Remembrance - The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War War Graves, Cemeteries & Memorials, - Europe

Berks Cemetery Extension		Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Belgium		Buttes Cemetery		Contalmaison
contains the graves of Ptes Bloomer and Oyston, Sgt Spencer, and Lieut Oakley		includes the graves of T Carrick & W Dickinson (and Noel Chavasse, VC*)		16 graves of men of the Yorkshire Regiment		The memorial to Donald Simpson Bell VC.

Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-au-Bois (France)		Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt (France)		Essex Farm Cemetery		Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers La Boiselle (France)
contains the graves of at least eight men of the Yorkshire Regiment.		contains the graves of 17 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment, and that of a 68-year old soldier.		contains the graves of 2 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment, and that of a 15-year old soldier.		includes the graves of Lt D S Bell VC and L/Sgt J Whiteley, MM

Fricourt British Cemetery, France		The Fricourt Memorial		Heilly Station Cemetery		Le Touret
in which 92 men of the 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, who fell on 1 July 1916, are buried		The Memorial to the men of the 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. This is located inside the Fricourt British Cemetery.		29 men of the Yorkshire Regiment are buried here, alongside over 2,800 other burials.		The memorial which includes Corporals Anderson VC and Curson

Loker Churchyard, Belgium		Lonsdale Cemetery, Authille (France)		Loos Memorial		Loos, St. Patrick's Cemetery
contains the graves of Lt. Cecil Hawdon, Sgt Robert Trafford, Private F J Smith and Private Bellwood		includes the grave of Pte David Elliott.		159 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment listed amonst the over 20,000 names on the Loos Memorial		includes the graves of 16 men of the Yorkshire Regiment

Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt (France)		Ploegsteert Memorial		Thiepval Memorial		Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
includes the grave of Major S Loudon-Shand,VC, and 4 other men of the Yorkshire Regiment		179 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment listed amongst the 11,000 names on this memorial.		935 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment listed among the 72,000 names on this memorial.		The largest Commonwealth War Grave cemetery in the world. 36 graves of identified men of the Yorkshire Regiment (several photographed), but a large number of Yorkshire Regiment soldiers "Known Only to God"

Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium		Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery		William Short, VC (Contalmaison)		Ypres, Menin Gate Memorial
Of the 34,863 names on the Memorial, 492 are for men of the Yorkshire Regiment		Contains the graves of Pte S W Brown, Major J S Palliser, CSM H Paylor and several unknown soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment.		The grave of William Short VC (Contalmaison, France)		475 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment listed among the more than 54,000 names on this Memorial

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INDIVIDUAL GRAVES

Where visitors to this website have sent in photos of individual graves of soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment, where the grave is just one of many in a cemetery, then the photo will be shown with details of the soldier and comments as to the cemetery where the grave is located.

For a lrger sized image of the soldier's grave, select the thumbnail image below.

Lance Corporal John B Laws, 16759. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. H. Laws, of 41, Staverdale St. West, Dawdon Colliery, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 20 January 1916. Aged 21. Born West Dowden (sic) (Seaham Harbour), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided West Dowden (sic). Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD), France, which contains 4,403 Commonwealth burials of the First World War; 11 of the graves made in April 1918 were destroyed by shell fire and are represented by special memorials. There are also 17 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and 154 German burials from both wars.

Private James McCamley. 23110. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 3 September 1916. Born Sevilmoor (Co. Down), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Cargo Fleet. Buried in MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY, France, which contains 1,379 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. Photo provided by Aileen Grimmer (<aileengrimmer@btinternet.com>)

Private John Moran, 17776. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 January 1917. Born Ludworth (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour. Buried in MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY, Belgium, where 1,657 servicemen of the First World War are buried or commemorated in this cemetery.