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Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm)
Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com>
The commune of Zillebeke contains many Commonwealth cemeteries as the front line trenches ran through it during the greater part of the First World War. Railway Dugouts Cemetery is 2 Kms west of Zillebeke village, where the railway runs on an embankment overlooking a small farmstead, which was known to the troops as Transport Farm. The site of the cemetery was screened by slightly rising ground to the east, and burials began there in April 1915. They continued until the Armistice, especially in 1916 and 1917, when Advanced Dressing Stations were placed in the dugouts and the farm. They were made in small groups, without any definite arrangement; and in the summer of 1917 a considerable number were obliterated by shell fire before they could be marked. The names "Railway Dugouts" and "Transport Farm" were both used for the cemetery. At the time of the Armistice, more than 1,700 graves in the cemetery were known and marked. Other graves were then brought in from the battlefields and small cemeteries in the vicinity, and a number of the known graves destroyed by artillery fire were specially commemorated. The latter were mainly in the present Plots IV and VII. The cemetery now contains 2,459 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 430 of the burials are unidentified and 261 casualties are represented by special memorials.
78 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are buried here. A number of these burials have special commemorative headstones, where the soldier is known to be buried in the cemetery but elsewhere.
Photographs of the headstones, and of the cemetery, have been
kindly provided by
Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>),
Christopher Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) and
Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>).
Terry Holmes grandfather, Robert Holmes, fought with the 9th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment and is interred in this cemetery.
To view a photo of a headstone, select the thumbnail image (below) and a larger sized image will open in a new window.
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Private William Ashworth. 202757.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 3 October 1917. Born Bolton (Lancs), Enlisted Bolton. Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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2nd Lieutenant Willard Barber. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Rebecca Barber, of Sunderland. Killed 5 January 1918. Aged 24. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "STILL TO MEMORY DEAR" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Edward John Barwood. 26619. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of J. J. and Mary A. White, of The Brickfields, West Malling, Kent. Killed 7 July 1917. Aged 29. Born West Malling (Kent), Enlisted Middlesbrough. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Digby Beswick, 3940. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 February 1916. Enlisted Masham (Yorks). (Shown in SDGW as "George Digby Beswick") Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Arthur Bielby. 28341. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Roger and Hannah Bielby. Killed 14 February 1917. Aged 34. Born Hawnby (Yorks), Enlisted Stokesley. Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> At the foot of the headstone, as photographed, there was a framed photo of Arthur Bielby. This is shown in the Individual Portraits section of this website. |
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Company Sergeant Major John Binks.
399. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ann Binks, of 127, High St., Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorks, and the late Edwin John Binks. Killed 14 February 1916. Aged 37. Born Marske (Yorks), Enlisted Redcar, Resided Marske. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Arthur Lee Binns. 23218. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 May 1917. Born Batley (Yorks), Enlisted Batley. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Major William Claud Kennedy Birch, MC. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 January 1918. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "STILL TO MEMORY DEAR" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Walter Bland. 2992. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 February 1916. Enlisted Kirklington, Resided East Fairfield (Bedale). Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private George William Blundy, 3326.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 14 February 1916. Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Serjeant Albert Edward Boyes. 1996. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 February 1916. Enlisted Scarborough. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Alfred Braban. 14866. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 3 October 1917. Born Washington, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Washington. Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Serjeant Ernest Brooke. 8109. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 January 1918. Born Brighouse (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Clifton (Nr. Brighouse). KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Captain Bertram Cunliffe Camm, MC.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 January 1918. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Louis Chambers. 1974. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Christiana Chambers, of Seamer, Scarborough. Killed 15 February 1916. Aged 20. Born Seamer (Scarborough), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Seamer. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Ralph Cole. 1588. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. A. and Mrs. S. Cole, of 37, Arthur Terrace, New Marske, Yorks. Killed 16 February 1916. Aged 20. Born Marske (Yorks), Enlisted Skelton, Resided New Marske. "THY WILL BE DONE" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Elijah Colledge. 34572. 9th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment, formerly 18296 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 April 1917. Born Murton (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland. Photo : Richard Roberts. (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) |
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Corporal Herbert Colley. 1144. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Mary Esther Colley, of 76, Eastgate North, Driffield, Yorks. Killed 16 February 1916. Aged 21. Born Driffield, Enlisted Driffield. " GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Thomas Bond Cooper, 14174.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Laws Cooper and Dorothy Cooper, of Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham; husband of Caroline Charlotte Stanton (formerly Cooper), of Brookfield House, Havelock St., Aylesbury. Killed 5 January 1918. Aged 24. Born Seaham (Sunderland), Enlisted Seaham. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Captain Harold Dean, MC. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Elizabeth Dean; husband of Dorothy Dean, of "Rosebery," Goldsmid Rd., Tonbridge, Kent. Killed 5 January 1918. Aged 30. (Had previously been a Corporal (No 131011) in the Royal Engineers before joining the Yorkshire Regiment. His wife lived at 32 Brecon Hill Rd, Middlesbrough) KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private William Beck Dickson. 42834.
