Yorkshire Memorial, Essex Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 21:14 on 29 November 2018
Yorkshire Memorial from Essex Farm Cemetery. The memorial overlooks the Ypres-Yser canal:-
Closer View. Inscription reads “XLIX West Riding Division 1915 1918.”
Dedication, “To the memory of all ranks of the 49th West Riding Division who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914 1918.”
1915, 1916 and 1917 Battle Honours:-
1917 1918 Battle Honours:-
Tags: 49 West Riding Division, Essex Farm Cemetery, First World War, Flanders, Ieper, the Great War, World War 1, WW1, WWI, Yorkshire Memorial, Ypres
