Thoughts on remembrance
Thoughts on remembrance, and links to other pages on this website relating to aspects of First World War history.
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Remembrance, Hawnby
I wanted to mention a little church some way from York, 6 miles or so from Helmsley. We visited it while out walking a couple of months ago, and I wanted to include a page on … More …
Flowers of France, found in York
This card ended up at a York car boot sale. This is perhaps its only connection to the city, though it probably has connections to a Yorkshire family. I’m sorry about the ‘perhaps’ and ‘probably’, but it’s the best I can do. It was in a box of photo albums … More …
First World War cross, St Cuthbert’s
February 2011
In the churchyard of St Cuthbert’s on Peasholme Green is this interesting example of a local memorial to the casualties of the First … More …
Waggoners memorial, Sledmere
2007
This memorial is alongside the B1253 through Sledmere. It is a memorial to the men of the Waggoners Reserve, and it’s unlike any other memorial I’ve seen. Carvings that the Pevsner guide calls "curiously homely" depict the story … More …