8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 160661 R F A. Son of John Stirling Dickson and Helen Beck Dickson, of Elphinstone, East Lothian; husband of Annie Beck Dickson, of 2, Glan-Y-Mon Terrace, Llanfairfechan, Carnarvonshire. Killed 12 February 1917. Aged 35. Born Tranent (Haddington), Enlisted Bangor, Resided Llanfairfechan. Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private Sydney Douglas. 2168. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. John Douglas, of 4, Granville Terrace, Redcar, Yorks. Killed 14 February 1916. Aged 24. Born Redcar, Enlisted Redcar. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Sydney Dove. 3155. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 February 1916. Enlisted Margrove Park, Resided Lingdale (Boosbeck). Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Robert Eddon, 3194. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 February 1916. Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Bertie Forth, 3893. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Mary Ellen Forth, of Ainderby Steeple, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 14 March 1916. Aged 18. Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Ainderby Steeple. Photo : Richard Roberts. (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) |
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Sergeant James H Foxton, 593. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 February 1916. Born South Bank (Yorks), Enlisted Redcar. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private George Frankland. 15642. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 January 1917. Born Shotton, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Shotton. Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private David Goode. 6901. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 January 1918. Born Richmond, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Stanningley (Leeds). KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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2nd Lieutenant James Langdale Gregory.
8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, attached 101st Field Coy Royal Engineers. Son of the Rev. James and Mrs. Gregory, of 3, Oak Villas, Bradford. Killed 13 May 1917. Aged 39. "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH" Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Corporal George Grey. 974. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 February 1916. Enlisted Yarm, Resided Stockton. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Albert Handley, 36073. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 January 1918. Born Farndale, Enlisted Loftus. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private R Stanley Hansell, 2857. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. R. B. and Mrs. M. E. Hansell, of 5, Arundel St., Redcar, Yorks. Killed 20 March 1916. Aged 20. Born Redcar, Enlisted Coatham. "NOT AS I WILL BUT AS THOU WILT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Alfred Harper, 27049. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Edward and Mary Harper, of Carleton House, Barnoldswick, Yorks. Killed 10 February 1917. Aged 22. Born Carleton (Yorks), Enlisted Skipton, Resided Barnoldswick (Yorks). Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private John Stanley Haw. 1838. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and E. C. Haw, of 30, Maison Diew, Richmond, York. Killed 14 February 1916. Aged 18. Born York, Enlisted Redcar, Resided Richmond (Yorks). "UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private James Henry Heggarty, 29121.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 June 1917. Born Halifax, Enlisted Halifax. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Lance Corporal James R Henderson,
1718. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Hannah Henderson, of 93, High St., Redcar, Yorks. Killed 14 February 1916. Aged 21. Born Redcar, Enlisted Redcar. "THE CALL ANSWERED" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private George Thomas Hodgson, 2882.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 February 1916. Born Loftus (Yorks), Enlisted Loftus, Resided West Loftus. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Robert Holmes. 12120. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary Jane Holmes, of 190, Marsh Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 7 June 1917. Aged 41. Born Gateshead, Enlisted Middlesbrough. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Charles Stanley Howes, 240446.
