Memorial to the 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (The Leeds Pals) is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 2016. Memorial.
Memorial to the 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (The Leeds Pals)
- WRENN ID
- deep-zinc-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial to the 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, known as the Leeds Pals, is located on the south side of the road at Breary Banks. It features a tall, broad, tapered pylon made of rusticated stone blocks, which is square in shape. On the front face of the memorial, there is a rectangular bronze plaque adorned with the York rose in each corner and the City of Leeds coat of arms. The plaque bears the inscription: "1914 1918/ THIS CAIRN WAS ERECTED BY THE/ SURVIVORS, RELATIVES, AND FRIENDS OF THE/ 15TH BATT. WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (LEEDS ‘PALS’)/ TO MARK THE SITE OF THE FIRST CAMP (SEPTEMBER 1914)/ AND IS DEDICATED TO ALL WHO SERVED IN THE BATTALION./ UNVEILED SEPT. 28TH 1935."
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