Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, - Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue (France, Nord)

Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue (1)
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)

Pont-du-Hem was in German hands from mid-April to mid-September 1918. The Cemetery was begun, in an apple-orchard, in July 1915, and used until April 1918, by fighting units and Field Ambulances; these original burials are in Plots I, II and III, and Rows A and B of Plot IV. In April and May 1918, German burials were made in Plots III and IV. After the Armistice, 426 German graves were removed to other cemeteries; the Portuguese graves of 1917-1918 were removed to the Portuguese cemetery of Richebourg-L'Avoue; and British graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields and from smaller burial grounds.

There are now over 1,500, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified and special memorials are erected to nine soldiers from the United Kingdom believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 44 soldiers from the United Kingdom, two from Canada, two from Australia and one of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, buried in this or other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire, and of five Indian soldiers whose bodies were cremated. There are 107 German burials and 1 American.

Amongst the graves are those of 21 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.

We are extremely grateful to Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) who has generously provided the photographs on this page.

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		Private John William Bannister, 22705. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 April 1918. Born Eston (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Eston.

		Corporal John Bradley. 3/8632. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 17 August 1915. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

		Private William Henry Christmas. 38441. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 26039 York & Lancs Regt. Son of Harry and Mary Christmas, of 29, Shaftesbury Square, Rotherham, Yorks. Killed 12 April 1918. Aged 20. Born Parkgates (York), Enlisted Rotherham. BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

		Private Victor George Church. 35109. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35418 9th T R Battn. Killed 9 April 1918. Born Barham (Hunts), Enlisted Huntingdon, Resided Brington (Hunts). BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

		Private Ernest Oswald Davison. 201752. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Davison, of 454, Linthorpe Rd., Middlesbrough, and the late Rosa May Davison. Died 12 April 1918. Aged 19. Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Linthorpe. (Note CWG Register has date of death = 2 April 1918, but SDGW has 12 April 1918) BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

		Private Edwin Gilder. 35145. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35441 9th T R Battn. Killed 11 May 1918. Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield. BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

		Lance Corporal Ernest Gray, MM. 203484. 1st/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 2680 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 2 May 1917. Enlisted Scarborough.

		Private Joseph Clarence Haw, 35161. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35166 9th T R Battn. Killed 9 April 1918. Born Oxford, Enlisted Peckham, Resided Lewisham. BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

		Private Walter Ernest Howitt, 35170. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35772 9th T R Battn. Killed 11 April 1918. Born Swindon (Yorks), Enlisted Pontefract, Resided Rotherham. BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

		Private Charles Hukin, 35175. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35317 9th T R Battn. Killed 12 April 1918. Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield. BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

		Private William Thomas Kent, 3/9045. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Lucy L. Kent, of "La Bassee," Brawnlow Rd., Lake, Sandown, Isle of Wight. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 45. Born Dukinfield (Ches), Enlisted Manchester. "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"

		Private Herbert Ness. 7849. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 March 1915. Born Malton (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Anfield Plain (Durham).

		Private Albert Ernest Parker. 35190. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5/37441 10th T R Battn. Son of Charles Frederick and Emma Celia Parker, of 149, Crewe St., Derby. Killed 15 May 1918. Aged 20. Born Christchurch (Derby), Enlisted Derby. BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

		Private Isaac Peill. 35342. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 63980 74th T R Battn. Son of John Thomas and Annie E. Peill, of Boothfold, Waterfoot, Manchester. Killed 15 May 1918. Aged 19. Born Waterford (Lancs), Enlisted Rawtenstall, Resided Waterford. BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" (Note : The SDGW's "Waterford" is almost certainly Waterfoot, which is part of Rawtenstall.)

		Private Dominic Prunty. 8116. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 11 March 1915. Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted Middlesbrough

		Private Harry Pybus, 14351. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Thirlwell Pybus and Mary Pybus, of Clematis Cottage, East Row, Sandsend, Whitby. Killed 27 September 1915. Born Whitby (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby.

		Private Edward Alexander Scrimgour. 203173. 1st/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 4152 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 March 1917. Enlisted Middlesbrough.

		Private Thomas William Sleath. 201763. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Mary Sleath, of 37, Banks St., Middlesbrough. Died 10 April 1918. Aged 21. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

		Serjeant Alfred Smith. 200396. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 April 1918. Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond, Resided Moortown (Leeds). BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

		Private Leslie Willmer. 40153. 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 42744 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frederick Funnell Willmer and Lillie Willmer, of Brighton. Killed 10 April 1918. Aged 19. Born Marylebone, Enlisted Marylebone, Resided Shillington (Herts). BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

Serjeant Albert Edwin Wood. 243523. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 2173 West Yorks Regt. Killed 12 April 1918. Aged 35. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

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