Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, - Sucrerie Cemetery, Epinoy (Pas de Calais, France)

Sucrerie Cemetery, Epinoy - 1
Photo : Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Epinoy was captured by the 11th (Northern) Division on 27 September 1918 and the cemetery was made by fighting units after the battle.

The cemetery contains 100 burials and commemorations of the First World War (mainly 6th York and Lancasters, 5th Dorsets and 11th Manchesters). Five of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to one soldier believed to be buried in one of them.

Amongst the graves are those of 13 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.

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		Private David Adams. 204989. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 31. Born Heselden (Durham), Enlisted Hartlepool, Resided Wingate (Co. Durham). Photo by soilsister of the Find a Grave website.

		Private George Frederick Billingsley. 10356. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son or Mrs. A. H. Handel, of 2, Arlington Mansions, 18A, Morat St., Brixton, London. Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 24. Born Holborn, Enlisted London, Resided Brixton S W Photo by soilsister of the Find a Grave website.

		Private George Thomas Bishop. 39077. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Ethel Maud Bishop, of 3, St. Aidan's St., Bensham, Gateshead. Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 39. Born Leicester, Enlisted Gateshead. "EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN ETHEL GATESHEAD" Photo by soilsister of the Find a Grave website.

		Serjeant William Bootham. 7494. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel Bootham, of Bradford; husband of Winifred Johnson, (formerly Bootham), of 6, Gloucester St., West Hartlepool. Died 29 September 1918. Aged 38. Born Saltaire (Bradford), Enlisted Bradford, Resided 21 Burbank Street West Hartlepool. Photo by soilsister of the Find a Grave website.

		Private Alfred Clark, 39357. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 September 1918. Born Whitby, Enlisted Whitby. Photo : Pierre Vandervelden (<pierre.vandervelden@skynet.be>)

		Private Thomas Hornby Lawrence, MM. 3/7727. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 September 1918. Born South Bank (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided South Bank. Photo by soilsister of the Find a Grave website.

		Private William Mountain. 36380. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph Mountain, of 29, Moss St., York. Killed 4 October 1918. Aged 35. Born York, Enlisted Acomb, Resided York. Photo by soilsister of the Find a Grave website.

		Private Michael Needham. 39044. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Sabina Needham, of 76, New George St., Hull. Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 21. Born Hull, Enlisted Hull. "REST IN PEACE" Photo by soilsister of the Find a Grave website.

		Private Herbert Nicholls. 3/7964. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Mary Elizabeth Day, of 7, Married Quarters, The Barracks, Scarborough. Born at York. Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 22. Born Liverpool, Enlisted York, Resided Selby. "YES WE'LL GATHER AT THE RIVER WHERE BRIGHT ANGELS FEET HAVE TROD" Photo by soilsister of the Find a Grave website.

		Private Thomas Matthew Nixon. 33257. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Thomas and of Margaret Nixon (now Ellis), of 29, Church St., Middlesbrough; husband of the late Annie Nixon. Died 29 September 1918. Aged 30. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. Photo by soilsister of the Find a Grave website.

		Private Robert Rukin, 38180. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 29 September 1918. Born Muker (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks) (There is a comprehensive biography of William Rukin, with photo, on p275 in "Swaledale & Wharefedale Remembered" by Keith Taylor) Photo by soilsister of the Find a Grave website.

		Private Walter George Sparks. 33813. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly T/4/233249 R A S C. Killed 28 September 1918. Born Chardstock (Devon), Enlisted Chard. Photo by soilsister of the Find a Grave website.

Private Frank Wofe Wilson, 28456. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Maria Wilson, of Barry's Square, Cragg, Whitby. Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 31. Born Whitby, Enlisted Whitby. Photo by soilsister of the Find a Grave website.

Sucrerie Cemetery, Epinoy - 2
Photo : Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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