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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Gorre British and Indian Cemetery (France, Pas de Calais) |
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Gorre
British and Indian Cemetery - 1
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)
The chateau at Gorre was occupied early in the war by troops
serving with the British Expeditionary Force and the Indian Corps, and the
cemeteries, located in the south-east corner of the original chateau grounds,
were begun in the autumn of 1914. The Indian section of the cemetery was closed
in October 1915, shortly before the Indian infantry divisions left France
for redeployment to the Middle East.
Many of those who now lie in plots V and VI of the British section of the
cemetery were killed during the Battle of Estaires in April 1918. There are
now over 930 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated
here. The cemetery, which was designed by Charles Holden, also contains nine
war graves of other nationalities, most of them German.
Amongst the graves are those of 6 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are extremely grateful to Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) and Robert O'Connor who hve generously provided the photographs of the cemetery and the headstones on this page.
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Private Joseph Connor. 36118. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary Connor, of 16, Italy St., Middlesbrough. Died 9 September 1916. Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) |
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Private Thomas William Cronk.
1633. 1st/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, attached to the 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 September 1916. Born Hull, Enlisted Hull. Photo : Robert O'Connor |
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Private Fred Prince. 5859.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Emma Prince, of Leeds. Killed 13 August 1916. Aged 40. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) |
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Private James Stewart. 25786.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of George Stewart, of 1, Little Prospect Rd., Plane St., Leeds. Killed 9 September 1916. Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds. Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) |
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Private James Webster, 19509.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached 176th Tunnelling Coy., Royal Engineers. Husband of Elizabeth Jane Webster, of 2, Fatten Pastures, Murton Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 17 December 1915. Aged 29. Born South Hetton (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Murton Colliery. Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) |
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Sapper Thomas Wrightson. 79508.
176th Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers, formerly 16383 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Sarah Jane Wrightson, of Morton Acres, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Killed 25 January 1916. Aged 30. Born Low Fell (Co. Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring (Co. Durham), Resided Fence Houses (Co. Durham). Thomas Wrightson was a coal miner, - ref. 1911 Census. He married Sarah J Newson in Houghton-le-Spring in Q2 1911. Sarah Jane came from Morton Grange, near Fence Houses.) Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) |
Gorre
British and Indian Cemetery - 2
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)
Gorre
British and Indian Cemetery - 3
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)