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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - St. Martin Calvaire British Cemetery, St. Martin-Sur-Cojeul (France) |
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St.
Martin Calvaire British Cemetery, St. Martin-sur-Cojeul, Pas de Calais (France)
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(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)
The village of St. Martin-sur-Cojeul was taken by the 30th Division on 9 April 1917. It was lost in March 1918 but retaken in the following August. St. Martin Calvaire British Cemetery was named from a calvary which was destroyed during the war. It was begun by units of the 30th Division in April 1917 and used until March 1918. Plot II was made in August and September 1918. The cemetery contains 228 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, five of them unidentified.
Amongst the graves are those of three soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment together with the grave of a Medical Officer who was attached to the 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
We are extremely grateful to Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) and Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) who have generously provided the photographs on this page.
Click on the thumbnail image of a headstone for a larger version of the photo which opens in a new window.
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Captain John Earnscleugh Brydon.
Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Helen C. Brydon, of 5, Cobden Crescent, Edinburgh. Killed on 27 June 1917. Aged 33. "THERE IS NO SERVICE LIKE HIS
WHO SERVES BECAUSE HE LOVES" |
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Private Herbert Hodgson, 201230. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Sarah Ann Hodgson, of 16, Railway Terrace, Sowerby, Thirsk, Yorks. Killed 27 June 1917. Aged 27. Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Sowerby (Thirsk). |
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Private Joseph Robinson. 201349.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 27 June 1917. Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Captain Charles Sproxton (Adjutant), MC. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Arthur and Alice Sproxton, of 114, Lee St., Holderness Rd., Hull. B.A. (Hons. Cambridge). Killed 19 June 1917. Aged 26. "HIS SOUL TO GOD
HIS LIFE TO HIS COUNTRY |
St.
Martin Calvaire British Cemetery, St. Martin-sur-Cojeul, Pas de Calais (France)
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Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)