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A General view of Ely CemeteryA General view of Ely Cemetery
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)

Ely Cemetery contains 13 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 14 of the 1939-1945 war. There is also 1 non world war burial.

One soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is buried in this cemetery.
There is also a family memorial to a Yorkshire Regiment Officer who was killed at the Battle of the Somme.

We are extremely grateful to Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) for providing the photographs of the headstones and of the cemetery.
For a larger view of each headstone which opens in a new window, select one of the images below.


Private Edward William Everett. 7605.
Private Edward William Everett. 7605.
4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3883 Cambs Regt. Son of Arthur William and Rose Everett, of 54, Barton Rd., Ely. Killed 19 January 1917. Aged 22.
Born Ely (Cambs), Enlisted Cambridge, Resided Ely.

Major Victor Louis Sydney Beckett.
Major Victor Louis Sydney Beckett.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Dr. Francis Mears Beckett and Harriet Elizabeth Beckett, of St. Audrey's, Ely, Cambs. Killed 14 July 1916. Aged 34.
Buried HEILLY STATION CEMETERY.

"IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF
FRANCIS MEARS BECKETT MRCS LSA VD
BORN JAN 6 1836 PASSED AWAY JAN 5 1903
REQUIEM AETERNAM DONA EI, DOMINE
ET LUX PERPETUA LUCEAT EI

ALSO
HARRIET ELIZABETH BECKETT
HIS WIDOW / BORN MARCH 4 1851 AT REST MARCH 31 1912

ALSO IN LOVING HONOURED MEMORY OF
VICTOR LOUIS SYDNEY BECKETT
MAJOR - THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT
DIED OF WOUNDS AT BATTLE OF SOMME
JULY 14 - 1916. AGED 34.
INTERRED AT HEILLY PICARDY

The Commemoration of Major Beckett on the Beckett Family HeadstoneThe Commemoration of Major Beckett on the Beckett Family Headstone
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)

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