Memorial

West Yorkshire Regiment - South African War

Source: Copyright Paul Clarke

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Current Location

In the west Yorkshire Regiment Chapel., York Minster, Dean Gate, York, York, North Yorkshire, YO1 7HH, England

SE 60331 52179

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 30631
Description: Square-headed engraved brass plaque set within a wall mounted ornate marble surround.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE / MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING / OFFICERS, N.C.O.'S AND MEN WHO LOST / THEIR LIVES WHILST SERVING / WITH THE ABOVE REGIMENT / DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR / 1899, 1900, 1901 AND 1902 / 2ND BATTALION / OFFICERS: / (5 NAMES) / SERGEANTS : / (3 NAMES) / LANCE SERGEANT: (1 NAME) / CORPORALS: (9 NAMES) / LANCE CORPORALS: (9 NAMES) / DRUMMER: (1 NAME) / PRIVATES: / (107 NAMES) / 3RD BATTALION / PRIVATES: (3 NAMES) / 4TH BATTALION / LANCE SERGEANT: (1 NAME) / LANCE CORPORAL: (1 NAME) / PRIVATES: / (16 NAMES) / VOLUNTEER SERVICE COMPANIES / PRIVATES: (3 NAMES) / ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES OF ALL RANKS PAST AND PRESENT.

Frame

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Monuments in York Minster by Ian Pattison and Hugh Murray pg 155 Published:Friends of York Minster October 2000