4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Howes, of 58, Havelock Crescent, Quay Rd., Bridlington, Yorks. Killed 24 July 1917. Aged 19. Born Bridlington, Enlisted Bridlington. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "TRUST IN THE LORD" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Tom Hunter. 2148. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 February 1916. Born Northallerton, Enlisted Northallerton. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Lloyd Jones. 34181. 8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 26242 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 January 1917. Born Liverpool, Enlisted Northallerton (Yorks). Photo : Richard Roberts. (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) |
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Private Thomas Jordan. 3/7853. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 January 1918. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Walter Kaye, 36086. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Walter Ernest and Sarah J. Kaye, of 45, Courtney St., Hull. Killed 19 June 1917. Born Hull, Enlisted Hull. The inscription carved on this headstone cannot, unfortunately, be made out in the photograph but from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website reads;- "IN LOVING MEMORY
DIED OF WOUNDS THY WILL BE DONE FROM MOTHER & DAD" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private George Kemp, 2544. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 December 1916. Enlisted Pocklington. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Arthur Knighton. 19542. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 January 1918. Born Bankhead (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Fencehouses. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Captain Eric Noel Lambert, MC. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. Robert Carr Lambert and Mrs. Lambert, of I, Norton Rd., Hove, Brighton. Born at Liverpool. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 34. Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private Thomas Kelsey Lawson. 3058.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas William and Sarah Lawson, of "Lynton," Devonshire Rd., Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. Died 14 February 1916. Aged 23. Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Cyril Davison Lazonby. 27255.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. T. N. and Mrs. Emily Lazonby, of 33, Vicarage St., Newtown, Stockton-on-Tees. Died 14 February 1917. Aged 19. Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees. "HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP" Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private Ephraim Marshall. 235296.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3329 4th West Riding Regt. Killed 12 December 1917. Enlisted Halifax, Resided Sowerby Bridge. Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Serjeant Augustine Martin. 2215. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Nellie Martin, of 3, New Row, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 14 February 1916. Aged 39. Born Northallerton, Enlisted Northallerton. "REST IN PEACE" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Bernard McMahon. 38517. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 May 1917. Born Carrickmacross (Monahan), Enlisted Middlesbrough. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private John Newton. 72687. 69th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 19420 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 June 1917. Born Harton (Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Cargo Fleet. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private John O'Donnell. 8319. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 5 January 1918. Born Thornaby, Enlisted Thornaby. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private William Parker. 34667. 9th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 6323 the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 2 May 1917. Born All Saints' (Middlesbrough), Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private Ralph Platt. 42879. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 160349 R F A. Husband of Eliza Platt, of 65, Shaw St., Oldham, Lancs. Killed 14 May 1917. Aged 40. Born Oldham (Lancs), Enlisted Shaw (Lancs). KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Thomas Redmond. 38875. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 January 1918. Born Sirhowey (Mon), Enlisted Cardiff, Resided Sirhowey. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private James Riley. 7599. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 January 1918. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. (He was a Porter in the Goods Section at Leeds Station.) KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Harold William Robinson. 34227.
8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 25150 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Ann Robinson, of 25, Trent St., Norton, Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 5 June 1917. Aged 24. Born Norton-on-Tees (Durham), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private James Robshaw. 20656. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Annie Robshaw, of Leeds. Killed 1 January 1917. Aged 25. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Holbeck. "HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Frederick William Robinson.
