The memorial is in Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate.
Image: Micklegate Trinity National School War Memorial
The memorial is inscribed as follows:
“To commemorate with lasting honour the sons of this school who gave their lives for their country in the Great War of 1914 – 1918.
James Milner
Pte 1st 5th West Yorks Regt
William Smith
Lance Corp. 1st 5th W Yorks
Ernest Clark
Private 2nd West Yorks Regt
Ernest Till
2nd Lieut Royal Air Force
George Nicholls
Pte R E Signalling Dept.
Walter Ingleby
Pte 1st Royal Border Regt
John Fred. Brown
Lance Corp 1st 5th West Yorks
Fred. Wharton
Pte 1st 5th West Yorks Regt
George Robt. Taylor
Corporal West Riding RGA
George Hall
Pte Royal Engineers
Walter Pratt MM
Corporal Royal Engineers
Arthur Hick
Pte 9th West Yorks Regt
George Hick
Pte 5th West Yorks Regt
Frank Pennington
Lance Corp 1st 5th W Yorks
William Hy. Dalby
Lance Corp 2nd West Yorks
Clarence Cleveland
Pte 2nd 5th Black Watch
Joseph Keech
Joseph Clarkson
Pte Cheshire Regiment
Jack Tomlinson
Pte 5th North Fusiliers
Harry Hodgson
Lance Corp Scottish Rifles
Alfred Brown
AB Royal Navy
John Pitts
Pte K. O. Yorks Light Infantry
Ernest Winterburn
Pte 8th London Rifles
John Steward
Pte South Lancashire Regt
Lawrence H Cundall
Pte 1st 8th D. L. Infantry
Tom Pickering
Pte 1st Leicestershire Regt
Alec Crombie
Lance Corp 2nd 5th W Yorks
James Crombie
Pte 2nd 6th West Yorks Regt
William H Nicholls
Pte Royal Field Artillery
Edgar Turner
Lance Corp 2nd 5th W Yorks
Harry Cummins
Sapper Canadian Engineers
Thomas Blakeborough
Gunner c/84th R F Artillery
Edward Marsham
Pte 1st 5th West Yorks Regt
Certificated Teachers
Robt. Ernest March
Bombardier R Garrison Art
Fred B Williams
Lance Corp Yorkshire Regt
Greater love hath no man than this that a man lays down his life for his friends”
For additional information on these soldiers see the appropriate Casualty Roll of Honour page.
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