Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Holderness
- Town
- Hollym
- County
- Humberside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 35106
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Current location
St Nicholas Church
Church Lane
Hollym
Holderness
Humberside
HU19 2JH
England
OS Grid Ref: TA 34270 27619
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A plain tablet with a base and pediment flanked by two round pillars.
- Inscription
- HOLLYM/ WAR MEMORIAL/ 1914 - 1919/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ "THERE'S BUT TO DO AND DIE"/ TO THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ "THEY THAT HAD FOUGHT SO WELL/ CAME THROUGH THE JAWS OF DEATH/ BACK FROM THE MOUTH OF HELL"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bilton, E
Bilton, L
Bilton, S
Birkitt, H
Boasman, C
Boasman, E
Boasman, G L
Brant, J
Brant, W
Clark, J
See details for all 41 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 40
Served and returned: 32
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initial, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 41", width 30"
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Yorkshire Heroes, Vol I: A Journey From Hull to Withernsea Around Hornsea and Back to Hull Again, Malcolm Mann (1996), pp. 136-137.
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