York - St Denys Church, Walmgate, School Memorial

The memorial is inscribed as follows:

“To commemorate with lasting honour the sons of this school who gave their lives for their country in the Great War of 1914 – 1918.

William Barker
2nd/3rd West Yorks.

Joseph Bolton
East Yorks.

Charles Broxup
West Yorks.

John Broxup
Cheshire Regt:

Arthur Cammidge
2nd/5th West Yorks.

Harold Cox
R. G. Artillery

J. Albert Crosbie
Submarine E. 14.

William Dale
8th Yorkshire Regt:

William Edwards
7th Norfolk Regt:

Frederick T. Ellis
York & Lanc: Regt:

John Henry Foster
East Yorks.

Robert Glew
1st Leicestershire Regt:

John Jones
Royal Marines

Ernest Kilby
2nd/2nd West Yorks.

Richard James Kilby
8th Leeds Rifles

Walter Lea
1st/5th West Yorks.

Lawrence Lea
9th West Yorks:

Oliver J. Morrell
1st/5th Welsh Regt:

William McKenzie
1st West Yorks:

Walter Rathmell
Kings Own Scottish Borderers

Benjamin Sharp
(Killed in Air Raid)

C. Henry Shaw
2nd/8th West Yorks:

R. Edward Shepherd
7th West Yorks:

Dennis S. Smith
1st/7th Durham Light Infantry

Robert Smith
Grenadier Guards

William Wilcox
R. G. Artillery

William Wortley
2nd/5th West Yorks.

Charles Nicholson
8th Yorks Regt:

Greater love hath no man than this that a man lays down his life for his friends”

This memorial was one of a number of school memorials made after the war for elementary schools in York by the York Education Committee. It is not known which school the memorial is from, details from the UK National Inventory of War Memorials states that it used to be in St Margaret's Church, Walmgate until the church became redundant.

For additional information on these soldiers see the appropriate Casualty Roll of Honour page.