Waggoners' Memorial, Sledmere, East Riding of Yorkshire

Photograph taken 21 January 2004 © Mr Les Waby. Source Historic England Archive ref: 167861

This war memorial was designed and put up by Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet in 1919. It was sculpted by Carlo Magnoni. The inscription reads 'LT. COL: SIR MARK SYKES. BART: M.P. DESIGNED THIS MONUMENT AND SET IT UP AS A REMEMBRANCE OF THE GALLANT SERVICES RENDERED IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914-1919 / BY THE WAGGONER'S RESERVE A CORPS OF 1000 DRIVERS RAISED BY HIM ON THE YORKSHIRE WOLD FARMS IN THE YEAR 1912 THOMAS SCOTT FOREMAN. CARLO MAGNONI SCULPTOR. ALFRED BARR MASON'. The memorial pays tribute to the fact that many other people died in addition to the soldiers including drivers, doctors and stretcher bearers.

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East Riding of Yorkshire Sledmere

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World War One (1914 - 1919)

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The Maiwand Memorial was put up in 1886 in the form of a cast iron statue of an enraged lion. It is 3 times life size. The inscription reads "This monument records the names and commemorates the valour and devotion of xi (11)officers and cccxviii (318) non-commissioned officers and men of the lxvi (66th) Berkshire Regiment who gave their lives for their country at Girisk, Maiwand and Kandahar during the Afghan campaign 1879-80 Read official list description.

Waggoners' Memorial, Sledmere, East Riding of Yorkshire

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