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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Leeds (Harehills) Cemetery |
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During the First World War, the major hospitals in Leeds were the 2nd Northern General with 1,800 beds and the East Leeds War Hospital with 1,900. Leeds was also one of the principal hospital centres in Yorkshire during the Second World War.
Leeds (Harehills) Cemetery contains burials of both wars, many of them in a war graves plot in Section G, the rest scattered. The First World War casualties in the plot are commemorated on a screen wall, as are 15 Second World War casualties buried elsewhere in the cemetery whose graves could not be individually marked. There are also special memorials to a number of servicemen buried in other cemeteries whose graves could no longer be maintained.
In all, 176 Commonwealth casualties of the First World War and 147 from the Second World War are now commemorated in the cemetery; there are also three war graves of other nationalities. The Cross of Sacrifice stands in the war graves plot.
Five soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are buried in this cemetery.
We are extremely grateful to MIke Berrell for providing all of the photographs of the cemetery and headstones.
The
Commemorative Screen Wall in Leeds (Harehills) Cemetery
Photo by Mike Berrell
 RQMS Barnett's Family Headstone. For a larger image which opens in a new window, select the above thumbnail. |
Regtl QMS William Barnett.
203921. Depot the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Ellen Barnett; husband of Ada Barnett, of 12, Westlock Terrace, Stoney Rock Lane, Leeds. Died at home 8 October 1918. Aged 33. Born Buslingthorpe (York), Enlisted Leeds. |
| Private Charles Edward Brown.
42470. 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 29015 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brown, of 22, Wellclose Rd., Leeds. Died at home 21 May 1918. Aged 34. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. |
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 Private Brown's Name on a Common Grave Headstone. For a larger image which opens in a new window, select the above thumbnail. |
 Private Brown's Name on a Common Grave Headstone (2nd from left). For a larger image which opens in a new window, select the above thumbnail. |
| Private Fred Gill. 39282. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Jane Gill; husband of Elizabeth Gill, of 16, Heed Place, Burmantofts, Leeds. Born at Derby. Died at home 8 October 1917. Aged 30. Born Derby, Enlisted Leeds. "GOD GRANT TO HIM ETERNAL REST ON WHOSE SOUL SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY. AMEN" |
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 The CWGC headstone for Private Gill. For a larger image which opens in a new window, select the above thumbnail. |
 Behind the CWGC headstone for Private Gill (on the right) is a Common Grave headstone with his name on it. For a larger image which opens in a new window, select the above thumbnail. |
| Private Cyril Preston. 25943. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of S. and K. Preston, of 325, Roundhay Rd., Leeds. Born in Leeds. Died at home 15 May 1917. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. |
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 Private Preston's Family Headstone. For a larger image which opens in a new window, select the above thumbnail. |
 Private Preston's Family Headstone (left). For a larger image which opens in a new window, select the above thumbnail. |
For a larger image which opens in a new window, select the above thumbnail. |
Private Joseph Sampson. 57513. 25th Battalion Durham Light Infantry transf., to (165712) 521st Home Service Employment Coy. Labour Corps, formerly 22943 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Emily Sampson, of 27, Ellerby St., Leeds. Died at home 25 August 1918. Aged 42. Enlisted Leeds. |
The
Entrance Gateway for Leeds (Harehills) Cemetery
Photo by Mike Berrell