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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Vendresse British Cemetery |
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Vendresse British Cemetery (1)
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Vendresse British Cemetery was made after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from other cemeteries and from the battlefields.
There are now over 700, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified and almost all of whom fell in 1914 or 1918. Special memorials are erected to three soldiers, known or believed to be buried here in unnamed graves; and other special memorials record the names of 50 United Kingdom soldiers buried in other cemeteries whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. In 37 instances, graves identified collectively but not individually are marked by headstones superscribed: "Buried near this spot".
28 named soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment are interred in this cemetery, together with several soldiers whose names are not known but who were serving in the Yorkshire Regiment. Of the 28 named soldiers, 25 were killed on 27 May 1918.
We are extremely grateful to Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>,
for the photographs of the cemetery and the Yorkshire Regiment soldiers Commonwealth
War Grave headstones.
Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) has kindly provided a photo of
the headstone of a soldier who had previously served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
Click on a thumbnail image of a headstone for a larger version of the photo which opens in a new window.
The headstones below are those of the soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment interred in Vendresse British Cemetery.
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Private Leslie Herbert Harry Bax.
33757. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly M/287224 RASC. Killed 27 May 1918. Born Caterham (Surrey), Enlisted Caterham. |
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Private Milton Beaumont. 48047.
13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4/111810 RASC. Son of Fred and Emma Beaumont. Born at Morley, Yorks. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 26. Born Morley (Yorks), Enlisted York, Resided Morley. |
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Private Fred Blackett. 205088.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 May 1918. Born Menington (Durham), Enlisted Spennymoor (Durham). |
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Private Frederick John Campbell.
33768. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly M/299034 R A S C. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Campbell, of 67, The Uplands, Rogerstone, Newport, Mon. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 20. Enlisted Ebbw Vale, Resided Beaufort. |
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Company Serjeant Major Thomas Chettleburgh.
4437. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Ellen Chettleburgh; husband of Julia Chettleburgh, of 53, Charlotte St., Redcar, Yorks. Born at East Dulwich, London. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 38. Born Camberwell (Middx), Enlisted Warley, Resided Redcar. |
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Private Thomas Chippendale.
240883. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 May 1918. Enlisted Bridlington. |
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Private Leslie John Henry Conway.
34724. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5237 Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed 27 May 1918. Born Stratford (Essex), Enlisted Stratford, Resided Walthamstow. |
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Private Cyril Edmund Day. 35128. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 34781 9th T R Battn. Son of William and Alice Day, of 105, Jackson's Rd., Bromley Common, Kent. Died 27 May 1918. Aged 19. Born Plaistow (London), Enlisted Bromley, Resided Bromley Common (Kent). |
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Private Willie Elsworth. 34812.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly TR/5/15021 4th T R Battn. Son of James and Emily Elsworth, of 60, Pothouse Rd., Wibsey, Bradford. Born at Bradford, Yorks. Killed 12 August 1918. Aged 19. Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford, Resided Wibsey (Bradford). |
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Private William Emmerson. 204066.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. 27 May 1918. Born Barnby Moor (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough. |
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Private Frederick Stanley Fitzhugh.
43670. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 71100 87th T R Battn. Son of William and Harriet Fitzhugh, of King's Cliffe, Peterborough. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 19. Born West Haddon (Northampton), Enlisted Glen Parva, Resided Swinford (Rugby). |
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Private Frank Eric Ford. 33787.
4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly S/4/199386 R A S C. Son of Mr. A. Ford, of Market Place, Reepham, Norfolk; husband of Catherine Ford, of Council Houses, Caddington, Luton, Beds. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 28. Born Portsmouth, Enlisted Luton, Resided Caddington (Beds). |
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Private Leonard Gill. 35147.
