Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Selby
- Town
- Riccall
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 31 July 1921
Attended by: Lt-Gen Sir Ivor Maxse - Dedicated
Date: 31 July 1921
Attended by: Reverend C Elam Greaves and Reverend J A Sheen - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31026
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Current location
St Marys Church
Silver St
Riccall
Selby
North Yorkshire
YO19 6PB
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 62000 37864
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- In Portland stone, a tall, tapering, fluted pillar with a decorative capital and moulded band below. At the base of the pillar, to all four faces, is a relief carved wreath, while directly above is a pair of carved decorative bands. There is also carved decoration within the fluting. The pillar has a moulded foot and rises from a narrow square pedestal. This surmounts a tapering, four-sided plinth with moulded foot atop a narrow, single-step chamfered base. An inscription wraps around the pedestal in relief lettering, reading in an anticlockwise direction and starting on the north-east face.
- Inscription
- (Inscription from 2014) Front Face - TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN UNDYING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM RICCALL/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"/ TO MARK THE CENTENARY/ OF THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ NEVER FORGOTTEN Sides ...WW1 (Names) - Right hand side Betts to ALFd Stead, Left hand side ALg Stead to White Rear ...1939 - 1945/...(Names) Pedestal: FOR GOD/ KING/ AND/ COUNTRY.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Betts, F L
Burton, Charles W
Campey, G
Cordukes, G B
Cordukes, R
Fenton, Joseph
Hampshire, George H
Harper, J
Harrison, G
Pratt, J
See details for all 25 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: height c2400mm
Materials: Stone
- Pillar
- Listing information
- Riccall War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Riccall War Memorial
- WMO ID: 225084
- Condition: Good [last updated on 29-08-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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