York And Lancaster Regiment Memorial - Sheffield, UK - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The memorial was paid for by public subscription to commemorate the large losses of men from Sheffield who died during the First World War. It was amended after World War II with an inscription for that war.

There are also a few other smaller memorials nearby and an information board with details of the memorials and the regiments experiences in the war.

Valiant Heroes

These war memorials commemorate the many soldiers of the York And Lancaster Regiment who died fighting for their country. The main war memorial is dedicated to the many thousands who died in the two World Wars of the twentieth century.

On 1st July 1916 The Sheffield City Battalion of the regiment (also known as the 'Sheffield Pals') took part in an ill fated battle to capture the French town of Serre. In the words of John Harris the battalion was "two years in the making, 10 minutes in the destroying. That was our history".

Enlistment to the battalion began on the 10th September 1914, and in two days nearly 1000 men had volunteered to fight. The battalion were sent ot France to fight in the battle of the Somme. At 7.20 am on the 1st July 1916 the battalion were given the order to climb out of the trenches and enter no mans land straight into heavy fire from the German troops. Two days later The Sheffield City Battalion were taken off the front line having lost 513 men and with 75 wounded.

Only a few of the soldiers managed to reach the German trenches, others were never heard of again.

Cpl. Signaller Outram recalled that as far as the eye could see, the last two men visible were himself and another signaller, A. Brammer. They signalled to each other. Outram turned his head for a moment, and when he looked back Brammer had gone.

The statues
The main war memorial was erected in the park in 1923. The soldiers' were students from the Sheffield College of art posing for the sculptor. The woman on the top of the memorial is the Roman Goddess Victory (also known as the Greek goddess Nike).

The Victory statue was renovated in 2007.

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 07/07/1923 Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: ork and Lancaster Memorial Committee Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: Weston Park Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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