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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Puchevillers British Cemetery (France, Somme) |
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Puchevillers
British Cemetery (1)
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>).
In June 1916, just before the opening of the Battles of the Somme, the 3rd and 44th Casualty Clearing Stations came to Puchevillers. Plots I to V, and almost the whole of Plot VI were made by those hospitals before the end of March 1917. For the next two months the 2nd/1st South Midland Casualty Clearing Station used the cemetery.
Plot VII contains for the most part the graves of men who died in the German advance in 1918, many of whom were buried by the 49th Clearing Station in March 1918, or by the 48th Labour Group in August.
Puchevillers British Cemetery contains 1,763 First World War burials.
Amongst the graves are those of 17 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are extremely grateful to Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) who has generously provided the photographs on this page. Malcolm Beavis <malcolm.beavis@yahoo.co.uk> has provided photos of the headstone of his great uncle, Private James William Cave.
Click on the thumbnail image of the headstone for a larger version of the photo which opens in a new window.
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Private Alexander Thomas Allgood.
33329. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4345 Suffolk Regt. Son of James and Margaret Allgood, of West End Farm, Bluntisham, Hunts. Killed 24 January 1917. Aged 20. Enlisted Whittlesey. "HE FOUGHT AND DIED
FOR BRITAIN AND THE HONOUR OF HIS RACE" Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
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Lance Corporal Thomas William Bewick.
14341. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Jane Bewick, of 45, Fenton Terrace, New Herrington, Fence Houses; husband of Violet Bewick, of 12, Pit Row, Philadelphia, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Killed 14 July 1916. Aged 26. Born New Herrington, Enlisted Shiney Row (Durham). "REMEMBERED BY
HIS LOVING WIFE VIOLET AND DAUGHTER MARY JANE" Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
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Private James William Cave.
8592. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Kate Cave, of Middlesbrough, Yorks. Died 28 September 1916. Aged 21. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Thornaby, Resided Middlesbrough. "EVER REMEMBERED BY
HIS LOVING AUNT SISTERS, UNCLES AND COUSINS" Photo : Malcolm Beavis <malcolm.beavis@yahoo.co.uk> Malcolm Beavis is a great nephew of Private James William Cave. Below is a further photo of this headstone, adjacent to the headstone of Private Leedle and in front of the headstone for Private Robinson. |
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Private James Cook. 11126. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Margaret Ann Cook, of 19, Lyons Lane, Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 10 August 1916. Aged 22. Born Hetton-le-Hole, Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton-le-Hole. "HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL"
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
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Private Thomas Elliott. 18917. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September 1916. Born Burnmoor (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Fencehouses. Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
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Private Martin Finnessay. 11245.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 January 1917. Born South Bank (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough. (Name spelt "Finnesy" in both SDGW and GH Gazette Database; "Fennessy" on the South Bank Memorial) Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
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Private Arthur Hutchinson. 18774. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 July 1917. Born Northallerton, Enlisted Richmond, Resided Skeeby (Darlington). Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
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Private Harry Leedle. 19011.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 19528 K O Y L I. Son of Solomon and Annie E. Leedle, of Doncaster, Yorks. Killed 28 September 1916. Aged 25. Born Doncaster, Enlisted Doncaster. Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
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Private Walter Long. 33520.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 28990 11th Res. Hussars Regt. Husband of E. Long, of 39, High St., Newington, nr. Sittingbourne, Kent. Killed 17 January 1917. Aged 38. Born Horncastle (Lincs), Enlisted Birmingham, Resided Small Heath (Birmingham). "IN LOVING MEMORY FROM
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>).WIFE AND CHILDREN PEACE PERFECT PEACE" |
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Private Alfred Peacher. 39478.
