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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Middlesbrough (North Ormesby) Cemetery |
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North Ormesby Cemetery is immediately adjacent to south side of North Ormesby St Joseph's RC Cemetery that is situated at the corner of the Trunk Road, A1085, and Ormesby Road at the opposite corner of what used to be the White House Garage [there is street parking nearby]. There is no wall now between the two cemeteries.
Ray Wilkins (<e2ray3636@ntlworld.com>) has produced a report into the graves in North Ormesby's combined cemeteries, and anybody interested in locating a War Grave in this cemetery is recommended to read this report. The report can be obtained by selecting the link below.
In addition, Ray has produced a map of all the War Graves in the combined North Ormesby cemeteries, where the position of a grave can be located against a man's name. To select this map, select the link below.
There are 10 Commonwealth War Graves belonging to men of the Yorkshire Regiment in Middlesbrough's North Ormesby Cemetery. Details of those buried are below.
There are also several monumental inscriptions, for soldiers remembered on the memorials or headstones of their families. Select the link below to see these memorials or headstones. Ray Wilkins (<e2ray3636@ntlworld.com>) has photographed these headstones which commemorate soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment.
Family Memorials / Headstones of Yorkshire
Regiment Soldiers |
The family names on the memorials / headstones are;-
Ray Wilkins (<e2ray3636@ntlworld.com>) has additionally photographed a derelict family headstone that is a memorial to Lance Serjeant Charles Edward Bendelow, Lance Corporal James Rymer and Serjeant Robert Rymer. The connection between these three men is that Charles Bendelow was married to Eliza Bendelow (nee Rymer); the other two men were Eliza's brothers. Thus Eliza will have lost not only a husband, but her two brothers as a consequence of the War. A real tragedy.
The Commonwealth War Grave Headstones
Photographs of the graves have been taken by Stan Grosvenor (<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>), Ray Wilkins (<e2ray3636@ntlworld.com>) and Sandra Gallacher (<sgallacher16@virginmedia.com>). For a larger sized image of a grave, where available, simply select the thumbnail for a larger sized photo to open in a new window. Click anywhere in the window that opens to close it.
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Lance Serjeant Charles Edward Bendelow.
25076. 14th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Bendelow, and the late Jane Bendelow; husband of Eliza Pattison (formerly Bendelow), of 8, James St., North Ormesby. Died 15 March 1917. Aged 31. Born Northallerton, Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo by Sandra Gallacher (<sgallacher16@virginmedia.com>). |
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Lance Corporal Alfred Richard Clarken. 2749. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Annie Clarken, of 29, Church St., Marske-by-Sea, Yorkshire. Died at home 30 August 1915. Aged 48. (Not shown in SDGW) "PEACE PERFECT PEACE" Photo by Stan Grosvenor (<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>) |
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Private William Coghlan. 20837. 2nd Garrison Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 10 July 1918. Aged 35. Born North Ormesby, Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo by Stan Grosvenor (<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>) |
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Private W H Dennyson. 4380255. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ralph and Emily Dennyson, of 5, Church St., North Ormesby. Died 25 March 1921. Aged 19. (Note : If Private Dennyson had been wounded in the 1914 - 18 War, and subsequently died as a result of his injuries, this means that he would have been a "Boy Soldier" in the War. He would certainly have been under-age in the War). "THY WILL, NOT MINE, BE DONE"
Photo by Stan Grosvenor (<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>) |
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Private Asquith Geldard. 39020. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late John and Mary Geldard. Died 6 June 1917. Aged 35. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby. "HE ANSWERED THE CALL" Photo by Ray Wilkins (<e2ray3636@ntlworld.com>) (in the 1911 census, Asquith Geldard was living at 23 Market Place, North Ormesbu, with his parents. He was a chemical worker and had been born in Margarove Park. He died at the 2nd West General Hospital, Manchester. His sole legatee was his sister Bertha Dunn.) |
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Lance Serjeant Albert Edward Graham. 13399. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 27 October 1916. Born North Ormesby, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby. Lance Serjeant Graham is commemorated in this cemetery on a family headstone. The inscription on the headstone reads;- IN LOVING MEMORY OF MATTHEW, THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF SUSANNAH GRAHAM WHO DIED NOV 3rd 1910 AGED 43 YEARS. ALSO SERGT ALBERT E GRAHAM WHO DIED OCT 27th 1916 AT OLD TRAFFORD HOSPITAL MANCHESTER FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN FRANCE AND WAS INTERRED AT NORTH ORMESBY OCT 31st 1916 AGED 21 YEARS. "A NOBLE LIFE ENDED" ALSO SERGT J W GRAHAM, ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE, WHO DIED AT CAMEIRS OCT. 14th 1917 FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION IN FRANCE AGED 25 YEARS. INTERRED AT ETAPLES. "THY WILL BE DONE" (Serjeant James William Graham was in the KOYLI) Photo by Ray Wilkins (<e2ray3636@ntlworld.com>) |
