Memorial

Leeds Rifles Plaques

Leeds Rifles Plaques- Main Plaque

Source: Copyright John Scurr

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Current Location

Previously know as Carlton Hill Barracks, Minster Church of St Peter at Leeds, Kirkgate, Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7EG, England

SE 30673 33308

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 22138
Description: Nowy headed brass plaque mounted onto a wooden backboard with an additional plaque on the main board. The main plaque has the Badge of the Leeds Rifles with the Battle Honour South Africa 1900 - 02 on a motto ribbon below the badge. A border of oak leaves and acorns surrounds the whole with various Battle Honours over the border. Below is another board with three additional plaques with unveiling details and WW2 dedicatory inscriptions.
Inscription: Upper Plaque: SOMME WYTSCHAETE BUCQUOY NIEUPORT /TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE/ MEMBERS OF THE LEEDS RIFLES SERGTS MESS/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ CAMBRAI / (Names) / FAMURS / BULLE / COURT SOLESMES PASSCHENDAELE YPRES MARNE Additional Plaque: (Names) / ALSO TO THE 2020 OF / ALL RANKS (LEEDS RIFLES) WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES Bottom Plaque, Left: AND TO ALL RANKS OF THE/ 45TH (LEEDS RIFLES) BN./ ROYAL TANK REGT./ WHO FELL 1939 - 1945./ Bottom Plaque, Centre: IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY/ THE ABOVE MEMORIAL WAS/ ERECTED BY THE RETIRED/ MEMBERS OF THE/ LEEDS RIFLES/ SERGEANTS MESS/ UNVEILED BY MAJ GEN DAVIES, C.B. JULY 16TH 1921 Bottom Plaque, Right: AND TO ALL RANKS OF THE/ 66TH (LEEDS RIFLES) HEAVY/ ANTI AIRCRAFT REGT, R.A./ WHO FELL 1939 - 1945

Unveiled

16th July 1921

MAJ GEN H B DAVIES CB