Sproxton War Memorial

Sited in the churchyard of St.Chads, Sproxton. It has a two-stepped base with a square plinth and a short tapered shaft with a Latin cross.

St Chads Church
Low St
Sproxton
Ryedale
North Yorkshire
YO62 5EE
England

The NE face reads.

O, VALIANT HEARTS, WHO TO

YOUR GLORY CAME

THROUGH DUST AND CONFLICT

AND THROUGH BATTLE FLAME;

TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR

KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED,

YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED

IN THE LAND YOU LOVED.

SW face.

1914 - 1919,

TO THE MEMORY OF

CHARLES WILLIAM REGINALD

2ND, EARL OF FEVERSHAM

BORN MAY 8TH, 1879

LIEUT COLONEL, 21ST, BATT.

KING'S ROYAL RIFLES

KILLED IN ACTION NEAR

FLERS, FRANCE

SEPTEMBER 15TH, 1916.

 

NW face.

TO THE MEMORY OF
PTE. ROBERT DOUTHWAITE,
9TH, YORKS REGIMENT,
KILLED IN ACTION,

JUNE 7TH 1917,

AGED 22 YEARS.

 

SE face.

 TO THE MEMORY OF

DRIVER TOM SUNLEY,

8TH, BATT. MACHINE GUN

CORPS. ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED

FEBRUARY 20TH, 1919,

AGED 27 YEARS.

All photographs by Chris Gleave.