North Yorkshire War Memorials, - Cracoe (Rylstone Parish)

The War Memorial for Rylstone Parish on the Crags above Cracoe
(Photo : Craven's Part in the Great War)

The War Memorial for Rylstone Parish is in the form of an obelisk, located on Cracoe Fell some 500m above sea level.

Two soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.

We are very grateful to Chris Foster of the Craven's Part in the Great War website for permission to use the photographs on this page.

Captain Michael Day Wade Maude. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 14 October 1917, Aged 27. Son of Lt. Col. W. W. Maude, of The Fleets, Rylstone (younger brother of Captain Gerald William Edward Maude (see below).
Buried in RYLSTONE (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD.
For a photo of Captain Michael Maude, see the page for Photos of Individual Soldiers.

Captain Gerald William Edward Maude. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Born at Rylstone, Co. York, 20th November, 1888, elder son Lieut.-Col, William Wade Maude, 4th West Yorkshire Militia, of Skipton-in-Craven.
Served in India with 1st Battn. during the Great War. Wounded in action at Dakka, Afghanistan, 17th May, 1919.
Died at Peshawar of pneumonia, 5th November, 1919.
Commemorated on Face 1, DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE).
"He was a soldier in the truest sense of the word. His devotion to his regiment, his esprit de corps was wonderful. He longed to see his battalion do something more than peace soldiering and he saw it. There was no better disciplinarian, no one more determined to uphold the traditions of the old regiment. He knew his work thoroughly, and his courage and fearlessness on every occasion won for him the utmost confidence of his men " (Green Howards Gazette).

The Names Commemorated on the Cracoe War Memorial
(Photo : Craven's Part in the Great War)

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