The War Memorial for Sand Hutton and Claxton The War Memorial for Sand Hutton and Claxton is located on the road between Sand Hutton and Claxton, at the junction with the road to Bossall Lodge. The memorial is in the form of a wheel cross on an octagonal plinth. The names of those commemorated (14 for the First World War, and 2 for the Second World War) are carved on three of the faces of the plinth. An overall dedication is carved onto a fourth face. The front of the memorial     Remember those from Sandhutton and Claxton who died for their Country 1914-1918 The left hand side of the memorial Alfred Addison William Addison Arthur Batty Morgan Bowen Frederick Briggs William Carr John H Carbutt The right hand side of the memorial     John Fisher James Harland David G Joy George Robinson Philip P Robinson C Edwin Shepherd Richard B Spaven The back of the memorial       John Hope Foster Arthur Haigh 1939 - 1945 Five soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial. Private Alfred Addison. 1189. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Charlotte Addison, of Sand Hutton, York. Killed 30 July 1915. Aged 25. Born Sand Hutton, Enlisted Sand Hutton. Buried LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY. Private Fred Briggs. 240195. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 31 July 1917. Born York, Enlisted Sandhutton. Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL. Private William C Carr. 1434. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 April 1916. Born Kennythorpe (Malton), Enlisted Sandhutton, Resided Kennythorpe. Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY. Lance Serjeant James Harland. 594. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of M. Harland, of 105, Victoria Rd., Middlesbrough. Killed 11 July 1915. Born Borrowby (Thirsk), Enlisted Sandhutton. Buried R.E. FARM CEMETERY. Serjeant David Graham Joy. 591. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 April 1915. Born High Hoyland (Barnsley), Enlisted Sand Hutton (Yorks). Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.