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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - St. Nicolas British Cemetery (France, Pas de Calais) |
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St. Nicolas British Cemetery - 1
Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>
From March 1916 to the Armistice, the village of St. Nicolas was occupied by Commonwealth forces and for much of that time it was within the range of German artillery fire. The cemetery was started in March 1917 and used by the divisions and field ambulances stationed there until October 1918.
St Nicolas British Cemetery contains 364 First World War burials.
9 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are buried in this cemetery.
We are extremely grateful to Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>,
for the photos of the cemetery and the gravestones.
Select one of the thumbnail images, below, for a larger sized image which
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Private George Alfred Bowes.
33383. 1st/5th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 45589 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 September 1918. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough. Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) and Tom Wheeldon. |
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Private George Albert Brown.
201938. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Thomas and Mary Brown of 5, Brandon Village, Durham. Killed 14 May 1917. Aged 21. Born Witton Gilbert (Durham), Enlisted Croft-on-Tees, Resided Brandon (Durham). |
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Lance Corporal George Wilson Dent.
26868. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James Wilson Dent and Emma Dent, of 58, Middlesbro' Rd., South Bank, Yorks. Died 11 May 1917. Aged 20. Born Picton, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby. (Inscription on the headstone not readable due to plant cover) |
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2nd Lieutenant Thomas Herbert Eyre.
2nd Battalion attached 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. T. S. Eyre, of Keyingham, Hull. Killed 16 July 1917. |
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Private William Ernest Grant. 235240.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 July 1917. Born Bradford, Enlisted Bury, Resided Baldingstone (Walmsley). |
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Private Harold Pearson. 28807.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Pearson, of Golcar, Huddersfield; husband of Mary Eliza Pearson, of Church St., Burton Pidsea, Hull. Killed 17 July 1917. Aged 29. Born Burtoncliffe Head, Enlisted Milnsbridge, Resided Golcar. "HE DIED FOR HIS KING
AND HIS COUNTRY" |
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Private George Selby. 25293.
7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 17 July 1917. Born Oldham (Lancs), Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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2nd Lieutenant Tom Sykes. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Jane Sykes, of 177, Borough Rd. East, Middlesbrough. Died 29 June 1917. Aged 21. "AND FROM THE GROUND THERE BLOSSOMS RED LIFE THAT SHALL ENDLESS BE" (*) (*) The above quotation on Lieutenant Sykes' headstone is from a hymn "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go" by George Matheson. |
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Private Joseph Wilkinson. 24112.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. |
St. Nicolas British Cemetery - 2
Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>
St. Nicolas British Cemetery - 3
Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>