The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials, - Elsewhere
Rokeby (Co. Durham),
The Church of St. Mary

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The War Memorial outside St. Mary's Church, Rokeby
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

Rokeby used to be in the North Riding of Yorkshire, but boundary changes in the 1970s now place Rokeby in County Durham.

The Rokeby Memorial is dedicated as follows;-

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
AT THE CALL OF THE KING AND THE COUNTRY,
LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM
ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED DANGER,
AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF
MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE
GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS
MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM 1914 - 1918

S R CARTER
R H HERRING
M RAW

Private Maurice Raw. 18648. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Mary Jane Raw, of Greta Bridge, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. Killed 19 October 1917. Aged 19.
Born Rokeby, Enlisted Barnard Castle.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.

The War Memorial outside St. Mary's Church, Rokeby
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

St. Mary's Church, Rokeby
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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