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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Maple Copse Cemetery, Belgium |
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Maple Copse Cemetery with the Cross of Sacrifice
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Maple Copse Cemetery is located 5 Kms south-east of Ieper town centre, a road leading from the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen.
The commune of Zillebeke contains many Commonwealth cemeteries as the front line trenches ran through it during the greater part of the First World War.
Maple Copse was the name given by the Army to a small plantation
about 900 metres east of the village of Zillebeke, and just west of Sanctuary
Wood. The place was used by Advanced Dressing Stations and burials took place
there both before and after the Battle of Mount Sorrel in June 1916. However,
in that engagement, and in later fighting, the graves were mostly destroyed.
The site of the cemetery, on the north side of the copse, was enclosed after
the Armistice, but of the graves known to exist there, only a small number
could be definitely located. The cemetery now contains 308 burials and commemorations
of the First World War. Of the 78 burials that could be located, only 26 are
identified and special memorials commemorate 230 casualties whose graves in
the cemetery had been destroyed. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Amongst the headstones are 16 for identified soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment.
All of the Yorkshire Regiment headstones carry the inscription "Known
to be Buried in this Cemetery". Sadly, two brothers from the Yorkshire
Regiment are buried in the cemetery, dying within a few days of each other.
There are also two under-age soldiers from the Yorkshire Regiment in the cemetery.
We are extremely grateful to Chris Weekes for photographing the cemetery and the graves of the Yorkshire Regiment soldiers.
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Private William Albert Bower, 2875. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed Killed 28 February 1916. Born Warrington (Lancs), Enlisted Skelton, Resided Carlin How. "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Lance Corporal Arthur Clarke, 2359.
5th Battalion. Killed 3 March 1916. Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough. "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Private James Foxton, 1501. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Ann Foxton, of Kirby Misperton Lane, Pickering, Yorks. Killed 2 March 1916. Aged 21. Born Kirby Misperton (Pickering), Enlisted Pickering. "UNTIL THE DAY BREAK" |
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Lance Corporal Thomas Edward Gillyon,
1978. 5th Battalion. Son of Mr. Frederick Dalton and Mrs. Sarah Jane Gillyon, of 39, Minster Moorgate, Beverley. Killed 2 March 1916. Aged 18. Born Beverley (Yorks), Enlisted Bridlington. "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Private Sydney Jefferson, 3648. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Robert Jefferson, of Wold Newton, Hunmanby, Yorks., and the late Jane Elizabeth Jefferson. Killed 3 March 1916. Aged 19. Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Wold Newton (Hunmanby - Yorks). "HIS DUTY DONE" |
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Private James William Meek, 2700.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Rose Hannah Meek, of 40, Yeoman St., Redcar, Yorks, and the late David Meek. Native of Beverley. Killed 5 January 1916. Aged 27. Enlisted Beverley (Yorks). "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Private Albert Mitchell, 2741. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 March 1916. . Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby. "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Private Edwin Morgan. 1750. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Morgan, of 46, Suffield St., Middlesbrough. Killed 14 January 1916. Aged 20. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Private James Rafferty, 3807. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 December 1915. Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Carlin How. "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Private Fred Tyreman, 1813. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Tyreman, of Brompton, Northallerton, Yorks. His brother George W. also fell. Killed 27 February 1916. Aged 18. Born Northallerton, Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Brompton. "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Private George William Tyreman, 1812.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Tyreman, of Brompton, Northallerton, Yorks. His brother Fred also fell. Killed 2 March 1916. Aged 23. Born Brompton (Northallerton), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Brompton (Note : SDGW spells name as "Tyerman") "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Private Herbert Walters, 1938. 5th Battalion. Killed 2 March 1916. Born Beverley (Yorks), Enlisted Beverley. "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Private Frederick William Ward, 3481.
1st / 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Annie Ward, of Howland Beck, Low Farndale, Kirkby Moorside, Yorks; husband of Edith Ward. Killed 2 March 1916. Aged 22. Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Kirbymoorside. "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Private James Charles Watts, 293. 5th Battalion. Killed 27 February 1916. Born Beverley (Yorks), Enlisted Beverley. "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Private Arthur Edward Wilks, 1162.
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.Son of Alfred Edward and Hannah Elizabeth Wilks, of Cliff Terrace, Great Ayton, Yorks. Killed 28 February 1916. Aged 21. Born Great Ayton, Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Great Ayton. "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Private John Willison, 1390. 5th Battalion. Killed 2 March 1916. Born Norton (Malton), Enlisted Malton. "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" |
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Maple Copse Cemetery
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The
Entrance to Maple Copse Cemetery
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)