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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Sailly-Sur-La-Lys Canadian Cemetery (France, Pas de Calais) |
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Sailly-Sur-La-Lys
Canadian Cemetery (1)
Photo : Chris Cosgrove
Sailly Church was burnt during the open fighting of October 1914, when French cavalry and British and German infantry fought on the Lys, but from the winter of 1914-1915 to the spring of 1918 the village was comparatively untouched. It was captured by the Germans on 9 April 1918, and it remained in their hands until the beginning of September.
The cemetery was begun by Canadian units in March 1915, and used as a front-line cemetery until July 1916; it contains 313 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and one German grave.
Amongst the graves are those of nine soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are extremely grateful to Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) who has generously provided the photographs on this page.
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Private John Simpson Dent. 11575.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Henry and Jane Dent, of 71, Cambridge Rd., Cargo Fleet, Middleborough. Died 12 December 1915. Aged 25. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. (Note : The Middlesbrough War Memorial has "John S Dent", but both CWG and SDGW have "John Dent". In the 1911 Census, William Henry and Jane Dent of Middlesbrough had seven children, - the eldest child of which was John Simpson Dent aged 20.) "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY" |
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Private James Ellis. 14384.
8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Ellen Ellis, of Grangetown, Yorks. Killed 9 December 1915. Aged 28. Born Eston (Yorks), Enlisted Redcar, Resided Grangetown. "TO YOUR DEAR MEMORY WE RENDER DEEPEST SOULD HOMAGE" |
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Private Robert Hornby, 12542.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 January 1916. Born Eston, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Eston. |
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Serjeant Joseph Petch. 13018.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Petch, 35, Batty Place, Scarborough; husband of Mrs. Petch, of 3, Niso Terrace, Long West Gate, Scarborough. Served in the South African Campaign. Killed 20 January 1916. Aged 38. Born Sutton-in-Ashdale (Notts), Enlisted Scarborough. |
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Private Ernest James Pigg, 11605.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Maria Louise Pigg, of 7, Langley Avenue, Thornaby-on-Tees. Killed on 28 September 1915. Aged 21. Born Newcastle, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees. |
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Private William Rutley. 13172.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Mary Rutley, of 8, Mabel St., Middlesbrough. Died 16 December 1915. Aged 22. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. |
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Private Thomas Edward Tewson, 12951.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles and Harriet Tewson, of 32, West St., Eston, Yorks. Killed 23 October 1915. Aged 25. Born Eston (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Eston. |
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Private Ernest Webster, 14817.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Webster, of Besthorpe, Attleborough, Norfolk. Killed 27 January 1916. Aged 20. Born Besthorpe (Attleborough), Enlisted Aldershot, Resided Besthorpe. |
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2nd Lieutenant Bernard Ivan Wilkins.
9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Agnes Wilkins, of 82, Lexham Gardens, South Kensington, London, and the late Sydney William Wilkins. KIlled 6 January 1916. Aged 22. |
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Sailly-Sur-La-Lys
Canadian Cemetery (2)
Photo : Chris Cosgrove
Sailly-Sur-La-Lys
Canadian Cemetery (3)
Photo : Chris Cosgrove