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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Leeds (Holbeck) Cemetery |
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Leeds (Holbeck) Cemetery, with the headstone for Private Thomas in the centre foreground
Photo : Mike Berrell
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 (Holbeck) Cemetery contains 65 First World War burials and 21 from the Second World War, all scattered. A Cross of Sacrifice stands by the cemetery entrance. Three soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are buried in this cemetery.
We are extremely grateful to MIke Berrell for providing the photographs of the headstones and of the cemetery.
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Private Herbert Hardgrave, 11299.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James Henry and Annie Hardgrave, of 36, Clovelly Terrace, Dewsbury Rd., Leeds. Died at home 5 November 1918. Aged 25. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. |
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Private John William Thomas. 9450.
The Yorkshire Regiment transferred to 284726 Labour Corps. Husband of Alice Thomas, of 39, Recreation Grove, Holbeck, Leeds. Died at home 29 June 1918. Aged 46. Born Leeds (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Holbeck (Leeds - Yorks). (Information on age from the 1911 Census. In 1911, John William Thomas was the driver of an electric crane. There were 8 children in his household. His low Army Number, - showing he enlisted early, is rather surprising given this information.) |
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Private George Todd. 37938. 13th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home 8 November 1918. Aged 40. Enlisted Leeds. (SDGW has Battalion = 18th) Commemorated on this headstone are;- Herbert Heaton 6th Nov 1918 Aged 30 yrs Sarah E Singleton 8th Nov 1918 Aged 18yrs Bray Walton 8th Nov 1918 Aged 54 yrs George Todd 11th Nov 1918 Aged 40 yrs Florence Simon 13th Nov 1918 Aged 38 yrs Ann Carver 13th Nov 1918 Aged 78 yrs Edna Hainsworth 16th Nov 1918 Aged 12 yrs John W Wood 18th Nov 1918 Aged 6 yrs |
Leeds
(Holbeck) Cemetery, with the headstone for Private Hardgrave in the centre
foreground
Photo : Mike Berrell