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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Darlington North Cemetery |
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| Darlington West Cemetery contains
46 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery. There
is one grave of a soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment in this cemetery. |
Gerry France (<gerryfrance@tiscali.co.uk>) has provided the photo of Private Reed's grave.
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the above image for a larger sized version, which opens in a new window. |
Private Thomas William Reed. 21137.
3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George M. and M. J. Reed,
of 80, Prescott St., Albert Hill, Darlington. Died at home 15 August 1917.
Aged 22. Born Darlington, Enlisted Darlington. This family headstone records that "PRIVATE THOMAS WILLIAM REED, 3RD YORKS, ONLY SON OF G M & M J REED, WAS ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED WHILE SAVING A COMRADE AT HARTLEPOOL, AUGUST 15TH 1917, AGED 22 YEARS. IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH." |
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