6 December 1918. Aged 26. "LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS EVEN UNTO THE END." Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Eric Tunnicliffe. 38126.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charley and Cinderella Tunnicliffe, of Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield; husband of Emily Meachen (formerly Tunnicliffe), of 16, Carr Hill, Balby, Doncaster. Killed 1 October 1917. Aged 23. Born Skelmanthorpe (Yorks), Enlisted Huddersfield, Resided Skelmanthorpe. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Sydney Upton. 1383. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3931 Berks Regiment. Killed 1 July 1915. Born Redcar, Enlisted Redcar. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Corporal Bertie Watkinson. 24653.
13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Kate Mason, of 3, Woodhouse Hill View, Hunslet Carr, Leeds. Killed 21 August 1916. Aged 27. Born Hemsford (Suffolk), Enlisted Leeds. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Lance Corporal William Wise Webb.
29672. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 30971 Notts & Derby Regt. Son of George Thomas Webb, of 67, Alma Rd., Southampton. Killed 29 July 1916. Aged 26. Born Southampton (Hants), Enlisted Southampton. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Edgar Whitefield. 47925.
12th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 217015 R E. Son of W. and H. Whitefield, of Pitsford Hill, Wiveliscombe; husband of Ellen Whitefield, of Pitsford Hill. Killed 15 April 1918. Aged 29. Born Pitsford Hill, Enlisted Taunton. "ASLEEP IN JESUS THE SON OF GOD WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private James Wilson. 4806. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frank and Mary Bosomworth, of 16, Eve St., Middlesbrough. Died 10 June 1916. Aged 20. Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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(St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (2)
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Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (3)
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(St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (4)
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