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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre (France, Seine-Maritime) |
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Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre - 1
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During the First World War, Le Havre was one of the ports at which the British Expeditionary Force disembarked in August 1914. Except for a short interval during the German advance in 1914, it remained No.1 Base throughout the war and by the end of May 1917, it contained three general and two stationary hospitals, and four convalescent depots.
The first Commonwealth burials took place in Division 14 of Ste Marie Cemetery in mid August 1914. Burials in Divisions 19, 3, 62 and 64 followed successively. A memorial in Plot 62 marks the graves of 24 casualties from the hospital ship 'Salta' and her patrol boat, sunk by a mine on 10 April 1917. The memorial also commemorates by name the soldiers, nurses and merchant seamen lost from the 'Salta' whose bodies were not recovered, and those lost in the sinking of the hospital ship 'Galeka' (mined on 28 October 1916) and the transport ship 'Normandy' (torpedoed on 25 January 1918), whose graves are not known.
There are now 1,690 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in this cemetery, 8 of which are unidentified. During the Second World War, Le Havre was one of the evacuation ports for the British Expeditionary force in 1940 and towards the end of the war it was used as a supply and reinforcement base. There are now 364 burials of the Second World War here,(59 of them unidentified) in Divisions 64 and 67 of the cemetery.
10 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.
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Private John Henry Barnett,
10749. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of David and Deborah Barnett, of 98, Church St., Whitby, Yorks. Killed 18 May 1916. Aged 25. Born Whitby, Enlisted Whitby. "MY DARLING SON
SLEEPS WITH ENGLAND'S HEROES IN THE WATCHFUL CARE OF GOD (R.I.P.)" |
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Private Willie Brown, 2745. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edmund and Margaret Brown, of Salterforth, Lancs. Killed 18 October 1918. Aged 26. Born Salterforth (Yorks), Enlisted Keighley, Resided Salterforth. "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"
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Private Stanley Dickinson, G/66021.
11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, formerly 23409 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Margaret Fernetta Dickinson, of 26, Gordon St., West Hartlepool, Co. Durham. Born at York. Killed 2 October 1918. Aged 20. Born York, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ferryhill. |
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Private James Jemmeson. 2001. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Aaron and Ann Jemmeson, of 74, Commercial St., Norton, Malton, Yorks. Native of Old Malton. Killed 2 June 1915. Aged 22. Born Old Malton, Enlisted Northallerton, Resided York. |
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Corporal Harry Leefe. 18932.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Leefe, of Scarborough; husband of Elvina May Leefe, of 22, Gladstone St., Scarborough, Yorks. Killed 15 October 1916. Aged 22. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough. "DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS SORROWING WIFE & CHILDREN" |
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Lance Corporal William Henry Lickess.
11474.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of J. G. and M. A. Lickess, of 3, Carter St., Middlesbrough. Died 19 July 1916. Aged 26. Born Stockton, Enlisted Middlesbrough. "HIS MEMORY IS
AS DEAR TO-DAY AS IN THE HOUR HE PASSED AWAY" |
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Private John Musk. 15247. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. and the late Mr. S. J. Musk; husband of Mabel Musk, of I, Elma Avenue, Edinburgh St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Killed 10 October 1915. Aged 28. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. "EVER REMEMBERED BY
HIS LOVING WIFE, CHILDREN AND DEVOTED MOTHER" |
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Private Frederick Thompson,
24460. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 15 October 1916. Born Bolton-on-Swale (Yorks), Enlisted Scorton (Yorks). |
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Private Fred Whittaker. 28621. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Mary Whittaker, of 9, Cobden St., Barnoldswick, Yorks. Killed 26 October 1918. Aged 21. Born Barnoldswick, Enlisted Keighley (Yorks), Resided Barnoldswick. "REST IN PEACE"
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Private Edmund Wright. 31358.
16th Labour Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edmund and Elizabeth Wright, of Swaby, Alford, Lincs. Killed 19 October 1916. Aged 39. Born Swaby (Lincs), Enlisted Grimsby. "GOD IS LOVE" The following information was supplied by Christopher Noble (<cjnoble01@virginmedia.com>). From the War Diary of the 16th Battalion;- "Le Havre. Oct 19. No 31358 Pte Wright E No 3 Coy was drowned in the Quay de Garonne today. He was employed on the Hangar Aux Cotons and at about 9 p.m. went to the quayside to urinate. He appears to have been blinded with the reflection of light on the water and to have fallen in........... Le Havre. Oct 28. ..... In accordance with the Court of Inquiry's decision respecting the danger attending the practice of urinating in the docks......" |
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre - 2
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Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre - 3
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The Memorial to Those Lost at Sea Due to Mines and Torpedoes, Ste. Marie Cemetery
(Le Havre)
(See below for the dedication)
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The Memorial to Those Lost at Sea Due to Mines and Torpedoes, Ste. Marie Cemetery
(Le Havre), - the Dedication
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