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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Voormezeele Enclosure No 3, Belgium |
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A view of Voormezeele Enclosure No 3 Cemetery - 1
(Photo : Richard Roberts, <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The Voormizeele Enclosures (at one time there were a total of four, but now reduced to three) were originally regimental groups of graves, begun very early in the First World War and gradually increased until the village and the cemeteries were captured by the Germans after very heavy fighting on 29 April 1918.
Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, the largest of these burial grounds, was begun by the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in February 1915. Their graves are in Plot III, the other Plots from I to IX are the work of other units, or pairs of units, and include a few graves of October 1918. Plots X and XII are of a more general character. Plots XIII to XVI were made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from isolated sites and smaller cemeteries to replace the French graves (of April and September 1918) that were removed to a French cemetery. These concentrated graves cover the months from January 1915 to October 1918, and they include those of many men of the 15th Hampshires and other units who recaptured this ground early in September 1918.
There are now 1,611 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried
or commemorated in Voormezeele Enclosure No.3. 609 of the burials are unidentified
but there are special memorials to 15 casualties known or believed to be buried
among them. Other special memorials record the names of five casualties whose
graves in PHEASANT WOOD CEMETERY could not be found on concentration.
There are 24 identified graves of soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment
in this cemetery.
To view a larger sized image of a headstone, which opens in a new window, select the thumbnail image.
We are very grateful to Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) for the photographs from this cemetery.
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Private John James Barton. 11325. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Mrs. Annie M. Manus, of 31, Bridge St. East, Middlesbrough. Died 17 September 1915. Aged 20. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees, Resided Middlesbrough. "SACRED TO HIS MEMORY" |
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Private Frederick Bynam. 13260.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. A. Bynam, of Stascombe Place, Piette Rd., Guernsey. Killed 15 September 1915. Aged 17. Born St. Peter's (Guernsey), Enlisted Guernsey. "IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON HE DID NOT LIVE OR GROW OLD AS WE GROW OLDER" |
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Private Harold Ralph Coldbeck,
12786. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alfred Burton Coldbeck and Phillis Hariet Colbeck, of Cross Hill, Masham, Ripon, Yorks. Killed 4 August 1915. Aged 21. . Born Stainsley (Ripon), Enlisted Masham. "THY WILL BE DONE" |
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Private Frederick Copeland.
16273. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. F. and Mrs. E. A. Copeland, of 1, Railway Terrace, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough. Native of Stockton-on-Tees. Died 19 September 1915. Aged 19. Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Haverton Hill. "NOT GONE FROM MEMORY NOR FROM LOVE BUT TO OUR FATHER'S HOME ABOVE" |
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Lieutenant Fred Walmesley Crabtree.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Lillie Crabtree, of The Warren, Clifton Drive, Lytham, Lancs. Native of Todmorden. Killed 15 August 1915. Aged 20. "AN ONLY SON NOW IN GOD'S CARE" |
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Private William Craggs. 12849.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 March 1916. Born Durham, Enlisted Durham. |
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Private John Lawrence Dodshon.
19690. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Dodshon, of 30, Baff St, Spennymoor, Co. Durham. Killed 1 March 1916. Aged 22. Born Eppleby (Yorks), Enlisted Darlington, Resided Spennymoor (Durham). "HELD IN MEMORY DEAR BY ALL AT HOME" |
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Lance Corporal Edward Donhue.
8215. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 February 1916. Born Bristol, Enlisted Sheffield. |
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2nd Lieutenant John Fawcett.
3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Louisa Fawcett, of Lowlands Farm, Yarm-on-Tees, S. Yorks. Died 8 May 1918. |
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Private George Galley. 235302.
20th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 242230 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 September 1917. Born North Heigham (Norfolk), Enlisted Norwich (Norfolk), Resided Norwich. |
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Private John Gibson. 21149.
7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 28 September 1915. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Wareham, Resided Middlesbrough. |
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Lance Corporal Anthony Grieves.
12638. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 September 1915. Born Workington, Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Wingate (Durham). |
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Private Ernest Herbert, 14920. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mrs. S. E. Davidson (formerly Herbert), of 9, Murton St., Sunderland. Killed 5 August 1915. Aged 35. Born Durham, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Millfield (Sunderland). "IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE" |
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Private John Ingham Johnson,
18772. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died of Wounds 8 August 1915. Born Snape, Enlisted Richmond, Resided Snape |
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Private Edward Kenefec. 11328.
7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Martha Kenefec, of 15, Carlow St., Middlesbrough. Died 13 October 1915. Aged 21. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees, Resided Middlesbrough. "FONDEST MEMORIES EVER CLING FROM THOSE AT HOME" |
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Private Leonard Dearden Linton,
3/8572. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Dearden Linton, of 2, Railway Place, Grange Town, Yorks. Killed 15 September 1915. Aged 19. Born Grangetown (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Grangetown. |
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Private George William Lynn.
14705. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 3 March 1916. Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland. |
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Lance Corporal Robert Bousefield
Milburn, 12043. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Agnes Ann Milburn, of Gordon House, Roseberry Terrace, Grange Town, Yorks. Killed 29 August 1915. Aged 28. Born Wilton (Redcar, Yorks), Enlisted South Bank, Resided Grangetown. "THY WILL BE DONE OH LORD" |
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Private Allan McLachlan. 12009. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 3 August 1915. Born Sculcoates (Hull), Enlisted Hull. (Surname spelt "McLacklan" in SDGW and "McLachlin" in GH Gazette database) "TILL WE MEET AGAIN" |
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Lance Corporal John Thomas Anderson
Nash. 12314. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Nephew of Elizabeth Anderson, of 119, Commercial Rd., South Shields. Killed 30 September 1915. Aged 27. Born Holborn (South Shields - Durham), Enlisted South Shields. "SO. SHIELDS DEATH DIVIDES MEMORY CLINGS" |
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Corporal William George Port.
12610. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Port, of 6, Cator St., Peckham, London. Killed 22 February 1916. Aged 17. Born Camberwell (London), Enlisted Camberwell (London), Resided Peckham (S.E.). "....... OUR HEARTS" (inscription obscured) |
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Private John Richard Roberts.
18887. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 4 March 1916. Aged 22. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. HE FELL IN THE FLOWER OF YOUTH" |
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Corporal Thomas Smith. 12439.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 August 1915. Born Bishop Wearmouth (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland. |
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Private Joseph Storey. 14967.
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Margaret Ann Storey, of 10, Middlefield Row, Washington Station, Co. Durham, and the late William Storey. Killed 1 September 1915. Aged 22. Born Usworth, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Washington. |
A view of Voormezeele Enclosure No 3 Cemetery - 2
(Photo : Richard Roberts, <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)