#Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry

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Earl of Plymouth Monument, Bromsgrove Lickey, Worcestershire

In 1833 Other Archer Windsor, 6th Earl of Plymouth, died. Almost immediately there were calls to erect a monument in his honour, and a public subscription was raised. With funds in place, the foundation stone was laid in May 1834. The chosen site was on Bromsgrove Lickey, a prominent eminence which would ensure that the obelisk would be an ornament to the landscape and visible from miles…

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Not quite perry pears but….the heraldry of Worcestershire is a black a red shield divided into quarters with a silver coloured three turreted castle in the upper right-hand quarter with a horizontal stripe across the middle of the shield between three black pears. However until the beginning of the 17th Century the Coat of Arms displayed the castle alone.

Tradition has it that it was during the visit of Queen Elizabeth I to Worcester in 1575 that Worcester acquired its second coat of arms featuring the black pears. It is said that during her procession through the streets of Worcester the Queen saw a pear tree which had been planted in the Foregate in her honour. She was so pleased at the appropriateness of the tree growing right in the heart of a fruit growing region, that she bade the city add the emblem of pears to its Coat of Arms. It is said that the Worcester Archers rallied under the pear trees before the battle of Agincourt and it is interesting to note that the pear blossom was borne as a badge by the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry from the beginning of this century until 1956. #perry

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St. Sever Cemetery Extension is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf. Coming from Elbeuf/Caen on the N.138 follow Avenue Des Canadiens right down to the roundabout. Take the fourth exit into Boulevard Stanislas Girardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. If coming from station Rive Gauche, Gare St Sever, follow Quai D’Elbeuf, Quai Jean Moulin, Quai Cavelier De La Salle into Avenue Jean Rondeaux, Av. De La Liberation, Bd. Du 11 Novembre to the roundabout. Take the first exit into Boulevard Stanislas Girardin, the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. St Sever is part of Le Petit Quevilly. The first CWGC signpost is just when you get to the entrance of the cemetery.

St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

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. During the Second World War, Rouen was again a hospital centre and the extension was used once more for the burial of Commonwealth servicemen, many of whom died as prisoners of war during the German occupation. The cemetery extension contains 8,345 Commonwealth burials of the First World War (ten of them unidentified) and 328 from the Second World War (18 of them unidentified).

St Sever Cemetery Extension: Rev Theodore Hardy VC

St Sever Cemetery Extension: Rev Theodore Hardy VC

The extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

Number of burials by Unit

Australian Forces

782

  Royal Field Artillery

440

Royal Engineers

322

  Royal Garrison Artillery

298

Canadian Forces

296

  Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.)

287

Indian Forces

270

  Machine Gun Corps (Inf.)

249

Army Service Corps

208

  Manchester Regt.

134

New Zealand Forces

132

  Durham Light Inf.

125

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

120

  Sherwood Foresters (Notts. & Derbys. Regt.)

113

West Yorkshire Regt.

106

  King’s Liverpool Regt.

102

Royal Warwickshire Regt.

101

  Lancashire Fusiliers

98

Gloucestershire Regt.

94

  North Staffordshire Regt.

93

Cheshire Regt.

91

  British West Indies Regt.

88

Royal Army Medical Corps

87

  Rifle Brigade

85

South African Forces

85

  Middlesex Regt.

84

Northamptonshire Regt.

83

  Worcestershire Regt.

83

Northumberland Fusiliers

80

  Royal Naval Division

79

King’s Own Yorkshire Light Inf.

74

  Royal Berkshire Regt

73

Duke of Wellingtons (West Rding Regt)

72

  Royal Welsh Fusiliers

69

Lincolnshire Regt

63

  Essex Regt

62

Yorkshire Regt (Green Howards)

62

  Welsh Regt

58

Devonshire Regt

57

  Royal Sussex Regt

57

Royal Scots (Lothian Regt)

56

  Royal Flying Corps/RAF

55

Gordon Highlanders

54

  Loyal North Lancashire Regt

53

South Staffordshire Regt

53

  York & Lancaster Regt

53

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

52

  Queens (Royal West Surrey Regt)

51

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

50

  Grenadier Guards

47

Ox & Bucks Light Inf

47

  Bedfordshire Regt

46

Leicestershire Regt

45

  Royal West Kent Regt (Queens Own)

45

Border Regt

44

  Chinese Labour Corps

44

Kings Shropshire Light Inf

44

  Royal Horse Artillery

44

Cameronians (Sco Rifles)

43

  East Lancashire Regt

43

Highland Light Inf

43

  South Wales Borderers

43

Suffolk Regt

42

  King’s Own Scottish Borderers

41

Cameron Highlanders

40

  Royal Army Service Corps

40

Royal Dublin Fusiliers

40

  Buffs (East Kent Regt)

