The Yorkshire Regiment, War Memorials Elsewhere

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Stony Stratford (Bucks)

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The War Memorial for Stont Stratford (Bucks)
The War Memorial for Stony Stratford (Bucks)
Photo : Martin Tolley of the War Memorials Online website

The War Memorial for Stony Stratford is located on Horsefair Green where Calverton Road meets Silver Street.
Calverton Road, Stony Stratford.

The memorial is a Crosslet Cross on a battered pillar, surmounting two pedestals on a four-stepped base. There are name plaques on the 6 o'clock, and 12 o'clock faces of the two pedestals. There is a sword of sacrifice on the 6 o'clock face of the cross. The memorial is located in a garden.

91 names are commemorated for those who lost their lives in the First World War, and 18 for the Second World War. A transcription of these names can be found on the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials website.

One soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on this memorial.

Serjeant William Prior Phillips. 7744. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 October 1914.
Born Huntingdon, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Stony Stratford (Bucks).
Buried POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY.

First World War Names "H" - "W" on the War Memorial for Stony Stratford (Bucks)
Photo : Martin Tolley of the War Memorials Online website

The First World War Dedication on the War Memorial for Stony Stratford (Bucks)
Photo : Martin Tolley of the War Memorials Online website

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