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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Gateshead East Cemetery |
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Gateshead East Cemetery contains 235 war graves of both world wars, all of which are scattered in different parts of the cemetery.
Four of the First World War burials are for men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
The Cross of Sacrifice, built of Stancliffe stone, was erected after the 1914-1918 War and stands inside the cemetery entrance. It commemorates not only the servicemen buried here, but also those buried in Gateshead (Saltwell) Cemetery.
We are extremely grateful to Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>) for providing the photographs of the headstones and of the cemetery.
A view of Gateshead East Cemetery, with Private Cann's headstone in the
centre foreground.
Photo by Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>)
A
view of Gateshead East Cemetery, with Private Vinton's headstone in the
centre foreground.
Photo by Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>)
A
view of Gateshead East Cemetery, with Private Williams' headstone in the
centre foreground.
Photo by Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>)