Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- Kingston Upon Hull
- Town
- Kingston Upon Hull
- County
- Humberside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: May 1966
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
The clock is outside on the north side of the building and the plaque is in the Reference Library on the north wall.
KINGSTON UPON HULL LIBRARY
Albion Street
Kingston Upon Hull
Kingston Upon Hull
Humberside
HU1 3TF
England
OS Grid Ref: TA 09317 29105
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- CLOCK ON NORTH SIDE OF BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED PLAQUE INSIDE THE REFERENCE LIBRARY.
- Inscription
- THE CLOCK/ ON THE NORTH WALL OF THIS LIBRARY/ WAS ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE TO THE/ SPIRIT OF HULL/ WHOSE CITIZENS ENDURED WITH FORTITUDE/ THE AIR RAIDS OF WORLD WAR II/ 1939 - 45/ THE GIFT OF/ SIR IRVING BENSON. C.B.E.. D.D./ OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA/ A SON OF KINGSTON UPON HULL./ MAY 1966
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Banfield, C B
Banfield, E G
Bell, R M
Blamey, W
Brewer, F H
Brewer, H J
Collins, G E
Crewes, R C
Curtis, T C
Davies, L
See details for all 52 names - Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Clock
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Clock
- 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
- Private
Details: SIR IRVING BENSON C.B.E. D.D
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