Yorkshire Regiment War Graves
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Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension
( France, Nord)
Yorkshire Regiment War Graves
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Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)

Busigny was captured by the 30th American Division and British cavalry on 9 October 1918, in the Battle of Cambrai, and in the course of the next two months the 48th, 37th and 12th Casualty Clearing Stations came successively to the village. The majority of the burials were made from these three hospitals.

The cemetery extension was begun in October 1918, and used until February 1919. After the Armistice it was enlarged when graves were brought into Plots II-VII of graves from a wide area between Cambrai and Guise.

Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension contains 670 First World War burials, 64 of them unidentified.

Amongst the graves are those of nine soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.

We are extremely grateful to Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) who has generously provided the photographs of the cemetery and the headstones.

Click on the thumbnail image of a headstone for a larger version of the photo which opens in a new window.

Private John Eastwood. 34295.
 Private John Eastwood. 34295.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 854 R A S C. Killed 5 October 1918.
Born Barony (Glasgow), Enlisted Glasgow.
Corporal William Heselhurst. 235016.
Corporal William Heselhurst. 235016.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 9 October 1918.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Philip Marcus Levy. 46560.
Private Philip Marcus Levy. 46560. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Emily Levy, of 174, Linthorpe Rd., Middlesbrough, and the late Joseph Levy. Born at Sunderland. Died 6 November 1918. Aged 21.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
**Private Levy was one of 13 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment who are commemorated in the British Jewry Book of Honour. Of the 50,000 Jews who served with the British and Colonial Forces during the First World War, 2,324 lost their lives and are commemorated in this book.
Private Harold David Aarons, 43067


"ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS"
Private G Milburn Radge, 3694.
Private G Milburn Radge, 3694.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George M. and I. H. Radge, of Normanby, Eston, Yorks. Killed 26 November 1918. Aged 26.

"SON OF G.M. AND I.H. RADGE
NORMANBY, YORKS"
Private Arthur John Rispin. 20805.
 Private Arthur John Rispin. 20805.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1918.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees.
Serjeant Richard Thomas Shields, MM. 13274.
Serjeant Richard Thomas Shields, MM. 13274.
12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Only son of Thomas and Caroline Shields, of 77, Calethorpe St., Middlesbrough. Died 7 November 1918. Aged 25.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.

"ON WHOSE SOUL
SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY"
Private Frederick John Simpson. 32384.
 Private Frederick John Simpson. 32384.
16th (Garr.) Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 23760 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 November 1918.
Born St. Pancras (London), Enlisted St. Pancras.
Private James T Wilmott. 42527.
 Private James Thomas Wilmott. 42527.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 15 November 1918.
Lieutenant George Mellor Wolstenholme, MC.
Lieutenant George Mellor Wolstenholme, MC.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard Mellor Wolstenholme, of South Hill Grove, Oxton, Birkenhead. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 21.

"GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"

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