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99 graves listed in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register in Stockton's Durham Road cemetery.

Of these graves, 54 are from the First World War, and in turn five are for men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment. All of the graves are scattered throughout the cemetery, and use of the cemetery plan is invaluable in finding these graves.

There is one grave for an Officer of the Yorkshire Regiment who died after the war and is interred in a family grave. His death is not shown in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database.

There is a family headstone which also commemorates a soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment who was killed in action.


Private Henry Mallabar Carter, 26788

Private Henry Mallabar Carter, 26788.
  Private Henry Mallabar Carter, 26788.
3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John and Mary Carter, of 11, Allendale Rd., Stockton-on-Tees. Died at home 14 April 1916. Aged 28.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton.

Private Carter is buried in the Carter family grave. His father and mother are commemorated to the left of his commemoration, and his grandmother above them. The grave is in a poor state of repair.

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Private John G Cuthbert, 31156
  Private John G Cuthbert, 31156.
Yorkshire Regiment, transferred to (13315) Labour Corps.
Husband of Ada Johnson (formerly Cuthbert) of 45, Bath Lane, Stockton-on-Tees. Died at home 21 June 1919. Aged 48.

Inscribed on the grave is;-
"GONE THE SUNSHINE FROM OUR WAY
GONE TO YONDER GOLDEN SHORE."

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2nd Lieutenant William DOWSON.
  2nd Lieutenant William DOWSON.

Information is scarce on this Officer.
We KNOW that he was born in 1885 in the Middlesbrough area.
It is thought that he enlisted at the outbreak of war, and was commissioned from the ranks towards the end of 1917.
He first served as an Officer with the 5th Battalion. He fought at the 2nd Battle of St. Julien, and the Somme.
He was wounded on 4 April 1918, and in a letter (to his father) below recounts his movements in the preceding month or so to that date.
His Pension Records Card indicates that he was attached to the Yorkshire Hussars, though the Green Howards Gazette states that he was attached to the Rifle Brigade when he was wounded.

From the 1911 Census, his parents were Robert and Margaret Dowson and he had one sister, Eliza. The family lived at 2 Lax Terrace, Norton. His father was a railway signalman, and William Dowson was a Borough Council Weights and Measures Assistant Inspector.

Inscribed on the grave is;-
"IN LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM / BELOVED HUSBAND OF
ANNIE DOWSON / WHO DIED AUGUST 10 1920 AGED 35
ALSO ANNIE............"

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Private Albert Edward Hobbs, 28279
  Private Albert Edward Hobbs, 28279.
3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Eliza Hobbs, of 11, Langley St., Stockton-on-Tees.
Died at Home 7 February 1918. Aged 31.

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Private Thomas Howells, 25055.
  Private Thomas Howells, 25055.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Janet Howells, of 13, Lambert St., Stockton-on-Tees.
Died at Home 5 February 1916. Aged 37.
Born Tredegar (Mons), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Stockton.

"GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
REST IN PEACE"

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Private John Thomas Wilton, 36748.
  Private John Thomas Wilton, 36748.
19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly 26887 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John Thomas and Jane Wilton, of Wath; husband of Maude Elizabeth Best (formerly Wilton), of 8, Old Station Cottages, Pinchinthorpe, Guisborough, Yorks. Died at home 11 May 1918. Aged 27.
Born Alaby (Yorks), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees (Durham).

"HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT"

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The Copeland Family Headstone

Private Frederick Copeland. 16273.
  Private Frederick Copeland. 16273.
7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. F. and Mrs. E. A. Copeland, of 1, Railway Terrace, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough. Native of Stockton-on-Tees. Died 19 September 1915. Aged 19.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Haverton Hill.
Buried VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3.

"IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / ELIZABETH ANN,
DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF / F COPELAND
WHO DIED MAY 26TH 1914, / AGED 40 YEARS.
ALSO SARAH ANNIE, DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED IN INFANCY
ALSO FREDERICK, DEARLY LOVED SON OF THE ABOVE
KILLED IN ACTION AT ST. ELOI, BELGIUM, SEPT 19TH 1915
AGED 19 YEARS
HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL.
ALSO THE ABOVE / FREDERICK COPELAND
BELOVED HUSBAND OF / MARY J COPELAND
DIED 26TH APRIL 1958, AGED 84 YEARS.
ALSO MARY JANE / DEARLY LOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED 9TH MAY 1980, AGED 84 YEARS."

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The graves of Privates Wilton (left) and Hobs in Stockton (Durham Road) Cemetery The graves of Privates Wilton (left) and Hobbs in Stockton (Durham Road) Cemetery
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The grave of Private Howells in Stockton (Durham Road) CemeteryThe grave of Private Howells in Stockton (Durham Road) Cemetery
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The grave of William Dowson in Stockton (Durham Road) CemeteryThe grave of William Dowson in Stockton (Durham Road) Cemetery
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The Cross of Sacrifice in Stockton's Durham Road Cemetery
The Cross of Sacrifice in Stockton's Durham Road Cemetery
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The Cross of Sacrifice which stands somewhat apart from the various sections of the cemetery, is inscribed;-
"THIS CROSS OF SACRIFICE IS ONE IN DESIGN AND INTENTION WITH THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM AND OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHERE OUR DEAD OF THE GREAT WAR ARE LAID TO REST.
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."

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