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Remembrance
- The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War War Graves - Unknown Soldiers
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Of the over 9000 Yorkshire Regiment soldiers who lost their lives in the First World War, many have no known grave.
In the cases where no body was recovered, the names of these solders are recorded on Battlefield memorials such as that at Thiepval, the Menin Gate in Ypres, the memorial at Arras and other similar memorials. See the page on this website for War Memorials Overseas.
Where the body was recovered and identified, the soldier was buried in one of many War Grave Cemeteries with a headstone identifying the soldier and the regiment he served in.
In many cases, though, even though a body was recovered and
identified as having served with a particular regiment, the body itself
remained without a name.
These graves are identied as such in the many Commonwealth War Grave Cemeteries.
The unidentified soldier will be commemorated, however, on one of the Battlefield
memorials (Thiepval, Menin gate, Arras etc.).
There soldierswill, of course, also be commemorated on the memorials and
Rolls of Honour back in his the soldier's home country.
An example of the grave of an unidentified Yorkshire Regiment soldier is shown below. Many other such unidentified graves can be seen on the relevant pages for War Graves on this website.
The Grave of an Unidentified Yorkshire Regiment Soldier in Buffs Road Cemetery,
Belgium.
Photo : Richard Roberts (richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The
Entrance and Cross of Sacrifice, Buffs Road Cemetery
Photo : Richard Roberts (richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
There are 203 identified casualties in Buffs Road Cemetery. Unidentified Casualty numbers not known.
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