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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - St. Patrick's Cemetery, Loos (France, Pas de Calais) |
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St. Patrick's Cemetery, Loos (1)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
St. Patrick's Cemetery was begun during the Battle of Loos by French and British troops, and used in 1916 very largely by the units of the 16th (Irish) Division. It was closed in June 1918, but a small number of graves were brought into it after the Armistice from the battlefields between Loos and Hulluch. The irregular arrangement of the rows is due to the conditions under which the burials were carried out.
There are now 583 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war commemorated in this cemetery. Of these, 41 are unidentified and the graves of 23, destroyed by shell fire, are now represented by special memorials. There are also 54 French burials here.
The cemetery covers an area of 3,001 square metres and is enclosed by a brick wall.
Amongst the graves in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Loos, are 17 for soldiers
who served with the Yorkshire Regiment. 12 of these men were killed on 28
/ 29 November 1917, and are buried side-by-side. (see photo)
To view a larger version of a headstone photo which opens in a new window,
below, select the thumbnail image.
We are very grateful to Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>) who has provided photos of the cemetery and the headstones.
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Serjeant John Whitehead Atkinson.
20264. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 May 1918. Born Upper Thong (Holmfirth, Yorks), Enlisted Huddersfield, Resided New Mill (Huddersfield). "MAY HIS REWARD BE AS GREAT AS HIS SACRIFICE" |
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Private Edward Bird.
38269. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 November 1917. Born Redcar, Enlisted Redcar. |
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Private Robert Brown.
243047.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of E. J. Brown, of 30, Forster St., Gateshead. Killed 28 November 1917. Aged 29. Born Newcastle, Enlisted Gateshead. "LORD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST" Bob Brown(<bob@stillington99.freeserve.co.uk>) kindly also supplied photos of his grandfather's grave in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Loos. Bob Brown's grandfather was Private Robert Brown of the 6th Battalion. To view Bob Brown's photos, select this link. |
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Serjeant George Copley. 19288. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 December 1917. Born Easington (Durham), Enlisted Darlington, Resided Easington. |
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Private Edward Crawford. 19289. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. R. and Mrs. S. Crawford, of 84, Station Rd., Easington Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 28 November 1917. Born Easington (Durham), Enlisted Darlington, Resided Easington Colliery. |
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Corporal Eric Irvin Crowe.
205021. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Isabella Crowe; husband of Elsie Hauxwell (formerly Crowe), of 18, Newtown Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees. Born at York. Killed 28 November 1917. Aged 25. Born York, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided York. |
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Lance Corporal Roger
Nichols Duncan. 17834. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Bernard and Elizabeth Duncan; husband of Edith Smail (formerly Duncan), of 10, Brooke St., Sunderland. Born at Sunderland. Killed 28 November 1917. Aged 24. Born Pallion (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Southwick-on-Wear. |
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Colonel Arthur de Salis Hadow. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 September 1915. Aged 57. Born in London, 12 July 1858. Son of Patrick Douglas Hadow, B L, of Sudbury Priory, Middlesex. 2nd Lieut. 4 December 1878. Lieut. 11 October 1879. Captain 8 November 1885. Major 4 December 1896. Lieut.-Col. 29 September 1906. Brevet Colonel 29 September 1909. Retired 29 September 1909. Served in the Nile Expedition, 1885, and with the Soudan Frontier Force in charge of regimental Camel Corps, 1885-86. Appointed to the command of the 10th Service Battalion, 21 September 1914. Killed in action at Hill 70, Loos, on 26 September 1915. |
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Private Carlyle Johnson.
45860. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Catherine Johnson, of White House Farm, Willington, Co. Durham; husband of Elizabeth Emma Johnson, of "Clairmont," Prince's St., Bishop Auckland. Killed 14 December 1917. Aged 31. Born Castle Eden (Durham), Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Burnhope. "REST IN THE LORD" The headstone for Private Johnson is that of the York & Lancaster Regiment. This is incorrect, and will be notified to the CWGC. |
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Serjeant Richard Lambert. 3/7403.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Sarah Lambert: husband of Edith Lambert, of 12, Pontefract Grove, Pontefract St., Leeds. Born at Leeds. Killed 28 November 1917. Aged 27. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. |
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Private John William Latimer. 20188.
12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of J. and Annie Latimer. Born at South Bank, Yorks. Killed 30 June 1916. Aged 24. Born South Bank (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided South Bank. " EVER IN THOUGHTS MA & HARRY" |
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Private Arthur Lowe.
24232. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 November 1917. Born Altofts (Yorks), Enlisted Castleford, Resided Whitwood (Normanton). |
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Private Lewis Newsome.
27238. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 November 1917. Born Batley (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough. |
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Second Lieutenant Charles Frederick Squire
Osmond. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles Richard and Edith Emma Osmond, of "Summerhill", The Shrubbery, Weston-super-Mare. Killed 28 November 1917. Aged 23. |
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Private Fred Read.
41788. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 November 1917. Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield. Formerly 174539, Royal Field Artillery. |
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Private Archie Throp. 38157. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Emily Throp, of 3, Daisy Mount, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks. Killed 28 November 1917. Aged 37. Born Halifax (Yorks), Enlisted Halifax, Resided Sowerby Bridge. "MEMORY BEYOND EXPRESSION ABSENCE. UNSPEAKABLE SORROW" |
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Private Matthew Martin
Twizell. 45839. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mathew and Susannah Twizell, of 9, Stella Bank, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Co. Durham. Killed 29 November 1917. Aged 23. Born Stella Bank (Durham), Enlisted Blaydon. |
St. Patrick's Cemetery, Loos (2)
Note the 12 Yorkshire Regiment headstones in this row, - all men killed on
28/29 November 1917.
Bird - Newsome - Crowe - Osmond - Lambert - Twizell - Crawford - Throp - Duncan
- Read - Brown - Lowe
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>
St. Patrick's Cemetery, Loos (3)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>
The Grave of an Unknown British Soldier, dated 1 October 1915
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>
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