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Private Ernest Edward Martin. 60269. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. J. T. and Mrs. M. A. Martin, of 36, Stovin St., North Ormesby. Died 7 November 1918. Aged 22. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby. "THY WILL BE DONE"
Photo by Stan Grosvenor (<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>) |
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Private William A Osborne. 203848. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of W. A. and Sarah Osborne, of North Ormesby. Died 12 April 1921. Aged 25. Private William Osborne is commemorated in this cemetery on a family headstone. The inscription on the headstone reads;- WILLIAM OSBORNE LATE 203848 8th YORKS REGT DIED APRIL 12 1921 AGED 25 YEARS. ROWLY AGED 3 YEARS. LILY AGED 11 YEARS. SONS & DAUGHTER OF W & S OSBORNE "STILL TO MEMORY DEAR" Photo by Ray Wilkins (<e2ray3636@ntlworld.com>) |
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Private Walter William Reader. 20943. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Sarah Ann Reader; husband of Jane Ann Jefferson (formerly Reader), of 100, Stephenson St., North Ormesby. Died 3 March 1919. Aged 37. "STILL TO MEMORY DEAR"
Photo by Stan Grosvenor (<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>) |
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Private Joseph Robinson. 15338. Yorkshire Regiment (Depot), - formerly served in the 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 25 May 1917. Aged 27. Photo by Stan Grosvenor (<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>) |
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Photo by Ray Wilkins (<e2ray3636@ntlworld.com>) (The main headstone (left image) has been pushed over and now lies flat on the ground. The smaller headstone (right) was on the base of the main headstone.) Private John Bowman. 7606. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Bowman. A Reservist. Returned
from South America, Aug., 1915. Died 20 September 1916. Aged 32. The inscription on the headstones read
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Private George Gilbert Frost. 17068. 6th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Harriet Frost, of 26, Abingdon Rd., Middlesbrough.
Died 21 August 1915. Aged 23. The inscription on the headstone reads |
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Private John Richard Hall. 24513. 9th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment. Formerly 30805 Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of George and Barbara Ellen Hall, of 9, Ryedale St.,
North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Died 12 October 1918. Aged 22. The inscription on the headstone reads |
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Corporal William Lazenby. 12257. 9th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and the late Mary Jane Lazenby. Died
10 July 1916. Aged 24. The inscription on the headstone reads |
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Private Thomas Henry Maddren. 3/7096. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 15 June 1915. The inscription on the headstone reads |
| The Stephenson / Wilson Family Headstones
Photo by Ray Wilkins (<e2ray3636@ntlworld.com>) A headstone for the Wilson family and a headstone for the Stephenson family both commemorate Lance Serjeant Frank Stephenson, - with there obviously being a connection between the two families. Lance Serjeant Frank Stephenson. 12122. 9th
Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Margaret Stephenson,
of 69, Cambridge Rd., Cargo Fleet, Middlesbrough. Died 8 June 1917.
Aged 20. The inscription on the headstones read
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Lance Corporal Frank Sturdy. 36032. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 8 February 1917. The inscription on the headstone reads |
| The Thursfield Family Headstone
Private Thomas Thursfield. 20774. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 28 March 1918. The inscription on the headstone reads |
| The Wray / Easby Family Headstone
This headstone commemorates members of the Easby Family
as well as George Wray. George was the son of Mary Easby. Private George Wray. 3/6583. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Easby, of 12, Pierson St.,
North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Died 25 September 1915. Aged 27. The inscription on the headstone reads |
The Bendelow / Rymer Headstone
Photo by Sandra Gallacher (<sgallacher16@virginmedia.com>).
For a larger sized image which opens in a new window, select the thumbnail
on the left.
The headstone reads;-
IN LOVING MEMORY OF SGT. CHARLES EDWARD BENDELOW
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF ELIZA BENDELOW
DIED IN WALKERGATE CITY HOSPITAL 15TH MARCH 1917 AGED 31 YEARS.
ALSO OF
LANCE CORPL JAMES RYMER KILLED IN ACTION SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
10 JULY 1916 AGED 20 YEARS
Noble lives ended
AND OF HIS BROTHER SERJEANT ROBERT RYMER, MM
BELOVED SONS OF W & A RYMER
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE 10TH APRIL 1918 AGED 24 YEARS
At Rest
Walkergate City Hospital was in Newcastle and was used in the First World War for the treatment of wounded soldiers.
Lance Corporal James Rymer. 12116. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Alice Rymer, of 7, James St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough,
and the late William Rymer. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born North Ormesby (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Serjeant Robert Rymer, MM. 23498. 50th Battalion Machine
Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 1800 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alice Rymer,
of 7, James St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, and the late William Rymer.
Killed 10 April 1918. Aged 24.
Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.
Commemorated Panel 11, Ploegsteert Memorial.