The Yorkshire Regiment, WW1 Remembrance

Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, -
Ripon Cemetery

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Ripon Cemetery (188 Commonwealth War Graves from both World Wars, including 2 graves for men of the Yorkshire Regiment.).

Ripon Cemetery
(Photograph from the Commonwealth War Graves Commison website)

During the First World War, Ripon Military Hospital contained 670 beds, and served the military camps at Ripon. Ripon Cemetery contains 122 scattered burials from this period.

Private William Armstrong. 16462. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Violet Robinson Armstrong, of 119, Lewis St., Middle Rawton, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Died at home 30 August 1917. Aged 31.
Born New Herrington, Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Rainton (Fencehouses)

Private H McLoughlin. 2398. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, transf. to (256137) 408th Agricultural Coy. Labour Corps. Son of W. B. and Edith McLoughlin, of 6, Brewster Terrace, Ripon. Died at home 7 December 1918. Aged 23.

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