2nd British Division

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Reference WMO/154719

Address:

York Minster

Dean's Yard

York

YO1 7JA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Stone of remembrance
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Seven arch wall which was originally part of the Archbishop of York's medieval Palace. It was restored and a dedicatory plaque placed to the left of the wall. Plaques with Battle Honours are in each archway. Behind the fourth arch is a low obelisk with inscription on a tablet attached near the top. Iron railings between each archway. Behind the centre arch, behind iron railings detailed like laurel leaves, is a stone of remembrance. Both are decicated to the 2nd Division and the battles the unit has fought in.
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LEFT OF 1ST ARCH: THIS MEMORIAL TO THE SECOND DIVISION/ WAS UNVEILED BY/ HER MAJESTY, QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER/ 24TH JUNE 1987 ARCH 1: MEMORIAL TO THE/ SECOND DIVISION/ RAISED IN PORTUGAL AT ALBUERA/ 18TH JUNE 1809 ARCH 2: TALAVERA 1809 VITTORIA 1813/ SALAMANCA 1812 PYRANEES 1814/ WATERLOO/ 1815 ARCH 3: ALMA 1854 ULUNDI 1879/ SEBASTOPOL 1855 TEL-EL-KHEDIR 1882/ PEKING 1860 PAARDEBURG 1900 ARCH 4: KOHIMA 1944 ARCH 5: MONS 1914 SOMME 1916/ MARNE 1914 YPRES 1917/ CAMBRAI 1918 ARCH 6: DUNKIRK 1940 MANDALAY 1945/ IMPHAL 1944 RANGOON 1945 ARCH 7: THIS WALL PART OF THE/ MEDIEVAL PALACE OF THE/ ARCBISHOPS WAS RESTORE/ AS A MEMORIAL/ BY THE SECOND DIVISION/ IN 1987 OBELISK BEHIND ARCH 4: WHEN YOU GO HOME/ TELL THEM OF US AND SAY/ FOR YOUR TOMORROW/ WE GAVE OUR TODAY

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