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Regiment War Graves, - Tyne Cot Cemetery (Belgium, West-Vlaanderen) |
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Tyne
Cot Cemetery, - 1
Photo : Edward Nicholl
Tyne Cot is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world in terms of burials. There are now 11,953 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in Tyne Cot Cemetery, and of these 8,348 are unidentified.
Many of those who fell on the Passchendaele battlefields are buried in this cemetery.
Of the 3605 identified burials, 37 are for soldiers who were serving in the Yorkshire Regiment at the time of death, and a further 10 for soldiers who had previously served in the Yorkshire Regiment.
Tyne Cot or Tyne Cottage was a barn that stood near the level
crossing on the road from Passchendaele to Broodseinde. Around it were a number
of blockhouses. King George V visited Tyne Cot cemetery in 1922 during his
visit to the cemeteries of the First World War. He chose a blockhouse as the
site on which the Cross of Sacrifice was placed.
After the Armistice, the cemetery was enlarged when graves from the battlefields
of Passchendaele and Langemarck were brought here. The cemetery was designed
by Sir Herbert Baker.
We are extremely grateful to Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) who has generously provided the photographs of the headstones on this page. Where a headstone has been photographed by another author, this will be separately acknowledged.
Click on the thumbnail image of a headstone for a larger version of the photo which opens in a new window.
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Private Charles Alliss, 203184.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Annie Alliss, of Easthorpe, Bothesford, Notts; husband of Emily Alliss, of Redmile, Nottingham. Killed 28 September 1917. Aged 32. Born Eastville (Lincs), Enlisted Middlesbrough. "THY WILL BE DONE"
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Private Joseph Applegarth, 50807. 2nd/8th Battalion Manchester Regiment, formerly 44998 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1917. Born Hebburn (Durham), Enlisted Hebburn. |
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Private Henry James Bamford,
33651. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 228632 R A S C. Killed 20 September 1917. Born Milton (Derbyshire), Enlisted Church Grosley, Resided Swadlincote. |
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Lance Corporal Douglas George Bell,
15525. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 October 1917. Born Croxton, Enlisted Malton, Resided Croxton. Photo : Tom Wheeldon |
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Private Albert Brown, 42816.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 150777, Royal Field Artillery. Killed 18 October 1917. Born St. Ives (Huntingdon), Enlisted Canning Town (London). Photo : Andrea Waldron (<andreawaldron2@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Thomas Caldwell, 204411.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 December 1917. Born Walker (Northumberland), Enlisted Newcastle. Photo : Tom Wheeldon |
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Private Harold Cappleman, 20679.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Cappleman, of 62 Scalby Rd., Scarborough. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 19. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough. Photo : Andrea Waldron (<andreawaldron2@hotmail.com>) |
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Private George James Carrigill.
20760. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 15 December 1917. Born Hartlepool, Enlisted Middlesbrough. (Shown as "Carrigal" in SDGW, but all other records show "Carrigill".) |
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Serjeant William Cockerill,
200403. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 2 January 1918. Born Great Ayton, Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Great Ayton. |
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Private John Robert Cockfield,
260141. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 31 July 1917. Born Hartlepool, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Lieutenant William Henry Coles.
5th Battalion (Territorial) Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 December 1917. |
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Private Sydney Albert Collins,
33614. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 263836 R A S C. Killed 28 September 1917. Born Chelmsford (Essex), Enlisted Stratford, Resided Leyton. |
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Private George Cook, 240881.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Francis Cook, of Harome, York, and the late Elizabeth Cook. Killed 12 December 1917. Aged 23. Enlisted Malton, Resided Harome (Nawton, Yorks).
"BURIED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CEMETERY"
"THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Serjeant Drummer Robert Charles
Courcoux, 8120. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Mary Ann Courcoux; husband of Angelina Courcoux (nee Beuchet), of 9, Francis St., St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. Killed 2 August 1917. Aged 27. Born St. Peter's (Jersey), Enlisted Jersey, Resided St. Helier. Photo : Tom Wheeldon |
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Private Thomas Crouthers. 245277.
