Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, - Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery

The Screen Wall and the Cross of Sacrifice in Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)

During the First World War there were two substantial war hospitals in Sheffield, the Wharncliffe, in the Wadsley Asylum, and the 3rd Northern General, housed in 15 separate buildings. The city, a centre for war industry during the Second World War, suffered heavy enemy air-raids during the Blitz with 600 people killed in a single raid in December 1940.

Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery contains scattered war graves of both wars. Behind the Cross of Sacrifice in plot JJ is a Screen Wall commemorating those First World War casualties whose graves could not be marked by headstones, most of them buried in the plot of ground immediately in front of it. In front of the Screen Wall are a number of Special Memorial headstones for Second World War casualties buried elsewhere in the cemetery whose graves could not be marked.

In all, the cemetery contains 235 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 57 from the Second.

Five of the burials are those of soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment; four of these burials are commemorated on the screen wall.

There are also several family headstones on which soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated.

We are very grateful to Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) and Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>) for providing the photographs relating to this cemetery and the Yorkshire Regiment soldiers.

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		Serjeant Harold Brown. 39382. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 24174 York & Lancs Regt. Died at home 28 April 1918. Born Barnsley (Yorks), Enlisted Diddington (Nr Rotherham). Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)

.		Private John William Martin. 3/7434. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. (Served as SMEDLEY). Son of John and Mary Martin; husband of Mrs. Nellie Bolton (formerly Martin), of 8, Mannel Terrace, Jobson Rd., Sheffield. Died at home 21 June 1916. Aged 26. Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)

		Private George Revill. 22360. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home 22 August 1921. Aged 36. Born Sheffield, Resided Sheffield. CWGC record gives Regimental Number as 7195. But his Service Record exists and all references are to No 22360. Served at home from 1 March 1915 to 24 December 1915. Served in India from 19 January 1916 to discharge in 1919. Notes say that he suffered from "V D H" - vascular heart disease(?), from July 1915 onwards. Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)

		Private James Albert Wheeler. 19213. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Amelia Wheeler; husband of the late Edith Wheeler. Died at home 27 April 1918. Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield. Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)

Sapper William Wilson, 258601 Royal Engineers. F ormerly 8685 Private Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Emma Wilson of 53 Hawley Street, Sheffield. Died at home 6 March 1919. Aged 42. Born Heeley (Sheffield), Enlsted Sheffield. (The Service Record for Sapper William Wilson exists. From this it is seen that he enlisted into the Yorkshire Regiment on 2 September 1914. He was posted to France on 9 September 1915. He joined the Royal Engineers as a Sapper (date unknown), and returned to the UK in February 1919. Apparently he caught a severe chill while on the deck of the transport returning him to the UK, and developed lobar pneumonia. He died of this on 6 March 1919.) Although commemorated on the Screen Wall, William Wilson shares a family grave in the Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery with his wife (Emma, died 10 August 1945 aged 62) and son (William, died 12 JUly 1913 aged 4). Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)

A view of Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery with Serjeant Brown's grave under the tree.
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)

The Screen Wall and the Cross of Sacrifice in Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery
Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)

The Screen Wall Dedication in Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)

Family Headstones

All photos by Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)

The Collier Family

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Corporal Henry Collier. 9429. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Jarvis and Ann Collier; husband of Margaret Mabel Annie Collier, of 16, Asline Rd., Highfields, Sheffield. Served in the Chitral Expedition, 1895, Punjab Frontier and Tirah Campaigns, 1897-8. Died 24 February 1916. Aged 38.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield.
Commemorated on Panel 4 of the PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.

The Gilder Family

	MARY THE BELOVED WIFE OF W. L. GILDER DIED FEBRUARY 11TH 1927 AGED 62 YEARS ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED WILLIAM LOUIS GILDER DIED NOVEMBER 28TH 1931 AGED 67 YEARS IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON EDWIN (TEDDY) GILDER LOST IN FRANCE DURING THE GREAT WAR APRIL 11TH 1918 AGED 19 YEARS

Private Edwin Gilder. 35145. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35441 9th T R Battn. Killed 11 May 1918.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield.
Buried PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE.

The Hope Family

In Lov1ng Memory of HARRY THE DEARLY LOVED AND ONLY CHILD OF GEORGE WILLIAM AND ELIZA HOPE WHO DIED APRIL 2ND 1915 AGED 7 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS FOR EVER WITH THE LORD ALSO GEORGE WILLIAM, THE DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF ELIZA HOPE DIED JUNE 14TH 1946 AGED 66 YEARS "THE DAY THU GAVEST LORD IS ENDED" ALSO ELIZA, BELOVED WIFE OF THE AFORESAID GEORGE WILLIAM HOPE PASSED AWAY JAN 23RD 1955 AGED 74 YEARS ALSO HORACE BELOVED HUSBAND OF LILY HOPE, WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE MARCH 11TH 1915 AGED 30 YEARS

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Private Horace Hope, 7002. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 March 1915.
Born Neepsend (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL

Sommerfield (Wasden) Headstone

The grave is that of the Wasden family (the main headstone lies flat at the top of this photo), but Henry Sommerfield is also commmeorated . On the headstone he is shown as "Somerfield". What his connection with the Wasden famil was is unknown. IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOMAS DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF FLORENCE WASDEN WHO DIED NOV 23RD 1924 / AGED 53 YEARS "MEMORIES" ALSO FLORENCE / BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED FEB 17TH 1933 AGED 61 YEARS "WORTHY OF REMEMBRANCE" ALSO PRIVATE HENRY SOMERFIELD OF THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT KILLED IN ACTION SEPT 27TH 1916 AGED 26 YEARS

Private Henry Sommerfield, 3/7532. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 September 1916.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) makes the following comment regarding Henry Sommerfield;-
"Henry Somerfield married Ruth Wasden in June Qtr 1914. She was born in 1890 eldest daughter of Thomas and Florence Wasden. She didn’t remarry and died in 1977, 60 years after losing Henry. Hence Henry’s name on the Wasden grave marker.
On a more cheerful note, they had a son together born in the Dec Qtr 1914 also named Henry."