The Yorkshire Regiment, WW1 Remembrance - War Graves and Cemeteries Overseas (Battlefields) (Belgium, France, Germany)

Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension

Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont

Assevillers New British Cemetery

contains 12 graves of men of the Yorkshire Regiment

contains 37 graves of men of the Yorkshire Regiment

contains 6 graves of men of the Yorkshire Regiment

Remembrance - The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War
War Graves & Cemeteries, - Overseas (Battlefields)

The term "Overseas" on this page refers to cemeteries in Belgium, France, and Germany.
For graves and cemeteries not in the UK or the above three countries, please check the pages for "Overseas (Rest of the World)".

To find a cemetery in Belgium, France, or Germany, select from the initial letter of the cemetery below. For individual graves in cemeteries in the above countries, select the link to "Individual".

Individual Graves in Belgium, France & Germany

The thumbnail images below link to a page for a cemetery relating to the Yorkshire Regiment. Simply click on one of the thumbnail images and a new window will open where you can find out more about that cemetery.

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Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm)	Rancourt Military Cemetery	Rifle House Cemetery	Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery

contains the graves of 75 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment	contains the grave of 1 man of the Yorkshire Regiment	contains the grave of 1 man of the Yorkshire Regiment	contains the graves of 16 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment

Rookery British Cemetery

contains the graves of 14 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment

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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 larger sized image of the soldier's grave or cemetery, which opens in a new window, select one of the thumbnail image below.

Names of soldiers with headstones shown in this section are;-

Lance Corporal David Bainbridge
Private Ernest Bradnam
Captain William Brownlie, MC
Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Hedley Charlton, MC
Private Walter Henry Corps.
Corporal Walter Darley.
Captain Francis Dodgson.
Private Leonard Garton.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Gunter
Private Charles Harold Ingram

Private Charles Robert James
Lance Corporal George Jefferson
2nd Lieutenant William Frederick Jelley, MC
Private James McCamley
Private William Francis Osborne
Private George Rue
Serjeant Charles Senior Staveley
Serjeant Frederick Charles Taylor

Lance Corporal David Bainbridge. 12349. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Elizabeth Bainbridge, of 28, Wood St., Hebburn Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 28 October 1916. Aged 20.
Born South Shields, Enlisted Jarrow, Resided Hebburn Colliery.
Buried VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY.

In Vermelles Cemetery there are over 2134 First World War casualties commemorated. Of these, 198 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to six soldiers from the United Kingdom, known to be buried among them. This cemetery also contains the graves of 11 casualties of other nationalities.

Photograph of L/Cpl Bainbridge's headstone provided by David Robson (<daverobson33@blueyonder.co.uk>)

Private Ernest Bradnam. 33415. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4556 Suffolk Regt. Son of William and Martha A. Bradnam, of Queen St., Withersfield, Newmarket. Killed 29 September 1917. Aged 28.
Born Haverhill (Suffolk), Enlisted Haverhill, Resided Withersfield (Suffolk).
Buried MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY.

Photograph of Private Bradnam's headstone provided by Bea Tilbrook (<bjtis@hotmail.co.uk>)

Captain William Brownlie, MC

Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of John D. Brownlie, of 117, Wool Exchange, London, E.C.2. Killed 25 March 1918. Aged 36.
Buried HENINEL-CROISILLES ROAD CEMETERY.

Photograph of Captain Brownlie's headstone kindly provided by Mick McCann.

Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Hedley Charlton, MC. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late William Charlton and of Frances Elizabeth Charlton, J.P., of The West Garth, Guisborough, Yorks; husband of Mrs. D. F. Money (formerly Charlton), of 79, Wodeland Avenue, Guildford. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 32.
Buried ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

The inscription on the headstone reads;-
IT IS NOT CHAOS AND DEATH
IT IS ETERNAL LIFE

Roisel town was occupied by British troops in April 1917, and evacuated after a strong defence by the 66th (East Lancashire) Division in the evening of the 22nd March 1918. It was retaken in the following September. Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension was begun by German troops, who buried immediately to the North of the Communal Cemetery. It was developed in October and November 1918, by the 41st, 48th, 53rd and 58th Casualty Clearing Stations, and it was completed after the Armistice by the concentration of British and German graves from the country North, East and South of Roisel.

There are now 877, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 120 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 12 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Australia who are known or believed to be buried among them.

The photograph of Colonel Charlton's headstone has been provided by Steve Rodgers of the War Graves Photographic Project.