28155. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 May 1917. Born Skelton-in-Cleveland, Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Hylton (Yarmouth). KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Tom Redfern Robson. 30637.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 5 January 1918. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Gilbert Rumbellow. 3520. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John S. Rumbellow, of Station Rd., North Ferriby, Yorks. Killed 14 February 1916. Aged 25. Enlisted Richmond (Yorks). "HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Thomas Sanderson, 26893. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 February 1917. Born Danby (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Grosmont (Yorks). Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private William Royle Shawcross. 41992.
8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 161691 R F A. Son of William and Grace Shawcross, of "Acresfield," Cornhill Rd., Davyhulme, Manchester. Killed 14 April 1917. Aged 19. Born Urmston (Lancs), Enlisted Manchester, Resided Urmston. Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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2nd Lieutenant Gilbert Parker Smith. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Jane Smith, of "Lily Vale," Clifton Avenue, West Hartlepool. Born at Bury. Killed 5 January 1918. Aged 20. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "FOR KING & COUNTRY" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Joe Henry Smithies. 42657.
8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 29/735 Northumberland Fus. Killed 23 January 1917. Born Huddersfield, Enlisted Halifax, Resided Huddersfield. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Claude Spencer. 10110. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Mary E. Spencer, of 137, Leeds Rd. Ilkley, Yorks. Born at Scarborough. Killed 5 January 1918. Aged 24. Born Hyde (Manchester), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Ilkley (Yorks). KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private John Sproul. 2189. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alexander and Helen Sproul, of 36, Aire St., South Bank, Yorks. Native of Leith, Scotland. Killed 14 February 1916. Aged 20. Born Leith (Scotland), Enlisted Stokesley, Resided South Bank. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Victor Swift. 1869. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 13 February 1916. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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2nd Lieutenant John Symon. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Symon, Painter, and Janet Murray, his wife, of 166, Mid St., Keith. Killed 5 January 1918. Aged 26. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Frederick Hart Topham. 1533.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Margaret Topham, of 19, Vernon Gardens, Harrowgate Hill, Darlington. 14 February 1916. Aged 20. Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Catterick, Resided Richmond. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Corporal Herbert Wade. 28415. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 21 May 1917. Born Manningham, Enlisted Middlesbrough. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Charles Walker. 1479. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Michael and Emma J. Walker, of Brompton, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 20 March 1916. Aged 20. Born Brompton (Northallerton), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Brompton. "WE SADLY MISS YOU BROTHER DEAR" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Parker Walker, 38178. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Eliza Walker, of 3, East Terrace, Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed 19 April 1917. Aged 31. Born Skelton (Yorks), Enlisted Brotton, Resided Skelton (Yorks). Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private Robert Walker, 27361. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 January 1918. Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Norton-on-Tees. KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Percy Henry White. 42531.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 178444 R F A. Husband of May Grose (formerly White), of "Montreal," Carshalton, Surrey. Killed 14 February 1917. Aged 39. Born Birmingham, Enlisted Oxford. Photo : Christopher Weekes <weebex12@hotmail.com> |
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Private Richard Wilbor. 3032. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth D. Wilbor, of Black Swan Yard, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 20 March 1916. Aged 21. Enlisted Northallerton. (Richard Wilbor's name also appears on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, - presumably a case of the body being found and identified after being thought to be missing). Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private George Edward Wratten. 2642.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 14 February 1916. Enlisted Skelton, Resided Brotton. Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
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Private Bert Pratlete Wynn. 42505.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 164230 Rotal Field Artillery. Killed 21 May 1917. Born Yatton, Enlisted Bristol, Resided Yatton (Somerset). KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>) |
The Headstone for Lieutenant Youens, VC, of the DLI
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Youens, VC
13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
Died 7th July 1917 aged 24.
"LOYAL TRUE AND KIND
A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY
LEFT BEHIND"
Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>)
The Headstone of an Unknown Sikh Soldier in the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
Photo : Richard Roberts. (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
A corner of the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground.
Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>)
Wall of the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground.
Photo by Terry Holmes (<terryholmes@hotmail.co.uk>)