A weekly newspaper has launched a campaign to honour the fighting men of its patch.
The Doncaster Free Press is aiming to raise £125,700 for the memorial to the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
The King’s Own’s regimental association wants to build a memorial close to its museum at Chequer Road, Doncaster.
The Free Press is now urging readers to get in touch with stories about their family’s association with the regiment as part of the campaign.
Howard Potts and artist Steve Winterburn, of Yorkshire Fine Arts, with a model of the planned Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry memorial
In a message to readers, content editor David Kessen said: “Generations of young Doncaster men signed up with the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, too many of them laying down their lives in the service of our country.
“I think for the regiment to be recognised in Doncaster in such a visible way as the planned memorial would be a fitting tribute to all those heroes from our borough who fought under its colours.
“If you, or even your father, grandfather or great grandfather was among them, please tell us their story, and why you would like to see a memorial here in Doncaster.”
The Free Press is also planning on highlighting fundraising events going on in support of the bid over the coming months.
Yorkshire Fine Arts has been commissioned to build the statue.
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I like this. It’s so different and so worthwhile, especially as we head to the centenary of the end of the war to end all wars.
Well done to those involved.
Hopefully it will get readers – and non-readers with a link to the regiment – taking part to build a memorable archive of memories.
One suggestion, if anyone from the paper reads this – find whichever regimental museum took on the battalions and ask to see some of the war diaries. They make for fascinating reading.
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