The Yorkshire Regiment War Graves

Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, -
Marske-in-Cleveland
(St. Germain) Churchyard

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Marske-in-Cleveland (St. Germain) Churchyard
Photo : Edward Nicholl

Marske-in-Cleveland (St. Germain) Churchyard surrounds the old Church, not now used for services. The churchyard contains 15 burials from the First World War and 2 from the Second World War. The First World War burials include the graves of 4 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment.
There are two family grave headstones which commemorate soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment.

Photos of the headstones of the Yorkshire Regiment soldiers are below. Photos by Edward Nicholl.
The photographs of the family grave headstones, with information on these graves, is by Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>).

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		Pte J J Fawcett. 26181. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 18 November 1918. "PEACE PERFECT PEACE"

		Private Thomas Smallwood. 12415. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Huddlestone and Elizabeth Smallwood, of New Marske. Died 21 August 1916. Aged 24. Born North Marske (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Marske

		Private John William Smith. 26173. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of T. R. and M. A. Smith, of New Marske-by-the-Sea; husband of Margaret Jane Smith, of East End, Sedgefield, Ferryhill, Co. Durham. Died 31 March 1920. Aged 26.

		Private John Wright. 4253. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Wright, of 22, West Terrace, New Marske-by-the-Sea, and the late Hannah Wright. Died 21 September 1916. Aged 28. Enlisted Redcar, Resided New Marske. "DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY EVER CLINGS"

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Neal Family Headstone

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The Neal Family headstone inscription is as follows;-
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ROBERT THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF RHODA NEAL
WHO DIED JUNE 24th 1905 AGED 85.
"DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY"
ALSO OF RHODA WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED JUNE 3rd 1915 AGED 87 YEARS.
ALSO OF JAMES SON OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED JUNE 27th 1914 AGED 56 YEARS.
ALSO OF JOHN ROBERT GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE
KILLE DIN ACTION JULY 1st 1916 AGED 23.
"HE DID HIS DUTY"

Private John Neal. 12568. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Stanghow (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond, Resided Boosbeck.
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.

Richard Roberts provides the following background information on the inclusion of John Neal on the Neal family headstone;-

"The grandparents (Robert & Rhoda Neal) mentioned on the headstone both originally came from Weeting in Norfolk. At first I tried to make the obvious connection that John Robert was the son of James their son also
mentioned on the headstone. However, I couldn't show that James had a son so named.

The 1871 Census for Weeting lists the Robert and Rhoda Neal family and reveals that James had a younger brother named George (born 1865) and it turns out that it is he who is John Robert's father. The 1901 Stanghow Census has George Neal born Weeting in 1865 and his wife Elizabeth Ann with their family including John Robert born 1894 and an Irene Rhoda so the children are named after their grandparents.

Thus the Neal family memorial commemorates John, his uncle James and grandparents, Robert and Rhoda."

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Shaddock (Townsend) Family Headstone

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The Shaddock (Townsend) Family headstone inscription is as follows;-
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JAMES THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARIA SHADDOCK
WHO FELL ASLEEP MAY 11th 1913 AGED 80 YEARS.
ALSO
WILLIAM BELOVED SON OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED DECEMBER 28th 1913 AGED 43 YEARS.
INTERRED AT MIDDLESBROUGH.
ALSO THE ABOVE MARIA SHADDOCK, DIED OCT 30th 1922 AGED 84 YEARS
AND
LIEUT. GUY S TOWNSEND
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE, AUG 23rd 1918 AGED 26 YEARS.

2nd Lieutenant Guy Storey Townsend. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached to Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Son of Mr. J. J. and Mrs. L. A. Townsend, of 7, Severs St., South Bank, Yorks. Killed 23 August 1918. Aged 26.
Buried BONNAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Richard Roberts provides the following background information on the inclusion of Lieutenant Townsend on the Shaddock family headstone;-

"Whilst it seems strange that his (Townsend's) name should appear on this particular headstone, I have found a possible explanation. His father was John James Townsend who in the Dec Qtr of 1887 married Lucy Ann Shaddock.
So there is a family relationship to the Shaddocks commemorated on the headstone. However, precisely what that was remains a mystery to me despite trying to trace a link through all the Census records right back to 1841. I thought that James and Maria might be Lucy's grandparents, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Guy Storey Townsend sounds as though he should have been "officer class". In fact, he came from a modest background (his father was an ironstone miner) and rose through the ranks; according to the Medal Rolls he was at one time A/Cpl 200736 of the Yorkshire Regiment."

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The Cemetery of St. Germain, Marske-in-Cleveland
Marske-in-Cleveland (St. Germain) Churchyard
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)

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