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The Cross of Remembrance, Middlesbrough (Linthorpe) Cemetery
The Cross of Remembrance, Middlesbrough (Linthorpe) Cemetery
Photo by Colin Appleby (<colinapp@hotmail.com>, website www.colinappleby.com)

The cemetery is in the South-West part of the Borough, covers nearly 100 acres. It belongs to the Corporation. The graves are scattered in all parts of the cemetery, and a War Cross is erected. There are now nearly 160, 1914-1918 and almost 60, 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this site.

42 men of the Yorkshire Regiment from World War One are buried in the cemetery, and four Green Howards from World War Two.

The photographs of the individual graves were taken by Colin Appleby (<colinapp@hotmail.com>, website www.colinappleby.com).

Private James Affleck
  Private James Affleck. 3/7225. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 26 July 1916.
Born Thornaby, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

  Private Percy William Allenby. 4481. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth May Allenby, of 98, Lumley St., Middlesbrough. Died 6 October 1916. Aged 21.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

Private William W Ayre
  Private William W Ayre. 37989. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Ayre and Elizabeth Ayre, of Middlesbrough. Died 14 October 1918. Aged 35.
   

Private David Bell
  Private David Bell. 10616. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Bell, of 13, Wear St., Middlesbrough. Died 30 October 1916. Aged31.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

  Private Joseph Roy (SDGW=" Ray") Bell. 1416. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Sara Bell, of 34, Gresham Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 1 October 1916. Aged 22.
Born Marske, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

Corporal T E Berryman
  Corporal T E Berryman. 24060. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Ann Barrymore, of 39, Bedford Street, Middlesbrough. Died 18 July 1920. Aged 35.
   

Private Richard Brown
  Private Richard Brown. 21064. Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Matthew and Christina Brown, of Middlesbrough; husband of Mary Alice Fry (formerly Brown), of 1, Nicholas St., Middlesbrough. Died 18 January 1919. Aged 24.
   

Private William John Brown
  Private William John Brown. 201645. 2nd / 4th Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Matthew and Christina Brown, of Middlesbrough; husband of Rose Brown, of 35, Lower East St., Middlesbrough. Died 13 June 1917. Aged 36.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

Private George William Bunn
  Private George William Bunn. 241430. 4th Reserve Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Jane A. Bunn, of 8, Lawson St., Middlesbrough. Died 29 April 1918. Aged 44.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

  Private Francis Coulton. 26678. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Francis W. and Jane A. Coulton, of 13, Orwell St., Middlesbrough. Died 11 March 1917. Aged 30.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Cargo Fleet, Resided Middlesbrough.
   

Lance Corporal Robert L Dennis
  Lance Corporal Robert L Dennis. 9647. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Watson, of Kirkby Moorside, Pickering, Yorks; husband of Annie Dennis, of 47, Shakespeare St., Middlesbrough. Served in the South African Campaign. Died 1 January 1917. Aged 48.
   

Sergeant John Robert Dixon
  Sergeant John Robert Dixon. 3/7788. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Clara Dixon, of 65, Frances St., Middlesbrough. Died 29 April 1917. Aged 21.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

Private G E Dobson
  Private G E Dobson. 32494. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, transferred to Labour Corps (398586). Son of Henry Edward and Mary Dobson, of 71, Nelson St., Middlesbrough. Died 23 April 1919. Aged 24.
   

Private Henry Joseph Douglass
  Private Henry Joseph Douglass. 20994. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Katherine Douglass, of Middlesbrough; husband of the late Jane Douglass. Died 14 August 1919. Aged 42.
   

  Private William Ralyton Freemantle. 1386. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 20 September 1914.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

  Private William Gascoigne. 26690. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Annie Elizabeth Gascoigne, of 1, Bow St., Middlesbrough. Died 24 November 1916. Aged 20.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

  Private Thomas Glasgow. 3/8912. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert Glasgow; husband of Jane E. Glasgow, of 1, Victoria Yard, Wellington St., Middlesbrough. Died 21 September 1914. Aged 34.
Born Thornaby, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

  Private Enoch Grainger. 18682. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William H. and Mary Hanna Grainger, of Middlesbrough; husband of Sersh E. Sullivan (formerly Grainger), of 47, Barritt St., Middlesbrough. Died 17 February 1917. Aged 28.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

Private S Edgar Grainger
  Private S Edgar Grainger. 9704. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, transferred to Labour Corps 182786). Son of James and Agnes Ann Grainger, of 32, Frances St., Middlesbrough. Died 18 August 1918. Aged 25.
   

Private Robert Haswell
  Private Robert Haswell. 3/8120. Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Robert and Ellen Haswell husband; of Jane Annie Haswell (nee Godsman), of I, Bowley St., St. Pauls Rd., Middlesbrough. Served in Egypt and France. Died 23 December 1918. Aged 29.
   

