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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Marske St. Germaine's Cemetery |
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Marske Cemetery includes the graves of 4 men of the Yorkshire Regiment who
died at home, and one family grave headstone which includes a soldier of the
Yorkshire Regiment.
The graves are as below. All CWG headstone photos are by Colin Appleby (<colinapp@hotmail.com>). The photographs of the family grave headstones, with information on these graves, is by Richard Roberts (<richard@nosnailshere.co.uk>).
| Pte J J Fawcett. 26181. 9th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 18 November 1918. |
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| Private Thomas Smallwood. 12415. 8th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Huddlestone and Elizabeth Smallwood,
of New Marske. Died 21 August 1916. Aged 24. Born North Marske (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Marske |
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| Private John William Smith. 26173. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of T. R. and M. A. Smith, of New Marske-by-the-Sea;
husband of Margaret Jane Smith, of East End, Sedgefield, Ferryhill, Co.
Durham. Died 31 March 1920. Aged 26. |
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| Private John Wright. 4253. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of John Wright, of 22, West Terrace, New Marske-by-the-Sea,
and the late Hannah Wright. Died 21 September 1916. Aged 28. Enlisted Redcar, Resided New Marske |
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| Neal Family Headstone For a larger version of this image. select the thumbnail (above). Close the window that opens to return to this page. The Neal Family headstone inscription is as follows;- Private John Neal. 12568. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916. Richard Roberts provides the following background information on the inclusion of John Neal on the Neal family headstone;- "The grandparents (Robert & Rhoda Neal) mentioned
on the headstone both originally came from Weeting in Norfolk. At
first I tried to make the obvious connection that John Robert was
the son of James their son also |
| Shaddock (Townsend) Family Headstone For a larger version of this image. select the thumbnail (above). Close the window that opens to return to this page. The Shaddock (Townsend) Family headstone inscription is as follows;- 2nd Lieutenant Guy Storey Townsend. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment, attached to Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Son
of Mr. J. J. and Mrs. L. A. Townsend, of 7, Severs St., South Bank,
Yorks. Killed 23 August 1918. Aged 26. Richard Roberts provides the following background information on the inclusion of Lieutenant Townsend on the Shaddock family headstone;- "Whilst it seems strange that his (Townsend's)
name should appear on this particular headstone, I have found a possible
explanation. His father was John James Townsend who in the Dec Qtr
of 1887 married Lucy Ann Shaddock. Guy Storey Townsend sounds as though he should have
been "officer class". In fact, he came from a modest background
(his father was an ironstone miner) and rose through the ranks; according
to the Medal Rolls he was at one time A/Cpl 200736 of the Yorkshire
Regiment." |

The Cemetery of St. Germain, Marske-in-Cleveland
(photo : Richard Roberts (<richard@nosnailshere.co.uk>)