WAGGONERS

This memorial, alongside the road by Sledmere, East Yorkshire, is a memorial to the 1000 men of the Waggoners Reserve, an army wagon drivers transport unit, whose recruitment began before the First World War.

It depicts the story of the corps, all raised from the local farms and going to war in 1912.

The memorial was carved in 1919 by Carlo Magnoni, from designs by Sir Mark Sykes.

The carvings around the circular body of the monument tell their story, in various scenes - from men working on the land and then on their way to war.