6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 28069 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 December 1916. Born Whacton (Norfolk), Enlisted Malton (Yorks). (The spelling "Whacton", above, is as shown in Soldiers Died in the Great War) Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
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Private William Plows. 26264.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Emily Plows, of Nelson, Lancs. Killed 14 December 1916. Aged 25. Born Nelson (Lancs), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Nelson. "HE GAVE
THE RICHEST GIFT OF ALL HIS LIFE" Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
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Private George Robinson. 10805.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jane and the late W. Robinson, of 104, Merydale Avenue, Newtown, Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 2 October 1916. Aged 20. Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton. "UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS
AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY" Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
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Private Horace Teale. 19052.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James Teale, of 7, Back, Waterloo Row, Pudsey, Yorks. Killed 28 September 1916. Aged 20. (Also commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL) The name "Teale" would appear the correct family name, though this soldier used the alias of "Steele". For an explanation by Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>), see below. Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
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Serjeant Frank Teate, 33502.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3588 10th Hussars. Son of Joseph and Emma Teate, of Great Staughton, Hunts; husband of Lillian Jane Teate, of Dale Rd., Stanton-by-Dale, Notts. Enlisted 9th Nov., 1895, and served through the South African Campaign 1899-1902. Killed 30 January 1917. Aged 37. Born Great Staughton (Kimbolton, Hunts), Enlisted Bedford, Resided Stanton-by-Dale (Nr St Neots, Hunts). "LATE 10TH ROYAL HUSSARS
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>).HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE" |
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Lance Serjeant John Alderson Walby.
18105. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Stark Walby and Sarah Elizabeth Walby, of Elba, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Killed 2 October 1916. Aged 25. Born Middle Rainton (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Fencehouses. “THEY MISS HIM MOST WHO LOVED HIM BEST GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST” Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
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Private Joseph Wheatley. 18185.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Mary Ann Wheatley, of 19, Byre St., Low Downs, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 14 September 1916. Aged 19. Born Hetton-le-Hole (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton-le-Hole. "SACRED TO US
IS THE PLACE WHERE HE SLEEPS" Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
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Private Thomas Wheatley. 12600.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 July 1916. Born Coundon (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Coundon. "IN LOVING MEMORY
BELOVED SON OF JOSEPH & KATE SARAH ELLEN WHEATLEY AGED 22 YEARS" Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>). |
Puchevillers
British Cemetery (2)
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>).
Puchevillers
British Cemetery (3)
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>).
The headstones for Privates Cave and Leedle, with Private Robinson's headstone
left rear.
Photo : Malcolm Beavis <malcolm.beavis@yahoo.co.uk>
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Private Horace Steele / Teale.
Harry Teal. His service record survives. He enlisted on 2/2/1915 and was posted missing in the field on 12/6/1917; his parents were William & Margaret Teal of Dalton Holme, Beverley (which is just some extra biographical detail for the record).
Next the Reg.no. 19052 6th Bn., man.
There is a recurring problem with Steele and Teale as both names can appear with and without the last "e" which is an added complication when doing the research. I can only find a relevant Horace Teale in Civil Records and no Horace Steele. For instance, the 1901 Census Record has him born about 1896, living in Pudsey with mother Eliza A Teale (another name problem - she sometimes becomes Elizabeth) but no sign of his father James (they were married in 1876 and had at least 8 children).
A Horace Teale was born in the June Qtr., 1896 in the Wharfedale Registration District in which Yeadon is situated. You will recall that the SDGW record for Horace STEELE has him born in Yeadon and residing in Pudsey - surely too much of a coincidence for it not to be the same man! The 1911 Census has Horace Teale living in Pudsey with father James and stepmother Rebecca Robins (James eventually remarried in 1913 his first wife and Horace's mother having died in 1904).
Horace Teale's name also appears on the Pudsey War Memorial but no one by the name of Steele (or Steel) is listed.
You are familiar with the Military Records except perhaps the Medal Rolls Index and therein lies a little hiccup but a possible clue. There is no Horace Teale recorded but there is a Horace Steel and a Horace Steele (two cards for the same man - Yorkshire Regiment no. 19052). "Steele" records the Victory and British medals but interestingly "Steel" records the 15 Star with the date of entry to Theatre of War as 28/9/1915. This means that if it is Horace Teale, he was barely 18 when he volunteered. Your theory that he used an alias is a good one as "Horace Steele" according to the CWGC was five years older than Horace Teale so he may have lied about his age in order to join up, and the truth only came out when he was wounded and died. The Army would of course have a "missing" Horace Steele which might be why his name appears on the Thiepval Memorial.