The Yorkshire Regiment, WW1 Remembrance

Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, -
Horden (Thorpe Road) Cemetery, Co Durham

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Horden (Thorpe Road) Cemetery, Co. Durham, has a commemorative screen wall. On this are listed 31 burials in Horden (St. Mary) Church Cemetery. The burials are from both the First and Second World Wars.

No mention can be found of the St. Mary's Churchyard in Horden, so it must be assumed that this is no longer in use.

Amongst the names commemorated is one for a soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment.

The Commemorative Screen Wall in Horden (Thorpe Road) Cemetery.
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The Yorkshire Regiment soldier commemorated on this Screen Wall was

Private Joseph Parkin, 13441. The Yorkshire Regiment. Died 8 January 1917. Buried in Horden (St. Mary) Church Cemetery.

Although there are no records for this soldier in SDGW or the Medal Rolls Card Index, research by Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) has revealed the following about Joseph Parkin.
Born Q1 1891.
Was a miner at West Cornforth Colliery. Married to Mary Jane Parkin. Resided at 2 Fifth Street, Horden. Father to Mary Jane and Joseph Arthur Parkin. Enlisted 1 September 1914. Served in France September 1915 to May 1916. Discharged due to ill health (tubercolosis) - result of War Service, June 1916.

The four faces on the Screen Wall are shown below. Select one of the small sized images for a larger sized image to open in a new window. The larger sized images are suitable for transcription.

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