38

East Surrey Regt

38

  Hampshire Regt

38

Somerset Light Inf

38

  Norfolk Regt

37

Dorsetshire Regt

36

  19th Bn London Regt (St Pancras)

35

Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regt

35

  Seaforth Highlanders

35

South Lancashire Regt

35

  8th Bn London Regt (P.O. Rifles)

33

East Yorkshire Regt

33

  Duke of Cornwalls Light Inf

32

Royal Irish Rifles

29

  Coldstream Guards

26

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

26

  Wiltshire Regt

26

7th Bn London Regt

22

  Scots Guards

22

Royal Scots Fusiliers

20

  Tank Corps

20

1st Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)

19

  Irish Guards

19

Labour Corps

16

  Monmouthshire Regt

16

Hertfordshire Regt

15

  Royal Irish Regt

14

Royal Munster Fusiliers

14

  6th Bn London Regt (City of London Rifles)

13

Army Vetinary Corps

13

  12th Bn London Regt (The Rangers)

12

4th Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)

12

  Royal Army Ordnance Corps

12

Cambridgeshire Regt

11

  Royal Irish Fusiliers

11

Royal Newfoundland Regt

11

  15th Bn London Regt (PWO Civil Service Rifles)

9

18th Bn London Regt (London irish Rifles)

9

  21st Bn London Regt (1st Surrey Rifles)

9

2nd Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)

9

  Army Cyclist Corps

9

Guards Machine Gun Regt

9

  Military Police Corps

9

Welsh Guards

9

  12th (POW Royal) Lancers

8

14th Bn London Regt (London Scottish)

8

  20th Bn London Regt (Blackheath & Woolwich)

8

2nd (Queens Bays) Dragoon Guards

8

  7th (Princess Royals) Dragoon Guards

8

9th Bn London Regt (Queen Victorias Rifles)

8

  Connaught Rangers

8

Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Canada)

8

  13th Bn London Regt (Kensington)

7

3rd Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)

7

  4th (Queens Own) Hussars

7

5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards

7

  6th (Caribiniers) Dragoon Guards

7

Honourable Artillery Coy

7

  Leinster Regt

7

Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars

7

  10th Bn London Regt (Hackney)

6

16th Bn London Regt (Queens Westminster Rfiels)

6

  22nd Bn London Regt (Queens)

6

24th Bn London Regt (Queens)

6

  19th (Queen Alexandras Own Royal Hussars

5

20th Hussars

5

  2nd (Royal Scots Greys) Dragoons

5

Chaplain to the Forces

5

  Fort Garry Horse

5

Machine Gun Corps (Cav)

5

  Mercantile Marine

5

17th Bn London Regt (Poplar & Stepney Rifles)

4

  5th Bn London Regt (London Rifle Brigade)

4

8th (Kings Royal Irish) Hussars

4

  9th (Queens Royal ) Lancers

4

British Red Cross Society

4

  Herefordshire Regt

4

Queen Mary Army Auxilliary Corps

4

  11th (Prince Alberts Own ) Hussars

3

15th (The Kings) Hussars

3

  16th (The Queens) Lancers

3

18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars

3

  2/4th Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)

3

6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons

3

  Kings Edwards Horse

3

North Irish Horse

3

  Royal Guernsey Light Inf

3

17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers

2

  1st Life Guards

2

2/12th Bn London Regt (The Rangers)

2

  2/8th Bn London Regt (P.O. Rifles)

2

28th Bn London Regt (Artists Rifles)

2

  2nd Life Guards

2

4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

2

  Lothian & Border Horse

2

Royal Horse Guards

2

  Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

2

Voluntary Aid Detachement

2

  10th (POW Own Royal) Hussars

1

11th Bn London Regt (Finsbury Rifles)

1

  2/14th Bn London Regt (London Scottish)

1

2/1st Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)

1

  2/5th Bn London Regt (London Rifle Brigade)

1

2/6th Bn London Regt (City of London Rifles)

1

  21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers

1

23rd Bn London Regt

1

  25th Bn London Regt (Cyclist Btn)

1

29th Bn London Regt

1

  30th Bn London Regt

1

3rd (King’s Own) Hussars

1

  5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

1

Bedfordshire Yeomanry

1

  Civilian

1

Egyptian Labour Corps

1

  General List

1

Household Btn

1

  Leicestershire Yeomanry

1

North Somerset Yeomanry

1

  Northumberland Hussars

1

Queen Alexandrias Imperial Military Nursing Service

1

  Reserve Cavalry Regt

1

Yorkshire Hussars

1

    Identified UK & Commonwealth Burials

8332

    Italian Labour Corps   

4

Police Air Force    

2

French Army             

1

Czechoslovakian Army    

1

WW2  

310

Total known   

8650

Unidentified Burials

28

    Total Burials

8678

    Silent Cities - WW1 Revisited website: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen #WW1 St. Sever Cemetery Extension is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf.