YORK CEMETERY
Haspres
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.25024, Longitude: 3.40539
Location Information
Haspres is a village about 15 kilometres north-east of Cambrai and about the same distance south-west of Valenciennes. York Cemetery is situated beside a track leading south-west from Haspres towards Naves.
Visiting Information
York Cemetery should not be confused with Haspres Coppice Cemetery which lies to the south of the village on the west side of the road to Villers en Cauchies.
Historical Information
The village of Haspres was taken after severe fighting, with the help of tanks, on 20 October 1918.
York Cemetery was made at the end of October 1918 by the 1st/5th York and Lancaster Regiment and other units of the 49th (West Riding) Division.
The cemetery contains 137 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 10 German graves.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 147.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 123, Germany 7. Total 130.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 14, Germany 3. Total 17.
Cemetery images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
46609 Private
Frederick Bennett
1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918, aged 18.
Row C. 30.
Son of Richard and Alice Bennett, of 53, Cross Lane, Newton-le-Willows, Lancs.
Frederick Bennett
1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918, aged 18.
Row C. 30.
Son of Richard and Alice Bennett, of 53, Cross Lane, Newton-le-Willows, Lancs.
240928 Corporal
Harry Bould
1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918.
Row D. 28.
Husband of Mrs. E. England (formerly Bould), of 11, Sackville St., Barnsley.
Harry Bould
1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918.
Row D. 28.
Husband of Mrs. E. England (formerly Bould), of 11, Sackville St., Barnsley.
240780 Lance Corporal
Wilmot Irving Fearn
1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918.
Row A. 24.
Wilmot Irving Fearn
1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918.
Row A. 24.
17388 Private
Oliver James
1st/4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918, aged 31.
Row C. 11.
Son of Abraham and the late Lucy Annie James, of Newbold, Chesterfield; husband of Sarah Ann James, of 10, Balfour Rd., New Village, Bentley, Doncaster.
Oliver James
1st/4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918, aged 31.
Row C. 11.
Son of Abraham and the late Lucy Annie James, of Newbold, Chesterfield; husband of Sarah Ann James, of 10, Balfour Rd., New Village, Bentley, Doncaster.
24148 Lance Corporal
Francis Lancashire
1st/4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918, aged 23.
Row C. 5.
Son of Tom and Lucy Lancashire, of 15, Vesey St., Parkgate, Rotherham. Native of Rawmarsh, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Have Fought A Good Fight Finished My Course And Kept The Faith"
Francis Lancashire
1st/4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918, aged 23.
Row C. 5.
Son of Tom and Lucy Lancashire, of 15, Vesey St., Parkgate, Rotherham. Native of Rawmarsh, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Have Fought A Good Fight Finished My Course And Kept The Faith"
58236 Private
John Gill Lowcock
1st/4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918, aged 28.
Row E. 1.
Husband of Margaret Lowcock, of 38, Rowland St., Skipton, Yorks.
John Gill Lowcock
1st/4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918, aged 28.
Row E. 1.
Husband of Margaret Lowcock, of 38, Rowland St., Skipton, Yorks.
46510 Private
Albert Alfred Sear
"B" Company, 1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918, aged 19.
Row A. 26.
Son of George Henry and Matilda Sear, of South Tottenham, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
Albert Alfred Sear
"B" Company, 1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918, aged 19.
Row A. 26.
Son of George Henry and Matilda Sear, of South Tottenham, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
47193 Private
Harry Craven Snaith
1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918, aged 21.
Row B. 19.
Son of John Rigby Snaith and Maria Snaith, of 5, Vale Lane, Lees, Keighley, Yorks.
Picture courtesy of great nephew, Adrian Snaith.
Harry Craven Snaith
1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
13th October 1918, aged 21.
Row B. 19.
Son of John Rigby Snaith and Maria Snaith, of 5, Vale Lane, Lees, Keighley, Yorks.
Picture courtesy of great nephew, Adrian Snaith.
Somme Sector. Main street in front of gun-park in school courtyard. Haspres, November 1916. © IWM (Q 52893)
Image above © Nicholas Philpot
