War memorials, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Aysgarth
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The War Memorial in Aysgarth village.
The War Memorial in Aysgarth village.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The Aysgarth village War Memorial is cyclindrical, in the form of a column for a street lamp. The column is rather curiously inscribed as per the diagram below.

The names of the men recorded on it are;-

James P Bell
William Hemsley
John Percival

Corporal William Hemsley, 20542. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 14 October 1917.
Buried LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY.
Born Aysgarth (Yorks), Enlisted Leyburn, Resided Aysgarth

Private John Percival of the Army Service Corps and son of William and Mary Percival, of Hazel House, Aysgarth, is buried in the churchyard of St. Andrew's, Aysgarth.

The arrangement of the carved inscriptions on the War Memorial at Aysgarth
The arrangement of the carved inscriptions on the War Memorial at Aysgarth
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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The plaque to those who fell in WW1 on the Aysgarth Memorial.
The plaque to those who fell in WW1 on the Aysgarth Memorial.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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