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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Yarm Cemetery |
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Yarm Cemetery contains 4 graves from the First World War, one of which is
that of a soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment.
However, one of the other War graves includes the commemoration of a soldier
of the Yorkshire Regiment on the headstone of one of his brothers.
The grave of Private William Daniel in Yarm Cemetery.
Photo by Edward Nicholl.
Private William Daniel, 6358. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of the late Susannah Daniel. Died 27 September 1915. Aged
33.
The following information is taken from the website Yarm
1914;-
"William had enlisted in the army on 6th August 1900 and was in the
Sheffield Barracks with the Yorkshire Regiment. In 1908 he left the army
and married Susannah Kemp on 15th May 1905 at St Jude South Shields and
by 1911 was living as a colliery joiner above ground at 3 room Black House
Terrace in Pelton. Their first child had died and the couple were bringing
up thier daughter of 8 months named Gertrude Ellen. He must have found life
outside the army hard as he signed up for a further four years with the
Yorkshire Regiment in 1912.
The records sometimes erroneously recorded his name as William Daniels.
However, the WW1 Medal Rolls Index card for William Daniels corrects the
error. It indicates that William disembarked with the British Expeditionary
Force on 14 November 1914.
He was discharged on 5 May 1915 as no longer physically fit for war service
(nephritis). His mother was living in Carlton Terrace in Yarm. Suzannah
was living at 26 Lawson Street in Ferryhill. His medical record of 6th March
1915 indicated that his nephritis occured shortly after arriving in France
due to chill and wet conditions in the trenches. The Medical Board on 9th
March at 1st Western General Hospital, Fazakerley in Liverpool indicated
the disability was permanent."
Yarm
Cemetery. William Daniel's headstone is on the left. The headstone in the
centre is that of Serjeant Campion of the Grenadier Guards.
Photo by Edward Nicholl.
Yarm
Cemetery. The headstone commemorating the three Cordingley brothers.
Photo : Dimitrios
Corcodilos
Private Harry Cordingley, TR/5/82234. 90th Training Reserve Bn.King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Private Ernest Cordingley, 21433. 4th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Martha Cordingley, of Orchard House,
Egglescliffe Village, Co. Durham. Died 4 June 1918. Aged 22.
Born Yarm (Yorks), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Eaglescliffe.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN.
John William Cordingley.
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