A WOODLAND memorial has been created for a nature-loving North Yorkshire man who died after suffering an infection and going missing from hospital.
The family of 65-year-old grandfather, Graham Roskell, has worked with local charity Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT) to create Roskell Wood, an 800-tree woodland in High Skyreholme near Appletreewick.
Mr Roskell went missing from Harrogate Hospital on November 3 while being treated for an infection which had affected his brain and caused confusion and disorientation. After a huge search his body was found near Wetherby over a week later.
The woodland is situated at the foot of Simon’s Seat in Wharfedale, and has been planted with a mixture of rowan, birch, hazel, aspen, hawthorn, small-leaved lime, goat willow, sessile oak and holly saplings.
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