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The York and Lancaster Regiment War Memorial (or York and Lancaster Memorial) is a war memorial to members of the York and Lancaster Regiment, in Weston Park, Sheffield, England. It was erected in the park in 1923 to commemorate the 8,814 members of the regiment who died in the First World War.
Surviving members of the City Battalion erected a memorial plaque to their fallen comrades in Sheffield Cathedral. Made from local Hopton Wood stone and Blue John fluorspar, it carries the bronze badge of the York & Lancaster Regiment and the coat of arms of Sheffield. It was unveiled by Col C.V. Mainwaring on 20 December 1919.
67th (York and Lancaster Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (1936–47) formerly 5th Battalion [3] The Hallamshire Battalion (1924–1967) Yorkshire Volunteers (1967–1993) The Hallamshire (T) Battalion (1967–1971)
The York and Lancaster Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1968. The regiment was created in the Childers Reforms of 1881 by the amalgamation of the 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot and the 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot .
Wyke Regis War Memorial; York and Lancaster Memorial, Sheffield; York City War Memorial; in Northern Ireland. Diamond War Memorial; in Scotland. Cameronians War Memorial;
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The 5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, was a unit of Britain's Territorial Force formed in 1908 from Volunteer units originally raised in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1860. It served in some of the bitterest fighting on the Western Front during World War I , including the Somme , Ypres and the German spring offensive .
The memorial was unveiled on 28 October 1925 by General Sir Charles Harington, GOC Northern Command, and it was dedicated by the Bishop of Sheffield Leonard Burrows. The memorial suffered shrapnel damage from bombing in the Second World War, which was left unrepaired. Further dates were added around the plinth after the Second World War.