Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, - Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Belgium

Part of the Menin Road South Military Cemetery - 1
(Photo : Richard Roberts, <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)

The Menin Road ran East and a little South from Ypres (now Ieper) to a front line which varied only a few kilometres during the greater part of the war. The position of this cemetery was always within the Allied lines. It was first used in January 1916 by the 8th South Staffords and the 9th East Surreys, and it continued to be used by units and Field Ambulances until the summer of 1918. The cemetery was increased after the Armistice when graves were brought in from isolated positions on the battlefields to the east and the following cemetery:- MENIN ROAD NORTH MILITARY CEMETERY was on the North side of the road at almost the same point. It was used by the units and Field Ambulances of another Corps from May, 1915, to August, 1916, and again to a small extent in 1917 and 1918. It contained the graves of 130 soldiers from the United Kingdom, three from Canada, and three from Newfoundland.

There are now 1,657 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 119 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials are erected to 24 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. In addition, there are special memorials to 54 casualties who were buried in Menin Road North Military Cemetery, whose graves were probably destroyed by shell fire and could not be found. These are numbered between 1 and 57. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

5 identified soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment are buried in this cemetery, together with one former soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment.
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		Serjeant William Clark, DCM. 17378. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Margaret Clark, of Blyth, and the late Frank Clark; husband of Sarah Jane Clark, of 16, Claremont Terrace, Blyth, Northumberland. Killed 5 November 1917. Aged 33. Born Newsham (Nr Blyth), Enlisted Blyth.

		Private George Crowe. 40454. 8th Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 31413 11th Reserve Cavalry Regiment. Killed 29 September 1917. Born Tow Law (Durham), Enlisted Crook, Resided Tow Law.

		Captain Aubrey Charles Hyde Millar, MC. 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 9th Battalion. Son of Walter C. and Annie Millar, of 103, Coromandel St., Wellington, New Zealand. Killed 15 October 1917. Aged 33.

		Private John Moran, 17776. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 January 1917. Born Ludworth (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour.

		Corporal Walter Scoffin. 34687. 18th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 2458 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 March 1918. Enlisted Beverley.

Private George Watkins. 29264. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Isabella Watkins, of 7, Everard St., Hartlepool. Killed 28 January 1917. Aged 21. Born Hartlepool (Durham), Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided West Hartlepool.

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Part of the Menin Road South Military Cemetery - 2
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