Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Selby
- Town
- Brotherton
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 30906
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Current location
Small enclosure opposite St. Edward the Confessor Church
Church Street
Brotherton
Selby
North Yorkshire
WF11 9HG
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 48247 25731
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone obelisk surmounting two-stepped stone base. Marble tablets fixed to each of four sides. Carved names. WW2 names on upper tablets.
- Inscription
- Face 1: 1939 -1945/(NAMES)/ 1914 1918/ IN GLORIOUS AND/ EVERLASTING/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ BROTHERTON/ WHO FELL IN /THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ Face2: (NAMES)/ Face 3: BUT THE MEN WERE/ VERY GOOD TO US/ AND WE WERE NOT/ HURT/ THEY WERE A WILL (SIC)/ UNTO US BOTH BY/ NIGHT/ AND DAY/ 1 SAMUEL.XXV. 15.16/ (NAMES)/ Face 4: (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aldersey, Hugh
Bailiff, Richard
Bramham, Charles O.
Bramham, William
Dean, George
Dudley, Sydney
Eaton, Roy
Fawcett, Francis
Flaherty, Michael
Fox, Percy
See details for all 41 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 23
Served and returned: 0
Died: 23
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height C 3657.6MM
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Obelisk
- 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
- Brotherton
- WMO ID: 228530
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 17-03-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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