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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Rookery British Cemetery, Heninel (France) |
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Rookery British Cemetery, Heninel (France)
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Heninel village was captured in a snowstorm on 12 April 1917
by the 56th (London) and 21st Division and the 50th (Northumbrian) Division,
advancing from Heninel on the two following days, captured Wancourt Tower.
Rookery British Cemetery (named from a group of trenches) was made by the
18th and 50th Division Burial Officers in April-June 1917 and used until November
1917. Two further burials were made in August 1918. The cemetery contains
55 First World War burials, one of which is unidentified.
Amongst the graves are 14 for soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment.
The photos of the headstones are by Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>
Select a thumbnail image of a headstone to view a larger sized image which
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Private John Catterson. 201304.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 July 1917. Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private John Alfred Davies.
202017. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Edward and Elizabeth
Davies. Killed 19 July 1917. Aged 27. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Corporal Frederick Graham.
201804. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Thomas James
and Jane Graham, of Gateshead-on-Tyne; husband of Elizabeth (Lily) Graham,
of 153, Marian St., Gateshead-on-Tyne. Killed 13 July 1917. Aged 37. Born Gateshead, Enlisted Yarm, Resided Gateshead. |
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Private Joseph Francis Hartley.
200691. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917. Enlisted Redcar. |
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Company Sergeant Major Frederick
James Hopper. 200667. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband
of Annie Hopper, of 33, Borough Rd., Darlington. Killed 27 June 1917.
Aged 32. Born Darlington, Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Darlington. |
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Lance Corporal William Edward Kinsey.
202972. 1st / 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 2990 Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs W KInsey, Creeper Cottage, Coton. Killed 13 July 1917. Born Coton (Cambridge), Enlisted Cambridge. |
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Private Reuben Jonathan James Lemon.
235208. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917. Enlisted Cambridge, Resided Ely. |
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Private Harry Major. 203163.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Mary Ann Major, of
II, Chelmsford St., Darlington. Killed 16 July 1917. Aged 28. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Darlington. |
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Private Isaac Nichols. 203051.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private John William Oliver.
200116. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 July 1917. Born Redcar, Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Middlesbrough. |
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Private George Ruddick, 201835.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 27 June 1917. Born Newby (Cleveland), Enlisted Masham, Resided Nunthorpe (Yorks) |
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Private William Strong. 16328.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 June 1917. Born Jarrow, Enlisted Sunderland. Born William Arrowsmith Strong, Q2 1889, in South Shields. Mother was Martha Ann, and the family lived at 2 Rickaby Street, Sunderland. William Strong was a colliery worker (underground pump). |
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Private Ernest Taylor. 36398.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917. Enlisted Leeds. |
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Private Alfred William Venables.
202967. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 June 1917. Born Castle Eden (Durham), Enlisted Wheatley Hill. |
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Rookery British Cemetery, Heninel (France)
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Rookery British Cemetery, Heninel (France)
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)