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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Pigeon Ravine Cemetery, Epehy France, Somme |
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Pigeon Ravine Cemetery, Epehy - 1
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Epehy was captured at the beginning of April 1917; lost on the 22nd March 1918; and retaken (in the Battle of Epehy) on the following 18th September by the 12th (Eastern) Division. Pigeon Ravine Cemetery is on the South side of a shallow valley running East and West which was the scene of a mounted charge by the 2nd Lancers on the 1st December 1917. The cemetery was made by the 33rd Division Burial Officer at the beginning of October 1918.
There are now over 100, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly 20 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to two soldiers from the United Kingdom known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery covers an area of 514 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
Amongst the graves in Pigeon Ravine Cemetery is 1 for a soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are very grateful to Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) who has provided photos of the cemetery and the headstone.
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Private Walter Wood.
42939. 5th/6th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), formerly 23460 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of H. and Alice Wood, of 23, Matthew St., Sheffield. Killed 22 September 1918. Aged 23. Born St. Judas (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield. |
Pigeon Ravine Cemetery, Epehy - 2
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Pigeon Ravine Cemetery, Epehy - 3
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)