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The Sedbergh War Memorial in St Andrew's Churchyard
Photo © Copyright David
Dixon and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
The War Memorial for Sedbergh takes the form of a simple cross at the top
of a slender, 2 metre high, tapered shaft with stop-chamfered corners. The
cross is set on a square base which in turn is set upon a larger square plinth.
The memorial is situated in a paved area within the South Eastern corner of
St Andrew's Churchyard.
he dedication is on the 6 o'clock face with the names commemorated for the
First World War on the remining faces.
The names of the fallen from the Second World War were added to the north
and south faces of the stone plinth.
40 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 19 in the Second World War.
2 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial.
Private John William Foster, 41852. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 160328 RFA. Son of William and Betsy Foster, of Sedbergh, Yorks;
husband of Elizabeth Ann Foster, of Field End, Stainton, Kendal. Killed 11
April 1917. Aged 26.
Born Fairbank (Westmoreland), Enlisted Kendal, Resided Stainton (Nr Kendal).
Buried COJEUL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL.
Corporal Thomas William Rigg. 10933. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of James and Mary Rigg, of 16, Lowther Village, Hackthorpe, Penrith, Cumberland;
husband of Nellie Rigg, of Derry Cottage, Sedbergh, Yorks. Killed 22 August
1915. (Gallipoli). Aged 25.
Born Ousby (Westmoreland), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Sedbergh.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Private
Foster's Name on the Sedbergh War Memorial
Photo : M E Griffiths of the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials
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