The Yorkshire Regiment War Graves

Norton Cemetery contains 14 burials from both the First and Second World wars. One soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment is buried there with an official CWGC headstone. There is also another ex-soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment who has an "unofficial" headstone, who died in in 1926.

Photographs of the headstones below are by Chris Coates of Norton College (courtesy Memory Box Media, <localmilhistory@aol.com>.

Private Harold Calver. 1856. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mr. G. W. and Mrs. S. J. Calver, of 9, George St., Driffield, Yorks.
Died at home 7 November 1916. Aged 19.
Born Hutton Cranswick, Enlisted Malton, Resided Norton.

(Shown in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register as being in the "24th Battalion". There was no such battalion.)

Private (?) Albert Armitage.
Late 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 19 October 1924. Aged 46.