10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 5014 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William H. and Sarah Crouthers, of 10, Elm St., Cargo Fleet, Middlesbrough. Born at Dunoon, Argyll. Killed 25 August 1917. Aged 19. Born Dunoon (Scotland), Enlisted Middlesbrough. "A BRAVE SON WHO FELL
FOR HIS KING & COUNTRY LOVED BY ALL PEACE PERFECT PEACE" |
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Lieutenant Francis Geoffrey Danby.
5th Battalion (Territorial) Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Lovel and Emma Danby, of Brompton-by-Sawdon, Yorks. Killed 28 December 1917. |
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Corporal William Davies, 13188.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 February 1918. Born Hawarden (Cheshire), Enlisted Warrington, Resided Hawarden. Photo : John Sly (<sly211@btinternet.com>) To the rear, and to the right, in this view is the headstone for Private John William Henry Victor O'Reilly. |
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Private John George Dobson.
228499. 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers) but formerly 7062 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 November 1917. Born Craythorne, Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Yarm-on-Tees. |
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Private Thomas Marston Douglas,
235410. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 8967 Northumberland Fusiliers. Son of David and Mary Elizabeth Douglas, of Gateshead. Killed 18 October 1917. Aged 22. Born Gateshead, Enlisted Durham, Resided Gateshead. "PAST HIS SUFFERING PAST HIS PAIN" Photo : John Sly (<sly211@btinternet.com>) |
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Lance Corporal Arthur Evans.
201537. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Martha Evans, of 206, Cannon St., Middlesbrough. Died 4 October 1917. Aged 20. Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private John Farrell. 245283.
10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 5842 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 August 1917. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private Edward Fletcher, 33619.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 34658 East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 October 1917. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. Photo : Tom Wheeldon |
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Private Frederick Gould. 17740. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Arthur and Jane Gould, of 10, Bridge Row, New Herrington, Philadelphia, Co. Durham. Died 15 October 1917. Aged 21. Born Clink (Durham), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided New Herrington (Fencehouses).
"SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS"
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Private William Newton Harker, 50836. 2nd/9th Battalion Manchester Regiment, formerly 45095 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Annie Harker, of South Shields; husband of Mrs. A. Stephenson (formerly Harker), of 155, Victoria Rd., South Shields. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 21. Enlisted South Shields (Durham). |
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Private Henry Jackson. 220162.
8th Battalion the East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 22790 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Jackson, of Linton-on-Ouse, Yorks. Killed 26 September 1917. Aged 38. Born Linton-on-Ouse (Yorks), Enlisted Tollerton, Resided Linton-on-Ouse.
"INTO THY HANDS O LORD
INTO THY HANDS" |
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Private William Jones. 3/6496.
10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 5 October 1917. Born Portrack (Stockton), Enlisted Strensall (Yorks), Resided Stockton. |
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Serjeant Walter Linton. 202298.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 1622 4th Northants Regt. Died 21 February 1918. Born Leicester, Enlisted Desborough. Photo : John Sly (<sly211@btinternet.com>) |
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Lance Corporal Edward Mortimer.
12184. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. G. Mortimer, of 22, Noster St., Beeston, Leeds. Died 31 July 1917. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Beeston. |
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Private William Morton, 29171.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Dan and Jane Morton, of Moor Side, Old Lindley, Holywell Green, Halifax, Yorks. Killed 28 September 1917. Aged 31. Born Huddersfield, Enlisted Halifax. |
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Private John Waller Mudd, 201822.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Michael and Amie Mudd, of West End, Stokesley, Yorks. Killed 27 December 1917. Aged 22. Born Stokesley, Enlisted Stokesley. "THOUGH GONE FROM SIGHT
TO MEMORY EVER DEAR" |
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CSM Ernest Cecil Norton, 240037. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 January 1918. Born Kirbymoorside, Enlisted Kirbymoorside. |
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Private John William Henry Victor
O'Reilly. 20868. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Annie S. O'Reilly, of 113, Corporation Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 22 December 1916. Aged 30. Born Tynemouth, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
"WE HAVE LOVED HIM IN LIFE
LET US NOT FORGET HIM IN DEATH" Photo : John Sly (<sly211@btinternet.com>) |
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Private Thomas Price, 16676. 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 December 1917. Born Gateshead-on-Tyne, Enlisted Blyth, Resided Gateshead. (Note: In the CWGC Register Thomas Price is shown as being in the Yorkshire Regiment. ALL other records show him as being in the East Yorkshire Regiment. BUT The Green Howards Gazette database shows him, - Regtl No = 16676, as having been wounded in June/July 1916. Very likely, therefore, that he was in the Yorkshire Regiment before being transferred to the East Yorkshire Regt. on recovery from wounds.) |
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Private Edward Ramshaw, 14576.
