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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Lapugnoy Military Cemetery (France, Pas de Calais) |
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Lapugnoy
Military Cemetery (1)
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)
The first burials were made in Plot I of the cemetery in September 1915, but it was most heavily used during the Battle of Arras, which began in April 1917. The dead were brought to the cemetery from casualty clearing stations, chiefly the 18th and the 23rd at Lapugnoy and Lozinghem, but between May and August 1918 the cemetery was used by fighting units.
Lapugnoy Military Cemetery contains 1,324 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 3 being unidentified, and 11 from the Second World War, all dating from May 1940.
Seven soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are buried here.
We are extremely grateful to Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) who has generously provided the photographs of the headstones and the cemetery.
Click on the thumbnail image of a headstone for a larger version of the photo which opens in a new window.
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Private Orton Bean, 46433.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of J. A. Bean, of 9, Percy St., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 21 April 1918. Aged 32. Born Sereveton (Notts), Enlisted Stockton, Resided Stockton-on-Tees. "O HAPPY SAINTS FOR EVER BLEST
IN THAT CALM HAVEN OF YOUR REST" |
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Private Samuel Brown. G14574.
10th (R. East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), formerly G/87612 17th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 October 1918. Born Chesterfield (Derby), Enlisted Derby, Resided Borrowash (Derby). "KNOWN TO BE BURIED
IN THIS CEMETERY" "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Private William Clavering Gallon.
19212. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Jane Ann Gallon, of Gateshead-on-Tyne. Killed 2 October 1915. Aged 37. Born Gateshead, Enlisted Blyth, Resided Gateshead. "PEACE PERFECT PEACE"
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Private Walter Green. 23172.
13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 June 1916. Born Sheffield, Enlisted Sheffield. |
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Lance Corporal William Lancaster.
30576. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Harriet Lancaster, of 6, Trafalgar St., Scarborough; husband of Annie Isabella Lancaster, of 32, Clayton St., East Hartlepool. Killed 20 April 1918. Aged 30. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough. "SORROWS VANQUISHED
LABOUR ENDED NOW AT REST" |
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Private Frederick Stanley Nicholas.
35337. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 39709 72nd T R Battn. Son of Albert Edward and Louisa Nicholas, of Manchester. Killed 12 April 1918. Aged 18. Born Manchester, Enlisted Manchester. |
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Private Joseph Patterson. 14761.
10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 October 1915. Born Crook (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ryhope. |
Lapugnoy
Military Cemetery (2)
Photo : Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>)