YUTZ EST OLD CEMETERY
Moselle
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.36364, Longitude: 6.20065
Location Information
The location of the cemetery is: Avenue des Nations, 57970, Yutz.
Historical Information
Yutz Est Old Cemetery contains four Commonwealth burials of the First World War, all made from a Prisoners of War Camp after December1917.
The location of the cemetery is: Avenue des Nations, 57970, Yutz.
Historical Information
Yutz Est Old Cemetery contains four Commonwealth burials of the First World War, all made from a Prisoners of War Camp after December1917.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
32811 Private
William Frederick John Morris
2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, formerly 3808 Welsh Regiment, wounded at Bapaume, died of wounds on 2nd June 1918.
Son of Jon and Lucy Morris, of 12, Westbourne Place, Mumbles, Swansea. Worked previously as a butcher in his family’s business.
His headstone bears the inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
William Frederick John Morris
2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, formerly 3808 Welsh Regiment, wounded at Bapaume, died of wounds on 2nd June 1918.
Son of Jon and Lucy Morris, of 12, Westbourne Place, Mumbles, Swansea. Worked previously as a butcher in his family’s business.
His headstone bears the inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
Other Burial details
91662 Private Henry Richard Bird, 1st/6th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, died 2nd June 1918, aged 19. Son of Catherine Bird, of 97, St. Anne St., Birkenhead, and the late Henry Bird. His headstone bears the inscription "Your Memory Is As Fresh Today As In The Hour You Passed Away"
98873 Private E. Bousfield, 50th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 27th November 1918. Son of Mrs. E. Bousfield, of 147, Back Burlington Rd., Leeds. His headstone bears the inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
29229 Private F. West, 4th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment, died 5th June 1918. Son of Mrs. E. West, of Etton, Beverley, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
91662 Private Henry Richard Bird, 1st/6th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, died 2nd June 1918, aged 19. Son of Catherine Bird, of 97, St. Anne St., Birkenhead, and the late Henry Bird. His headstone bears the inscription "Your Memory Is As Fresh Today As In The Hour You Passed Away"
98873 Private E. Bousfield, 50th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 27th November 1918. Son of Mrs. E. Bousfield, of 147, Back Burlington Rd., Leeds. His headstone bears the inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
29229 Private F. West, 4th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment, died 5th June 1918. Son of Mrs. E. West, of Etton, Beverley, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