Private Walter Henry Corps. 1518. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment 150th Brigade, 50th Division. Eldest son of James and Catherine Corps of Bedale Yorkshire. Died 5 May 1915.
Aged 21.
Born Bedale. Enlisted, Bedale. Resided, Masham

Buried in LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY.
During the First World War, Le Treport was an important hospital centre. No.3 General Hospital was established there in November 1914, No.16 General Hospital in February 1915, No.2 Canadian General Hospital in March 1915, No.3 Convalescent Depot in June 1915 and Lady Murray's B.R.C.S. Hospital in July 1916. These hospitals contained nearly 10,000 beds.

No.47 General Hospital arrived in March 1917 and later that year, a divisional rest camp and a tank training depot were established in the neighbourhood. By March 1919, the hospitals had been closed and Le Treport became the headquarters of the 68th Division, which re-formed there before going to the Rhine. The divisional supply depot was closed in June 1919.

There are now 445 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery. Three of the four Second World War burials are unidentified. .

The photos of the headstone and the cemetery are by Linda Lear (<linda@lear20.eclipse.co.uk>), to whom we are very grateful.
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Corporal Walter Darley. 7039.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Maria Hodgson (formerly Darley), of 89, New Row, Old Malton, Yorks. Killed 27 October 1914. Aged 33.
Born Huttons Ambo (Malton), Enlisted Malton, Resided Huttons Ambo.

Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY.
The cemetery is a large civil cemetery, split in two by the Rue de Dringhen, just south of the main road (RN42) to St Omer. The Commonwealth War Graves plot is located down the western edge of the southern section of the cemetery, with an entrance in the Rue de Dringhen. Unusually, the headstones are laid flat in this cemetery. This is due to the sandy soil.

Boulogne, was one of the three base ports most extensively used by the Commonwealth armies on the Western Front throughout the First World War. It was closed and cleared on the 27 August 1914 when the Allies were forced to fall back ahead of the German advance, but was opened again in October and from that month to the end of the war, Boulogne and Wimereux formed one of the chief hospital areas.

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery contains 5,577 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 224 from the Second World War. 55 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment are buried in the cemetery.

The photo of the headstone is by Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)to whom we are very grateful. The photo of the cemetery itself is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.
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Captain Francis Dodgson.
8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henley F. Dodgson, of Bovingdon, Herts. Educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 27.
Buried SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2.

(Photo : Charles Fair <charles.fair66@gmail.com>)

The story of Captain Dodgson, his involvement with the 8th Battalion, and his subsequent commemoration, is told in "Marjorie's War" by Reginald and Charles Fair, published by Menin House and available from Amazon Books.

(Was commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, - an example of a body being recovered and identified after the name was put on a memorial as having no known grave.)
Also commemorated on the Trnity College, Cambridge, War Memorial.

Private Leonard Garton. 78970. 1st/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 37423 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Elizabeth Garton, of 40, Radford Boulevard, Nottingham. Killed 30 March 1918. Aged 30.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.

Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN.
During the First World War, Commonwealth camps and hospitals were stationed on the southern outskirts of Rouen. A base supply depot and the 3rd Echelon of General Headquarters were also established in the city. Almost all of the hospitals at Rouen remained there for practically the whole of the war. They included eight general, five stationary, one British Red Cross and one labour hospital, and No. 2 Convalescent Depot. A number of the dead from these hospitals were buried in other cemeteries, but the great majority were taken to the city cemetery of St. Sever. In September 1916, it was found necessary to begin an extension, where the last burial took place in April 1920.
The cemetery extension contains 8,346 Commonwealth burials of the First World War (ten of them unidentified) and in Block "S" there are 328 from the Second World War (18 of them unidentified).

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Nevill Benyon Gunter.
3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Sir Robert and Dame Jane Margaret Gunter, of Wetherby Grange, Yorks. Killed 16 August 1917. Aged 46.

Buried POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY.

Further details.

The photograph of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Gunter's headstone in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery comes from the "Find a Grave" website, and permission to reuse the image has been granted by Marvin & Samme Templin.

Private Charles Harold Ingram. 23953. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 January 1917. Aged 26.
Born Stillington (Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL.

(Although the CWGC register, SDGW, and the Green Howards Gazette all show him as "H Ingram", his name on the monumental inscription is given as Charles Harold Ingram".)

Buried in DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY
Delville Wood was a tract of woodland, nearly 1 kilometre square, the western edge of which touched the village of Longueval in the Somme. On 14 July 1916 the greater part of Longueval village was taken by the 9th (Scottish) Division and on the 15th, the South African Brigade of that Division captured most of Delville Wood. The wood now formed a salient in the line, with Waterlot Farm and Mons Wood on the south flank still in German hands, and, owing to the height of the trees, no close artillery support was possible for defence.

