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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe (Pas de Calais, France) |
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Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe (1)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
The cemetery was started in August 1915. In 1916 it was taken over by the 16th (Irish) Division, who held the Loos Salient at the time, and many of their dead were brought back to the cemetery from the front line. Succeeding divisions used the cemetery until October 1918, and men of the same Division, and often the same battalion, were buried side by side.
After the Armistice, this cemetery was one of those used for the concentration of isolated graves from the Loos battlefield. The bodies of 41 men of the 9th Black Watch were brought from positions a little West of Loos, and those of 340 officers and men of other Regiments from different points in the communes of Cambrin, Auchy, Vermelles, Halluch and Loos.
There are now 1,996 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery, 277 of them unidentified.
Amongst the graves are those of 18 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are very grateful to Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>), Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) and Tom Wheeldon. for having taken the photos of the cemetery and the Yorkshire Regiment headstones.
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Private George Brooks Ambler.
24694. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jane Elizabeth Ambler, of 9, Rhodes St., Elland Rd., Leeds. Killed 12 October 1916. Aged 23. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private James Herbert Batty.
23007. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edwin and Hannah Batty, of 58, Langdon St., Sharrow, Sheffield. Killed 22 September 1916. Aged 31. Born Upperthorpe (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield, Resided Sharrow (Sheffield). Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private William Bayes. 30017.
13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 32885 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 9 October 1916. Born Gainsborough (Lincs), Enlisted Gainsborough. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Joseph Watson Bell. 11112.
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 23854 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and M. A. Bell, of Park House, Romaldkirk, Darlington. Native of Baldersdale, Barnard Castle. Killed 20 May 1918. Aged 21. Born Kendal (Cumberland), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Darlington. Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) and Tom Wheeldon. |
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Private William Chambers. 29992.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly in the Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 13 August 1918. Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Wilfred George Close.
30586. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Robert Dawson Close and Mary Arm Close, of Hazelgill, Bowes, Yorks. Killed 10 July 1918. Aged 29. Born Bowes, Enlisted Startforth, Resided Bowes (Darlington). Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Alexander Cook. 14477. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Isabella Cook, of 3, Brickyard Cottages, Boldon Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 17 March 1918. Aged 22. Born West Stanley, Enlisted Boldon Colliery, Resided Boldon. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private John Curry. 20318. 5th Battalion Dorset Regiment, formerly 46683 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Mary Curry, of "Greenoak," Eastrington, Brough, Yorks; husband of Selma Curry, of 51, Council St., West Stanley, Co. Durham. Killed 10 August 1918. Aged 27. Born Cottingham (Yorks), Enlisted Stanley (Durham). "HOME AT LAST THY LABOUR DONE SAFE AND BLEST THE VICTORY WON" Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private David William David.
41631. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 160723 Royal Field Artillery. Killed 20 July 1918. Born Bridgend (Glamorgan), Enlisted Bridgend, Resided Pyle (Glam.). Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Joseph Hodgson, 7869.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. J. A. Hodgson, of 3, Raby Terrace, Darlington. Killed 5 May 1918. Aged 21. Born Gilling - Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Darlington. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Lance Bombardier Patrick Joseph Manning.
265325. 11th (Medium) Trench Mortar Bty. Royal Field Artillery, formerly 15022 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Peter and Bridget Manning, of Seaham Harbour; husband of Annie Manning (nee Bogan), of 16, Gordon Terrace, Ryhope, Co. Durham. Killed 20 August 1918. Aged 36. Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Captain Robert Henry Murray. 11th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 July 1916. "FIDES NON TIMET"
Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) has researched some of Captain Murray's background and states that he was the son of Robert & Sarah Annie Murray. Born 1894 in Richmond, Yorkshire and resided there. Interactive Ancestry gives Captain Murray's address as "West Cottage", Richmond, and states that at the time of his death he was attached to the Munster Fusiliers. Captain Murray's service with the Munster Fusliers is also quoted in Soldiers Died in the Great War. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Thomas Edward Peill,
18976. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Margaret Peill; husband of Louisa Peill, of Church St., Castleton, Yorks. Killed 18 June 1918. Aged 38. Born Danby (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Danby (Grosmont). Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Lieutenant Percy Montague Phillips. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September 1916. Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) has researched some of Lieutenant Phillips' background and states that he was the son of George Henry & Eliza Emma Phillips. Born 1891 in Limehouse, London. Resided Leytonstone, London. The following information on Lieut. Phillips was provided by Bob Coulson. "Percy Phillips sailed with the 13th Battalion as they set out on “The great adventure” from Southampton, landing at Le Havre on June 6th 1916. In July the battalion took over trenches in the Maroc sector and remained in this area until moving into the Loos sector on September 11th 1916. In the area of the Village Line and Duke Street the battalion carried out several trench raids and it was during one of these that Lt Percy Montague Phillips was killed in action on September 25th 1916 exactly one year to the day that the first Battle of Loos had begun." A much fuller biography of Lieutenant Phillips, with especial emphasis on his school days, can be read on the pages of The Bancroftian Network. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Michael Robson. 45007. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary Ellen Robson, of 2, Pit Row, Bedlington, Northumberland. Killed 9 May 1918. Born Easington (Durham), Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided Sunderland. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Joseph Field Walker. 29729. 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 44154 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. H. A. Walker, of 61, Melville Rd., Woodhouse St., Leeds. Killed 9 April 1918. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) and Tom Wheeldon. |
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Private James Walsh. 11986. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth Walsh, of 10, Queen Mary St., Middlesbrough. Died 17 March 1918. Aged 37. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Harry Humberstone Wright.
204894. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Ruth Ann Wright; husband of Harriet Wright, of 62, Leighton St., Westoe, South Shields. Killed 18 June 1918. Aged 31. Born Hull, Enlisted South Shields. "HE GAVE HIS LIFE
THAT WE MIGHT LIVE" Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) |
Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe (2)
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Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe (3)
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Philosophe
British Cemetery, Mazingarbe (4)
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) and Tom Wheeldon.