The Yorkshire Regiment War Graves

South Shields (Harton) Cemetery contains 206 scattered burials of the First World War. Second World War burials number 209, more than 100 of them forming a war graves plot in Section 9. The plot also contains 21 non-war service burials and one Dutch war grave.

The cemetery suffered heavily during air raids on the Tyneside area during the first years of the Second World War. It was severely damaged on several occasions, both by bombs which fell on it and by a landmine which exploded there in April 1941. Another air-raid in October 1942 caused extensive damage to the cemetery.

Three soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are buried in this cemetery, and whose graves are marked by Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstones.

We are extremely grateful to Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>) for providing the photographs of the headstones and of the cemetery.

Select the above image for a larger version which opens in a new window.		Private William Bullock. 15613. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Bullock, of 62, Shakespeare St., South Shields, and the late Mary Bullock; husband of the late Catherine Bullock, of 171, Marsden St., South Shields. Died at home 1 January 1917. Aged 36. Born Wigan (Lancs), Enlisted South Shields.

Select the above image for a larger version which opens in a new window.		Private John Thomas Fox. 14581. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mrs. E. Muir (formerly Fox), of 84, Percy St., South Shields. Died at home 23 December 1914. Aged 23. Born South Shields, Enlisted South Shields.

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Lance Corporal James Brown Storey. 13922.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home 17 March 1916.
Born South Shields, Enlisted South Shields.

Lance Corporal Storey's grave (centre) in South Shields (Harton) Cemetery
(Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>)

The Main Avenue and Chapel in South Shields (Harton) Cemetery
(Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>)

The Cross of Sacrifice in South Shields (Harton) Cemetery
(Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>)