There are now 5,523 burials and commemorations of the First World War in this cemetery. 3,593 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 27 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of three soldiers buried in Courcelette Communal Cemetery German Extension, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.

The photos of the headstone and the cemetery are by Linda Lear (<linda@lear20.eclipse.co.uk>), to whom we are very grateful

Private Charles Robert James. 35758.
5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 238887 12th Yeomanry Cyclist Battn. Son of Charles and Fanny James, of Moor Court Lodge, Kington, Herefordshire. Killed 23 October 1918. Aged 19.
Born Cuddlestone, Enlisted Birmingham, Resided Kingston (Hereford).
Buried BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY.

(Photo courtesy of Mick McCann)

Lance Corporal George Jefferson, 14492. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Jane Jefferson, of Downholme, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 26 September 1917. Aged 22.
Born Downholme, Enlisted Leyburn, Resided Richmond.

Buried in BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
Bedford House, sometimes known as Woodcote House, were the names given by the Army to the Chateau Rosendal, a country house in a small wooded park with moats. Although it never fell into German hands, the house and the trees were gradually destroyed by shell fire. It was used by field ambulances and as the headquarters of brigades and other fighting units, and charcoal pits were dug there from October 1917.

In time, the property became largely covered by small cemeteries; five enclosures existed at the date of the Armistice, but the graves from No.1 were then removed to White House Cemetery, St. Jean, and those from No.5 to Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres.

In all, 5,139 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War are buried or commemorated in the enclosures of Bedford House Cemetery. 3,011 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate a number of casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials name casualties buried in other cemeteries whose graves could not be found on concentration. Second World War burials number 69 (3 of which are unidentified). There are 2 Germans buried here.

The photos of the headstone and the cemetery are by Linda Lear (<linda@lear20.eclipse.co.uk>), to whom we are very grateful

2nd Lieutenant William Frederick Jelley, MC.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles William and Temperance Jelley, of 124, Leopold St., Loughborough. Killed 2 November 1917. Aged 22.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN.

The following information on Lieutenant Jelley, andthe photo of his headstone, are reproduced by kind permission of the website "Loughborough Roll of Honour".

Lieut. W. F. Jelley, M. C. only son of ex-police Sergt. Jelley, of 124 Leopold street, Loughborough. He had been in a critical condition since the date he was wounded 14th August and on October 19th his condition necessitated an operation and he progressed fairly satisfactorily, but three days before his death the leg had to be amputated.
In September 1914, he joined the 8th Leicesters, and in a very short time was promoted to sergeant. On recovering from wounds received in July 1916, he was granted a commission in February 1917. Lieut. Jelley, who was 22 years of age, and a native of Syston, was educated at the Loughborough Intermediate School and latter at the Grammar school, which he attended for five years. Before his death one of the Royal Princes attended at Lieut. Jelley's bedside and read out to him the order conferring upon the wounded hero the award of the Military Cross. The wording was as follows. "On August 14 you showed great courage and initiative in leading your platoon. Though wounded in the head you continued to lead your platoon until you had gained your objective. Later in the day you were again wounded having your right thigh broken. Though in great pain and unable to move you continued to urge on your platoon, and by your example of fortitude kept up the spirits of your men until after dark when you were carried from the field."

"I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT / I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE"

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

	Private William Francis Osborne. 12648. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Father of W. D. Osborne, of 34, Hawthorne Grove, Penge, London. Killed 6 November 1915. Born Leyton (Essex), Enlisted Camberwell, Resided London. Buried BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY. Photo from Gary E Nelson, co-founder of the "International Wargraves Photography Project, who has kindly agreed to its reuse.

	Private George Rue. 144841. 32nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 43628 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 November 1918. Born Loughborough (Leics), Enlisted Loughborough. Buried ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY. The photo of George Rue's headstone is reproduced by kind permission of the website "Loughborough Roll of Honour".

	Serjeant Charles Senior Staveley. 7714. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 2 July 1916. Born West Bromwich, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided West Bromwich. Buried LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE. Additional information from Tony Brookes;- His wife, Elizabeth (nee Richardson) (married 1916), was born in Thorne. Photo provided by Tony Brookes.

	Serjeant Frederick Charles Taylor. 6918. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frederick Charles and Amelia Taylor, of 74, Essex Rd., Manor Park, London. Killed 17 May 1915. Aged 31. Born Deptford (Kent), Enlisted Stratford, Resided London. Buried AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY. Photo provided by "Dee".

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