Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, - Twickenham Cemetery (Mddx)

The Twin Chapels in Twickenham Cemetery
Photo : Iain MacFarlane of the Find A Grave website

Twickenham Cemetery includes 133 burials from both World Wars. 73 burials are for the First World War, and 60 for the Second World War. Of these burials, one is for a soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment.

We are very grateful to Amanda West of the Find a Grave website for the headstone photo, and to Iain MacFarlane of the Find A Grave website for his photograph of the cemetery chapels.

To view a larger version of the headstone photo below, which opens in a new window, select the thumbnail image.

Private Bertie Eldridge. 266067. 18th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home 29 May 1917. Aged 21. Born Twickenham, Enlisted Hounslow , Resided Twickenham. "(MARTHA) THE BELOVED WIFE OF ELIAS ELDRIDGE WHO DIED MAY 13TH 1905, AGED 46 YEARS ALSO OF BERTIE ELDRIDGE 18TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WHO DIED MAY 29TH 1917, AGED 21 YEARS ALSO OF ELIAS ELDRIDGE HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED DEC 27TH 1919, AGED 59 YEARS ..................... "

Twickenham Cemetery
Photo : Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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