Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Scarborough
Town
Whitby
County
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 13 February 1921
    Attended by: Rev J W Bowman, Pastor of Whitby Church
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
30816

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Current location

Whitby Museum
Pannett Park
Whitby
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO21 1RE
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 89414 10883
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Church is at junction of Skinner Street
    Albert Place and Belle Vue Terrace
    WEST CLIFF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
    Skinner Street
    Whitby
    Scarborough
    North Yorkshire
    YO21 3AH
    England

    OS Grid Ref: NZ 89654 11190
    Denomination: Congregational
Description
WALL-MOUNTED, FRAMED AND GLAZED ILLUMINATED MEMORIAL. BLACK LETTERING. WOODEN FRAME. HIGHLY DECOARTED AND BRIGHTLY COLOURED. FEMALE FIGURE IN CENTRE DEPICTED WITH SWORD.
Inscription
WEST CLIFF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH/ WHITBY/ IN COMMEMORATION OF THE HEROIC CONDUCT/ OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-19/ TO THE HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ (NAMES)/ ALSO OF THE FOLLOWING WHO RESPONDED TO THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Agar, Frank
Bland, Arthur
Brown, W H
Calam, Frank
Calam, Harold
Carr, E L
Chapman, George
Clark, Wilfred
Colling, Edgar
Cross, Charles H
See details for all 55 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 72
    Served and returned: 66
    Died: 6
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,year died,place of death,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Comments: The memorial was a gift from the Groves family

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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