Yorkshire Regiment War Graves
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Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt
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Maricourt was, at the beginning of the Battles of the Somme 1916, the point of junction of the British and French forces, and within a very short distance of the front line; it was lost in the German advance of March 1918, and recaptured at the end of the following August. The Cemetery, originally known as Maricourt Military Cemetery No.3, was begun by fighting units and Field Ambulances in the Battles of the Somme 1916, and used until August 1917; a few graves were added later in the War, and at the Armistice it consisted of 175 graves which now form almost the whole of Plot I. It was completed after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the battlefields in the immediate neighbourhood and from certain smaller burial grounds

There are now 1348 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 366 are unidentified

Amongst the graves are 7 for soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment.

Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt
Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)

All of the gravestone photos are by Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>

Lieutenant Charles Berjew Brooke, DSO
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Lieutenant Charles Berjew Brooke, DSO . 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (attached to from The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)), formerly Suffolk Regt. (Special Reserve), (formerly attd. 1st Bn.). Son of Charles Berjew Brooke and Maud Gwenddolen Brooke, of Colne House, Brantham, Suffolk. Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 21.
Private David Challis
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Private David Challis. 10453. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
2nd Lieutenant Percy Darrell Denman
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2nd Lieutenant Percy Darrell Denman. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Private John Robert Fagan
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Private John Robert Fagan. 3/7940. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Ernest Layton-Bennett
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2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Ernest Layton-Bennett. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ernest Layton-Bennett and E. Beatrice Layton-Bennett, of 10, Belsize Grove, Hampstead, London. Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 28.
(Shown in the CWGC Register as "Layton-Bennett", though appears in SDGW and Green Howards Gazette as "Layton Bennett")
Private Ralph Mitton
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Private Ralph Mitton. 16607. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born West Cornforth, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Blackhall Colliery.
Private Richard Norman
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Private Richard Norman. 24119. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Sarah Norman, of 18, Marley Grove, Beeston, Leeds. Killed 1 July 1916.Aged 28.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Beeston (Leeds).

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Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt
Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt
(Photo : John Sly, <sly211@btinternet.com>)