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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory (France, Pas de Calais) |
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Mory
Abbey Military Cemetery (1)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Mory village was occupied by Commonwealth troops in the middle of March 1917. It was lost after obstinate defence by the 40th and 34th Division a year later and recaptured towards the end of the following August, after severe fighting, by the 62nd (West Riding) and Guard Divisions.
The German burials in a plot on the west side of the cemetery were made by German troops in March-August 1918, or by Commonwealth troops in September 1918. The Commonwealth plots were begun at the end of March 1917 and carried on by fighting units until March 1918, and again in August and September 1918, as far as and including Plot III. The graves in Plots IV and V - including many of the Guards Division, and chiefly of 1918 - were added after the Armistice from the battlefields between St. Leger and Bapaume. They also included concentrations from smaller cemeteries.
Mory Abbey Military Cemetery contains 619 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. 101 of the burials are unidentified, but there is a special memorial to one casualty known to be buried among them. The cemetery also contains 230 German burials.
Amongst the graves are those for 14 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are very grateful to Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) for photographs of the cemetery and headstones.
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Lance Corporal William Laverick Ather.
33994. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Mary Ather; husband of Martha Jane Ather, of 25, Alfred St., Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 1 February 1918. Aged 25. Born Langley Moor (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Seaham Harbour. "THY WILL BE DONE"
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Corporal Thomas Crawford Bielby.
241075. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John William and Maria Bielby, of Scarborough; husband of Elsie Cordiner Bielby, of 17, New St., Pateley Bridge, Harrogate. Killed 18 January 1918. Aged 26. Enlisted Scarborough. "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LVE"
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Private Donald Gladstone Blakeborough,
MM. 24701. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Harry and Mary E. Blakeborough, of 33, Electric Avenue, Harrogate, Yorks. Native of Pateley Bridge, Harrogate. Killed 1 January 1918. Aged 20. Born Pateley Bridge (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Pateley Bridge. "ALSO IN MEMORY OF
STANLEY HIS BROTHER KILLED IN ACTION GRAVE UNKNOWN" |
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Private Andrew Brass. 33900.
13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 044576 R A S C. Son of James Birrel Brass and Margaret McLeod Brass, of 11, Colbert St., Bridgeton, Glasgow. Born at Burntisland, Fife. Killed 1 February 1918. Aged 32. Born Burntisland (Fifeshire), Enlisted Glasgow, Resided Bridgeton (Glasgow). "TO MEMORY DEAR"
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Private Frederick Buxton. 34731. 2nd/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 23090 Yorkshire Regiment. Born in England. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Buxton, of Lower Calgan River, Australia. Killed 25 August 1918. Aged 31. Born Walkley (Yorks), Enlisted Sheffield. |
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Private John Henry Hutchings,
33969. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 19884 A V C. Son of M. Rowe (formerly Hutchings) and the late Thomas Hutchings, of North Petherwin, Launceston; husband of Blanche Hutchings, of South Battens, North Hill, Launceston. Cornwall. Killed 1 January 1918. Aged 36. Born South Sydenham (Devon), Enlisted Launceston (Cornwall). |
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Private Montague Jackson. 46283.
12th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 223549 R E. Husband of Lucy Jackson, of 32, Kitchener Rd., East Finchley, London. Killed 29 January 1918. Aged 38. Born St. Pancras (London), Enlisted Mill Hill, Resided East Finchley. "HE WAS THE DEAREST
ONE OF THE BEST GOD IN HIS MERCY TOOK HIM TO REST" |
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Serjeant Harry Lawson. 24813.
13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.Son of James and Jane Lawson, of Otley, Yorks; husband of Grace Lawson, of 8, Albion St., Otley, Yorks. Killed 3 January 1918. Aged 34. Born Otley (Yorks), Enlisted Otley. |
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Private Arthur William Matthews.
34458. 2nd/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 42403 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Arthur and Alice Mary Matthews, of Upper Chilcomb, Winchester. KIlled 25 August 1918. Aged 26. Born Fareham (Hants), Enlisted Winchester. "A PLACE IS VACANT
IN OUR HOME WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED" |
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Private Charles McEwan. 46320.
12th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 223550 R E. Son of Mrs. M. C. McEwan, of 3, Edington St., Port Dundas, Glasgow. Killed 28 January 1918. Born Glasgow, Enlisted Glasgow. |
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Private Sidney Metcalfe. 29421.
13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 28465 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 1 February 1918. Born Walsall (Staffs), Enlisted Windsbury, Resided Walsall. |
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Private Arthur Mottram. 46347.
12th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 168052 R E. Son of George and Mary Mottram, of Macclesfield; husband of Violet Mottram, of 15, Cottage St., Macclesfield, Cheshire. Pupil Teacher at Macclesfield School of Art. Killed 28 January 1918. Aged 26. Born Christchurch (Ches), Enlisted Macclesfield. "OF MACCLESFIELD SPLENDID YOU PASSED THE GREAT SURRENDER MADE" |
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Lance Corporal Tom Herbert Waines.
21033. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Florence Waines, of 9, The Green, Darmanstown, Redcar, Yorks. Died 25 January 1918. Aged 34. Born Staxtonwold (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby. "MEMORIES CLING WITH MANY SILENT THOUGHTS" |
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Sapper Edward George Wybrow.
554085. 511th Field Coy Royal Engineers, formerly 47926 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Alice Wybrow, of 255, Coval Lane, Chelmsford, Essex. Killed 2 June 1917. Aged 19. Enlisted Victoria Park (Middx), Resided Chelmsford (Essex). (Shown in SDGW as "Whybrow") (For biographical details of Edward Wybrow, see this page on the Chelmsford War Memorial website.) "WHAT A FRIEND
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Mory
Abbey Military Cemetery (2)
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Mory Abbey Military Cemetery (3)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)