  Private Alexander Ferguson Henderson. 15489. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Amy Henderson, of 28, Tomlinson St., Newport, Middlesbrough. Died 2 August 1916.
Born New Dur (Aberdeen), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Newport (Middlesbrough).
   

Lance Corporal William Walker Heslington
  Lance Corporal William Walker Heslington. 265091. 18th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of J. W. and S. Heslington, of Middlesbrough; husband of E. A. W. Heslington, of 39, Aubrey St., Middlesbrough. Died 11 December 1918. Aged 28.
   

Private J Iley
  Private J Iley. 242722. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary E. Foster (formerly Iley), of 10, Whalley St., Thornaby-on-Tees. Died 25 November 1917.
   

  Private Albert James. 45681. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Mary Ellen James, of 31, Dean St., Middlesbrough. Died 5 September 1920. Aged 22.
   

Private Seth Jones
  Private Seth Jones. 243390. 4th Reserve Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 19 June 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Richmond, Resided Middlesbrough.
   

  Private Percy Thomas Kitson. 4516. 2nd / 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 1 March 1916. Aged 38.
   

Private Charles Frederick Knaggs
  Private Charles Frederick Knaggs. 19550. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Alice M. W. Knaggs, of 5, Lamport St., Newport Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 31 August 1921. Aged 39.
   

  Private William Brumpton Latheron. 20730. Yorkshire Regiment (Depot). Son of the late John Tumerson Latheron; husband of Sarah Elizabeth Latheron, of 19, Hutments, Marske-by-the-Sea. Died 9 June 1918. Aged 46.
Born Brotton, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.
   

  Lance Corporal Joseph Mann. 11951. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment . Son of Joseph and Mary Jane Mann, of Sydney St., Middlesbrough. Died 24 July 1916. Aged 23.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

Private Walter Marley
  Private Walter Marley. 224861. Labour Corps, formerly Yorkshire Regiment . Died 17 November 1918. Aged 43.
   

Private W McCann
  Private W McCann. 26951. Yorkshire Regiment, transferred to Labour Corps (182803). Died 18 March 1919.
   

Private G McManus
  Private G McManus. 3677. Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of S. A. Taylor (formerly McManus), of 72, Pelham St., Middlesbrough. Died 18 June 1918. Aged 54.
   

Private Tom A Mitchell
  Private Tom A Mitchell. 6516. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary Ash (formerly Mitchell), of 72, Prince Charles St., Middlesbrough. Died 25 May 1919.
   

  Private George Okey. 28150. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Florence Diana Okey, of 5, Cadogan St., Middlesbrough. Died 11 April 1917. Aged 30.
   

Private John William Price
  Private John William Price. 19368. 11th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Margaret Jane Price, of 49, Duncombe St., Middlesbrough. Died 12 November 1915. Aged 38.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

Private Charles Raywood
  Private Charles Raywood. 8974. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Hannah Raywood, of 33, Adam St., Middlesbrough. Served in the South African Campaign. Died 8 July 1918. Aged 39.
Born South Bank (Middlesbrough), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

Private Thomas Henry Redman
  Private Thomas Henry Redman. 4735. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Laura A. Sheard (formerly Redman), of 13, Lamport St., Middlesbrough. Died 8 May 1917. Aged 31.
   

Private Joseph Scott
  Private Joseph Scott. 200353. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of M. H. and Margaret Jane Scott, of 46, Marton Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 10 April 1918. Aged 22.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

  Private Charles Simpson. 3/7389. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Simpson, of 344, Cannon St., Middlesbrough, and the late Charles Simpson. Died 12 May 1916. Aged 28.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

Private Arthur Warwick
  Private Arthur Warwick. 3/9621. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 17 October 1916.
Born Malton, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

  Private J Watson. 20838. Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of A. Watson, of 52, Croft St., Middlesbrough. Died 21 October 1919. Aged 31.
   

Private William Henry Wilton
  Private William Henry Wilton. 12108. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 30 May 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
   

  Lance Corporal Thomas Cobby. 4391611. Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment). Son of Henry Dent Cobby and Mary Ellen Cobby, of Middlesbrough; husband of Alice Cobby, of Middlesbrough. Died 29 September 1944. Aged 26.
   

  Private Charles Davies. 4389419. 4th Battalion Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment). Son of Joseph and Ada Davies, of Middlesbrough; husband of Myra Davies, of Middlesbrough. Died 27 July 1946. Aged 24.
   

Private George Stamp
  Private George Stamp. 4390550. 8th Battalion (H D) Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment). Son of Joseph Henry and Jane Stamp; husband of Athelia Stamp, of Escombe, Co. Durham. Died 10 September 1940. Aged 36.

Photo provided by Mrs Brenda Marley, <marleyb51@hotmail.co.uk>.
   

  Private Christopher Usher. D/17382. 8th Battalion (H D) Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment). Son of Anthony and Rose Anne Usher; husband of Annie Elizabeth Usher, of Middlesbrough. Died 21 May 1941. Aged 47.