Memorials: introduction

Particular memorials noticed in York and Yorkshire, some small and simple, some massive and ornate.

At Sutton-on-the-Forest

A group of Polish graves in the village cemetery

War memorials

Lost crews of World War Two - Yorkshire memorials to bomber crews based at local airfields

Memorial to the 2nd Division (Kohima memorial), Dean's Park

In York city centre

Cholera burial ground, Station Road

In the churchyard of St Mary Bishophill Senior, York

• Thomas Gowland, killed on the railway
• Lieutenant Gentle Vickers, a military man

In and around Sledmere, East Yorkshire

• The Waggoners memorial - a most unusual First World War monument
• The Eleanor Cross - village cross and war memorial
• Monument to Sir Christopher Sykes - a beautiful monument with an interesting inscription
• Monument to Sir Tatton Sykes (Garton-on-the-Wolds) - a huge Gothic-style landmark
• The Sykes family dogs memorial - canine friends remembered in style

At Nunnington, East Yorkshire

• Anne Kay, rector's wife