The Yorkshire Regiment, WW1 Remembrance - War Graves and Cemeteries Overseas

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

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".

Eire

Individual

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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CEMETERIES IN SOUTHERN IRELAND (EIRE)

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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 graev or cemetery, which opens in a new window, select one of the thumbnail image below.

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>)

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

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).

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

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

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

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.

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