The Wolds Waggoners - page 22
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| Full title | The Wolds Waggoners |
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| Publication date | 1988 |
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| Colour | Yes |
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| Early date | 1908 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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THE WAGONERS' MONUMENT The monument to the Wolds Wagoners stands just outside the centre of the village of Sledmere. Made from white Portland stone, it stands twenty feet high, and consists of a round central column surrounded by four slender columns, all resting on an octagonal base. The design was originally conceived by Sir Mark; the sculpted frieze was executed by Carlo Magnoni, an Italian artist working in London, whilst the rest of the monument was built by Mr. A. Barr, the estate mason. The sculpted frieze runs around the central column and consists of several tableaux illustrating the history of the wagoners. The first panel depicts the driving course at Fimber; the second shows Captain Harry Sykes enroling the men; the third shows the men in the fields receiving their mobilisation papers, and the fourth portrays them bidding farewell to their families. The next two panels show their embarkation for France and the atrocities committed by the Germans in Belgium; the final panel shows a wagoner, bayonet fixed, confronting four Germans. Underneath are five verses, composed by Sir Mark in East Riding-accented English. These steanes a noble tale do tell Of what men did when war befell And in that fourteen harvest-tide The call for lads went far and wide To help to save the world fro' wrong To shield the weak and bind the strong. When fra thease wolds XII hundred men Came forth fro' field and fold and pen To stand again' the Law of Might To labor and to dee for right And so to save the world fro' wrong To shield the weak and bind the strong. These simple lads knew nowt of war They only knew that God's own Law Which Satan's will controls must fall Unless men then did heed that call To gan to save the world fro' wrong To shield the weak and bind the strong Etc Britain's hordes were paved or plann< The lads whae joined this homely barn To Normandy had passed o'er sea Where some were maimed and some did < And all to save the world fro' wrong To shield the weak and bind the strong |
| Book number | R0398 |