- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 30748
- Description
- Maltese Cross on square plinth
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND LOVING/ MEMORY OF CAPT. FRANK BRYAN PARKER, THE LAST/ COMPANY COMMANDER OF 'D' COMPANY, 10TH YORK-/ SHIRE REGIMENT (DISBANDED THROUGH CASUALTIES),/ AFTERWARDS COMPANY COMMANDER IN 5TH AND 6TH/ YORKSHIRE REGIMENTS, WHO WAS TWICE WOUNDED,/ SERVED THREE WINTERS IN FRANCE AND ONE WINTER IN/ MURMANSK, AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION NEAR ARCHANGEL/ ON SUNDAY, THE 23RD MARCH 1919, AGED 22; AND IN/ HONOURED MEMORY OF 10 OFFICERS AND 106 OTHER/ RANKS, SOME TIME OF 'D' COMPANY, 10TH YORKSHIRE/ REGIMENT, KILLED IN ACTION 1915-19"/
(CROSS BASE) "THEY DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN MAY DIE/ FIGHTING FOR GOD AND RIGHT AND LIBERTY,/ AND SUCH A DEATH IS - IMMORTALITY"
(LEFT PANEL) THE BRAVEST AND KINDEST OF MEN. OFTEN WHEN/ HIS OWN LIFE WAS IN DANGER, HIS ONE THOUGHT WAS/ 'LOOK AFTER HIS MEN'. HE VALUED THEIR LIVES ABOVE HIS OWN" - HIS SERGEANT MAJOR.
(RIGHT PANEL) ERECTED BY R.B. AND M.A. PARKER, OF MIL-/ FORD HALL, THE PARENTS OF CAPTAIN PARKER. - AD 1919."