Monday, 20 August 2018

Strensall War Memorial

Sited in a small memorial garden located on The Village (the main street).



The front panel reads,


TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO
WERE KILLED, DIED FROM
WOUNDS OR SICKNESS CONTRACTED
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919

E.EVERATT R.A.F.
P.D.HODGSON R.F.A.
G.T.FAIRBANK R.FUS
W.H.BROWN W.YORKS
W.COATES W.YORKS
H.LEE W.YORKS
A.C.STRACHAN W.YORKS
G.FROST E.YORKS
F.L.CLARKE GREEN HOWARDS
H.E.INNS GREEN HOWARDS
G.YOUNG LAN FUS
H.BOYES LAN FUS
W.BOYES BORDER REGT
H.E.LAWRENCE WELCH REGT
F.E.ROBINSON K.O.Y.L.I.
C.SYKES MIDDLESEX REGT
A.C.ARIS R.A.VET CORPS

ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
ORGANISED BY TH STRENSALL BRANCH
OF THE BRITISH LEGION


The panel on the left commemorates WW2.


WORLD WAR
1939-1945
REMEMBER

JOHN McCULLOCH
REGINALD PORTE
GEORGE RIDGEON
HERBERT WOOD
RONALD WORTHINGTON
Sgt T.McDONAGH


Above the soldier on the cross is the inscription.


THEY GAVE
THEIR LIVES
THAT WE
MIGHT LIVE


All photos by Chris Gleave

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