1st/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 December 1917. Born Gateshead, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Fencehouses. |
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Corporal Ernest Robert Shearing,
33111. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 3685 Norfolk Regiment. Son of William and Susan Shearing, of 87, Gladstone St., Norwich. Killed 21 February 1918. Aged 21. Born Norwich, Enlisted Norwich. "GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONES
FROM OUR HOMES BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS" Photo : John Sly (<sly211@btinternet.com>) |
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Private Jerry Sheehan, 11916.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 September 1917. Born Grangetown (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Grangetown. Photo : Andrea Waldron (<andreawaldron2@hotmail.com>) |
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Private Fred Kilding Shields,
26237. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Shields, of Bolton Castle, Redmire, Yorks. Killed 29 September 1917. Aged 21. Born Castle Bolton (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton.
"THY WILL BE DONE"
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Private Maurice Smailes, 33413.
1st/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 45610 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Bean Smailes and Emma Smailes, of Rectory St., Nunnington, York. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 19. Born Nunnington (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Nunnington. (Younger brother of William, killed 20 days after his brother) |
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Private John Storey, 28185.
10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 October 1917. Born Eslington (Northumberland), Enlisted Guisborough. |
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Private James William Todd.
245307. 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 203905 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 August 1917. Born Sedgefield (Durham), Enlisted Richmond. Resided Stockton. |
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Private Joseph Waddington, 42592.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 1152 E Yorks Regt. Brother of Mrs. Mary Gates, of 31, Strickland St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Killed 28 September 1917. Aged 35. Born Hull, Enlisted Hull. "AT REST"
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Private John George Wales, 28551.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Sarah Ellen Wales, of 40, Charles St., Redcar, Yorks. Killed 1 October 1917. Aged 20. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private Thomas Walters, 41619.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 162022 R F A. Killed 15 August 1917. Born Openshaw, Enlisted Reddish, Resided Clarksfield (Oldham). |
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Corporal Ben Ward. 49882. 1st/8th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 27367 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Sarah Jane and the late James Ward; husband of Nellie Constance Ward, of 13, Portsmouth Avenue, Otley Rd., Bradford, Yorks. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 28. Born Bradford (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Bradford. (Shown in SDGW as "Private") |
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Private Milton Whitehead, 29191.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Whitehead, of Milnsbridge, Huddersfield. Killed 28 September 1917. Aged 22. Born Paddock (Huddersfield), Enlisted Huddersfield, Resided Milnesbridge. |
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Private John Edward Wiles, 42509.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 164245 Royal Field Artillery. Killed 15 October 1917. Born Hendsridge (Somerset), Enlisted Castle Carey. |
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Private George Woodhead. 24712. 147th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 27032 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 October 1917. Enlisted Wyke, Resided Oakenshaw. |
Tyne
Cot Cemetery, - 2
Photo : Edward Nicholl
Tyne
Cot Cemetery, - 3
Photo : Edward Nicholl
Tyne
Cot Cemetery, - 4
Photo : Edward Nicholl
Tyne
Cot Cemetery, - 5
Private Caldwell's Headstone in the immediate left foreground.
Photo : Tom Wheeldon
Tyne Cot Cemetery, - 6
Serjeant Drummer Courcoux's Headstone in the immediate centre foreground.
Photo : Tom Wheeldon
An
Unknown Soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment in Tyne Cot Cemetery
Photo : Edward Nicholl