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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Awoingt British Cemetery (France, Nord) |
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Awoingt British Cemetery (1)
Photo : len
of the Find a Grave website
Awoingt British Cemetery was begun in the latter half of October 1918 and used until the middle of December; the village had been captured on 9/10 October. By 28 October, the 38th, 45th and 59th Casualty Clearing Stations were posted in the neighbourhood, and the great majority of the burials were made from those hospitals, but 16 graves in Plot III, Row H, and Plot V, were brought in after the Armistice from the country immediately surrounding the village.
Awoingt British Cemetery contains 653 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War, including a special memorial to one casualty whose grave in the cemetery cannot now be found. The cemetery also contains 63 war graves of other nationalities, most of them German.
Amongst the graves are those of 3 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
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Private Walter K Cooper. 58391.
2nd/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 20021 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mrs. F. B. Cooper, of 77, Church St., Middlesbrough. Killed 5 November 1918. Born South Bank (Middlesbrough), Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo : len of the Find a Grave website |
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Private George Henry Davis, 20331.
6th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, formerly 48065 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Sarah Jane Davis, of 12, North Hedley St., Millfield, Sunderland, and the late Alfred W. Davis; husband of Jane Ann Davis, of 42, Dundas St., Monkwearmouth, Sunderland. Killed 30 October 1918. Aged 29. Born Sunderland (Durham), Enlisted Elswick (Lancs), Resided Newcastle-on-Tyne (Northumberland). "UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS"
Photo : len of the Find a Grave website |
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Private Charles Ross. 235325.
13th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 243169 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Ross, of Sea Houses, Chathill, Northumberland; husband of Madeline McLeod Ross, of Matfen, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Bank clerk, 13 years with the North Eastern Banking Co. Ltd. Killed 2 November 1918. Aged 38. Enlisted Alnwick (Northumberland), Resided Chathill (Northumberland). "AT REST" Photo : len of the Find a Grave website |
Awoingt
British Cemetery (2)
Photo : Commonwealth
War Graves Commission