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IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF MAJ. GEN.
SIR WILLIAM FRY, K.C.V.O., C.B.
WHO DIED AGED 76 YEARS IN 1934
HE JOINED THE 14TH FOOT IN 1878,
COMMANDED THE 2nd BATTALION IN
SOUTH AFRICA 1900-1904. COMMANDED
THE 30th DIVISION 1915-1916 IN THE
GREAT WAR AND WAS LIEUT. GOVERNOR
OF THE ISLE OF MAN 1919-1926. HE WAS
COLONEL OF THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT FROM
1914 TO THE DAY OF HIS DEATH. THIS TABLET IS
ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND N.C.O.s OF THE REGIMENT.
Data transcribed by
Haydn Scott.
from photography by Colin Hinson