The Yorkshire Regiment, WW1 Remembrance

Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, -
Thorne (St. Nicholas) Churchyard Extension

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Thorne (St. Nicholas) Churchyard Extension contains 3 burials from the First World War and one from the Second World War.

One soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is buried in this cemetery.

We are very grateful to Tony Brookes, of the Thorne-Moorends Town Council website for providing a photograph of this soldier's headstone. A further photograph, showing the headstone in the churchyard extension itself, can be found on the above website.

Private John Thomas Weldrake. 45248.
Depot the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George William and Annie Weldrake, of Moorville, Moorends, Thorne. Died at home 11 April 1917. Aged 20.
Born Thorne (Yorks), Enlisted Doncaster, Resided Thorne.
Buried THORNE (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION.

"ONE OF GOD'S ELECT"

Additional information from Tony Brookes;-
He died from pneumonia, at home, 3 weeks after enlisting.
John Weldrake's father was a butcher, and he may have worked for him.

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