4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35035 9th T R Battn. Killed 27 May 1918. Born Hornsey, Enlisted Wood Green, Resided Hornsey. |
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Private David Charles Hodgkin,
35165. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35480 9th T R Battn. Son of David and Emma Hodgkin, of 2, Gladstone Villas, Marden, Kent. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 18. Born Marden (Kent), Enlisted Folkestone, Resided Marden. |
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Private George Hunt, 265531.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 May 1918. Born Pulham St. Mary's (Norfolk), Enlisted Bridlington, Resided Flamborough. |
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Private Edward Henry Ibson.
203897. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 March 1918. Born Hovingham (Yorks), Enlisted Easingwold. (Shown as "H Ibson" in the CWGC Register) |
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Private Octavius Atack Lacey.
46531. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 May 1918. Born East Keswick, Enlisted Leeds. (SDGW lists as being in 4th Battalion) |
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Private Charles Valentine Lewis.
235747. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4103 Middx Regt. Son of Charles Walter and Sarah Ann Lewis, of 18, Wolseley Rd., Wealdstone, Harrow, Middx. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 27. Born Poplar (London), Enlisted Pound Lane (Willesden), Resided Wealdstone (Harrow). |
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Private Thomas Edwin Lloyd.
35724. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 238918 12th Yeomanry Cyclist Battn. Son of George and Caroline Lloyd, of 276 Warwick Rd., Sparkhill, Birmingham. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 19. Born Birmingham, Enlisted Birmingham. |
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Serjeant Francis W Lyons, DCM.
240161. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Anthony and Mary Lyons, of "Lyndhurst," Park Grove, Norton, Malton, Yorks. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 23. Born Norton (Malton), Enlisted Malton, Resided Norton. |
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Private William Donald Prentice.
35655. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 8/13339 Inniskilling Fus. Son of John T. and Mary Prentice, of Glasgow. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 21. Born Glasgow, Enlisted Glasgow. |
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Private Joseph Read. 35570.
4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3780 Berks Yeomanry. Son of Joseph and Hannah Read, of I, Oak St., Darby End, Netherton, Dudley. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 19. Born Dudley (Worcester), Enlisted Worcester, Resided Netherton. |
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Private Edward Robinson, 26555.
4th Battalion. Killed 27 May 1918. Born Mickleby (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Hinderwell |
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Private Ernest Wilfred Rush.
35662. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 32383 West Riding Regt. Killed 17 August 1918. Enlisted Barnsley. |
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Private Thomas John Thomas.
34981. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 61508 Welch Regt. Son of William and Mary Thomas, of 16, Old Cottages, Penycraig Rd., Mount Pleasant, Swansea. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 24. Born Swansea (Glam), Enlisted Swansea. (SDGW gives name as "John Thomas Thomas"; GH Gazette database has "Thomas John Thomas") |
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Private Matthew Thompson. 29564.
1st/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 46463 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 May 1918. Born Hexham (Northumberland), Enlisted Hexham. Photo by Chris Cosgrove (<trainscpc@aol.com>) |
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Lieutenant Colonel James Albert Raymond
Thomson, D S O. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Croix de Guerre (France). Son of James and Eliza Thomson; husband of Ethel Norah Mayson Thomson, of The Uplands, Malton, Yorks. Born at Huddersfield. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 42. |
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Private Harold Vickers Waumsley.
43742. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5/71353 87th T R Battn. Son of George Vickers Waumsley and Mary Jane Waumsley, of 97, Queen's Parade, Cleethorpes, Lincs. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 19. Born Cleethorpes (Lincs), Enlisted Grimsby, Resided Cleethorpes. |
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Lance Corporal John Henry Wisbey,
201573. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 June 1918. Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Boosbeck. |
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An Unknown Soldier of the Yorkshire
Regiment, buried in this cemetery. |
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Vendresse British Cemetery and the Cross of Sacrifice.
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Four Soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment Whose Names are Not Known (on the
left a Corporal, the other three are Privates).
- behind these four headstones are those of an Unknown soldier and Privates
Blackett and Bax.
(Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>)