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Regiment War Graves, - Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt |
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The Military Cemetery was begun in August, 1915, by the 51st (Highland) Division, and carried on by the 18th and other Divisions in the line until the Battles of the Somme, 1916. It continued in use, chiefly by Field Ambulances, until April, 1917; and Plot II was made by the 18th Division at the end of August, 1918. There are now over 700, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a soldier from the United Kingdom buried among them.
Amongst the graves are 16 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment, 11 of whom were officers.
Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)
All of the gravestone photos are by Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>
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Captain Freeman Archibald Haynes
Atkey. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frederick Walter
and Ellen Louisa Atkey. Killed 5 July 1916. Aged 33. |
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Private Richard Bennett.
13041. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Priscilla Bennett,
of 61, Railway Terrace, Willington, Co. Durham. Killed 8 October 1916.
Aged 20. Born Wigan (Lancs), Enlisted Durham, Resided Willington (Durham) |
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2nd Lieutenant Raymond Louis Binns.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Dr. William Binns and Mrs.
Binns, of The Cedars, East Bergholt, Suffolk. Educated Stonyhurst College,
Lancs. Married 1913 Maud only daughter of the late Rev. J. and Mrs.
Cartman, of Bonby Vicarage, Hull. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 32. |
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2nd Lieutenant Alan Heppell Darling.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry Darling, of Belmont,
Westoe, South Shields; husband of Elizabeth Darling. Killed 10 July
1916. Aged 27. |
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Private Jacob Dowell.
13513. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John George and Mary
Dowell, of 5, Chapel Row, Philadelphia, Co. Durham. Killed 4 October
1916. Aged 20. Born Newbottle (Houghton-le-Spring - Durham), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Fencehouses |
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Private William Durkin, 6149.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 25 October 1916. Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Thornaby. |
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Lieutenant Maurice Gabriel Hume-Wright.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Maj. Gerald Hume-Wright and
Elizabeth Winefred Hume-Wright, of "Elleray," Ash Vale, Aldershot.
Native of Ireland. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 21. |
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2nd Lieutenant Eric Loftus Perris.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 September 1916. |
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Captain Eric Noel Player. 8th
Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. C. E. Player, of Osborne House,
Clevedon, Somerset. Born at Winlaton, Blaydon-on-Tyne. B.A. (Camb.).
Killed 6 August 1916. Aged 28. |
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Private E Bertie Robinson, 18858.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Adopted son of Mr. C. Smith, of 39,
Chapel Houses, Copley Lane, Butter Knowle, Co. Durham. Killed on 4 October
1916. Aged 23. Born Lynesack (Durham), Enlisted Barnard Castle, Resided Butterknowle. |
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Captain Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson,
MC. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Isabel
Rowlandson, of Newton Morrell, Darlington. Killed 15 September 1916.
Aged 36. |
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2nd Lieutenant Newton Rowley.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jasper and Louisa Rowley; husband
of Doris Mary Rowley, of "Strathyre," Tudor Rd., New Barnet,
Herts. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 26. |
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Captain Clifford Sandford Simpson.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 July 1916. |
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2nd Lieutenant William Swain.
14th Battalion, attached 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22
September 1916. |
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Private Harry Webster. 2152.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. W. H. and Mrs. M. E. Webster,
of 35, Rothbury St., Scarborough. Killed 28 October 1916. Aged 21. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough. |
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Captain William Thomas Wilkinson.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John R. and Jane Wilkinson,
of Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. Native of Hampstead, London, England.
Served with Artists' Rifles 1909-11. Enlisted in Public Schools Bn.
Aug., 1914. Commissioned Sept., 1914. Killed 5 July 1916. Aged 29. |
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Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)