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Remembrance
- The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War War Graves & Cemeteries, - Overseas
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To find an overseas cemetery, select from the initial letter of the cemetery below. For cemeteries in Southern Ireland (Eire), select the link to "Eire". For individual graves in overseas cemeteries, select the link to "Individual".
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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.
| Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension |
Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont |
Assevillers New British Cemetery |
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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 |
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| Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery |
Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension |
Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt |
Bellicourt British Cemetery |
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contains 1 grave of a soldier of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
contains 1 grave of a soldier of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
contains 16 graves of men of the Yorkshire
Regiment |
contains 1 grave of a soldier of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
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| Berks Cemetery Extension |
Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban |
Bois-Grennier Communal Cemetery |
Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Belgium |
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contains the graves of Ptes Bloomer
and Oyston, Sgt Spencer, and Lieut Oakley |
contains the graves of 4 identified
soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the grave of 1 soldier of
the Yorkshire Regiment |
includes the graves of T Carrick & W Dickinson (and Noel Chavasse, VC*) |
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| Buquoy Road Cemetery |
Buttes Cemetery |
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contains 25 graves of men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
contains 16 graves of men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
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| Calais Southern Cemetery |
Carnoy Military Cemetery |
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval
(France) |
Cherisy Road East Cemetery |
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contains 5 graves of men of the Yorkshire
Regiment |
contains 5 graves of men of the Yorkshire
Regiment |
contains 11 graves of men of the Yorkshire
Regiment |
contains 2 graves of men of the Yorkshire
Regiment |
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| Cojeul British Cemetery, St. Martin-sur-Cojeul (France) |
Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery |
Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-au-Bois (France) |
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contains 18 graves of men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of 3 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment, including Pte William Short, VC |
contains the graves of at least eight
men of the Yorkshire Regiment. |
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| Dantzig Alley British Cemetery |
Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt (France) |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension
(France) |
Dernancourt Cemetery Extension,
France |
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contains the graves of 50 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment, one of whom was only 16 years old. |
contains the graves of 17 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment, and that of a 68-year old soldier. |
contains the graves of 7 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of 36 men of
the Yorkshire Regiment |
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| Dury Crucifix Cemetery, Pas de Calais (France) |
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contains the graves of 4 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
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| Essex Farm Cemetery |
Etaples Cemetery, France |
Etretat Cemetery Extension, France
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contains the graves of 2 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment, and that of a 15-year old soldier. |
Amongst the over 10,000 WW1 burials
in this cemetery are the graves of 90 men of the Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of 4 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
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| Faubourg d'Amiens, Cemetery, Arras |
Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt
(France) |
Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz |
Fricourt British Cemetery, France |
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includes the graves of 9 soldiers of
the Yorkshire Regiment. |
includes the grave of 1 soldier of the
Yorkshire Regiment. |
includes the graves of 17 soldiers of
the Yorkshire Regiment. |
in which 92 men of the 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment, who fell on 1 July 1916, are buried |
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| Gent City Cemetery, Belgium |
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers La Boiselle (France) |
Guemappe British Cemetery, Wancourt
(France) |
Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont |
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contains the grave of 1 soldier of
the Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of 20 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment, including 2nd Lt D S Bell, VC |
contains the graves of 2 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of 2 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
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| H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Main (France) |
Heilly Station Cemetery |
Henin Crucifix Cemetery |
Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension
(France) |
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includes the grave of 1 soldier of
the Yorkshire Regiment. |
29 men of the Yorkshire Regiment
are buried here, alongside over 2,800 other burials. |
contains the graves of 13 men of
the Yorkshire Regiment |
28 men of the Yorkshire Regiment
buried here, amongst 140 burials from WW1. |
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| Hibers Trench Cemetery, Wancourt
(France) |
Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ypres
(Belgium) |
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includes the graves of 10 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment. |
includes the graves of 22 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment. |
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| La Chapelette British and Indian
Cemetery, Peronne |
La Ville-Aux-Bois British Cemetery |
L'Homme Mort British Cemetery |
Loker Churchyard, Belgium |
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contains the graves of 2 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of 4 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of 3 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of Lt. Cecil Hawdon, Sgt Robert Trafford, Private F J Smith and Private Bellwood |
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| London Cemetery and Extension,
Longueval |
London Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse |
Lonsdale Cemetery, Authille (France) |
Loos, St. Patrick's Cemetery |
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contains the identified graves of
3 men of the Yorkshire Regiment, and 1Green Howard from WW2. |
contains the graves of 3 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment, plus one memorial and one unidentified grave |
includes the grave of Pte David Elliott. |
includes the graves of 16 men of
the Yorkshire Regiment |
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| Maple Copse Cemetery (Belgium) |
Menin Road South Military Cemetery
(Belgium) |
Meaulte Military Cemetery, (Somme, France) |
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includes the graves of 16 men of
the Yorkshire Regiment |
includes the graves of 5 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
includes the graves of 3 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
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| Neuville-Vitasse Cemetery, Pas de Calais (France) |
Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt (France) |
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includes the graves of 11 men of
the Yorkshire Regiment |
includes the grave of Major S Loudon-Shand,VC, and 4 other men of the Yorkshire Regiment |
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| Outtersteene Communal Cemetery
Extension, France |
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contains the graves of 6 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
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| Pernes British Cemetery, France |
Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt |
Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La
Boiselle |
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contains the graves of 6 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the grave of 7 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the grave of 4 men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
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| Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
(Transport Farm) |
Rancourt Military Cemetery |
Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British
Cemetery |
Rookery British Cemetery |
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contains the graves of 75 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the grave of 1 man of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of 16 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of 14 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment |
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| St. Martin Calvaire British Cemetery |
St. Nicolas British Cemetery,
France |
Sucrerie Cemetery, - Epinoy |
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Contains 3 graves of men of the Yorkshire
Regiment |
Contains 8 graves of men of the Yorkshire
Regiment |
Contains 13 graves of men of the
Yorkshire Regiment |
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| Tilloy British Cemetery |
Tranchee de Mecknes Cemetery |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium |
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Contains 1 grave of an identified
soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment |
Contains 13 graves of soldiers of
the Yorkshire Regiment |
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" |
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| Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery |
Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery,
France |
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Contains the graves of Pte S W Brown, Major J S Palliser, CSM H Paylor and several unknown soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment. |
Contains 6 graves of men of the Yorkshire
Regiment |
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| Wancourt British Cemetery |
Warlencourt British Cemetery |
Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery,
Saulty |
White House Cemetery, St. Jean-les-Ypres |
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contains the graves of 31 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment |
Headstones and memorials for 21 identified
soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of 38 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of 2 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment |
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| Ypres Reservoir Cemetery |
Ypres Town Cemetery |
Ypres Town Cemetery Extension |
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contains the graves of 11 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of 5 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment |
contains the graves of 7 soldiers
of the Yorkshire Regiment |
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CEMETERIES IN SOUTHERN IRELAND (EIRE)
| Tipperary Town, St. Mary's Churchyard |
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contains the graves of 2 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, select the thumbnail image below.
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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>) |
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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>) |
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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. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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 |
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