Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, - Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boiselle

Panoramic view of the Pozieres Memorial surrounding the Pozieres British Cemetery
Photo : Chris Malton (<chris.malton@homecall.co.uk>)

The village of Pozieres was attacked on 23 July 1916 by the 1st Australian and 48th (South Midland) Divisions, and was taken on the following day. It was lost on 24-25 March 1918, during the great German advance, and recaptured by the 17th Division on the following 24 August. Plot II of POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY contains the original burials of 1916, 1917 and 1918, carried out by fighting units and field ambulances. The remaining plots were made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields immediately surrounding the cemetery, the majority of them of soldiers who died in the Autumn of 1916, but a few represent the fighting in August 1918.

There are now 2,758 Commonwealth servicemen buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,380 of the burials are unidentified

Amongst the graves are 4 for soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment (photos and details below).

For other photos of the Pozieres Britsh Cemetery, taken by Chris Malton (<chris.malton@homecall.co.uk>) please select "Images".

Click on thumbnail image for a larger version of the photo		Private George Henry Brogden. 24328. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 August 1916. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.

Click on thumbnail image for a larger version of the photo		Private John Scott. 17556. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 July 1916. Born Birkenhead, Enlisted Aylesbury, Resided Cooper Quay (Blyth).

Click on thumbnail image for a larger version of the photo		Private Herbert Steel. 24808. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 September 1916. Born Tadcaster (Yorks), Enlisted Wakefield, Resided Hemsworth.

Click on thumbnail image for a larger version of the photo		Private Albert Wright. 10714. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Esther Emily Wright, of 39, Winter St., West Hartlepool. Native of Hackney, London. Killed 29 September 1916. Aged 21. Born Hackney (Mddx), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Stillington.

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The entrance gateway to the Pozieres Memorial and Pozieres British Cemetery, inscribed
"IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FIFTH
AND FOURTH ARMIES WHO FOUGHT ON THE SOMME BATTLEFIELD
21st MARCH - 7th AUGUST 1918 AND OF THEIR DEAD
WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVES"
Photo : Chris Malton (<chris.malton@homecall.co.uk>)

Pozieres Britsh Cemetery and Memorial
Photo : Chris Malton (<chris.malton@homecall.co.uk>)

The Cross of Sacrifice at Pozieres British Cemetery
Photo : Chris Malton (<chris.malton@homecall.co.uk>)

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