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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Beverley
- Town
- Beverley
- County
- Humberside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- MESSRS J PEERS AND SONS (Mason)
MESSRS GREENWOOD AND SONS LTD (Builder)
MR VINCENT HILL ARCA (Sculptor)
Richard Henry Whiteing FSA (by 1952-53) LRIBA 1931 (Architect)
MR G WHITEHEAD (Letter cutter / Engraver) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 18th September 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34641
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Current location
Located on Hengate and to the rear of St Mary's Church.
MEMORIAL GARDENS
Hengate
Beverley
Beverley
Humberside
England
OS Grid Ref: TA 03189 39837
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- THREE-STEPPED OCTAGONAL BASE SURMOUNTED BY SQUARE PLINTH, AND TAPERING OBELISK. FIGURES REST ON THE TOP OF THE PLINTH AND INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDES. WW2 MEMORIAL PLACED NEAR -BY. IT IS FORMED BY A RECTANGULAR BLOCK OF STONE WITH INSCRIPTION CARVED ON ONE SIDE AND THE NAMES IN RELIEF ON A METAL PLAQUE ON THE TOP SEATED FIGURES WITH SYMBOLISE THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE AND MEDICAL SERVICES ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL. ON THEIR LAPS THEY HOLD A SYMBOL OF THE SERVICE. THESE ARE, RESPECTIVELY, A TANK, A BOAT, AN AEROPLANE AND THE STAFF OF ESCULAPIUS. A LATIN CROSS IS AT THE TOP OF THE COLUMN. WREATH IN RELIEF AT THE TOP CORNERS OF THE WW2 PLAQUE
- Inscription
- WW1 MEMORIAL, SIDE ONE: TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE BEVERLEY MEN/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 - 1918/ 1939 - 1945 THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE WW1 MEMORIAL, SIDE TWO: THEY WENT WITH SONGS TO THE/ BATTLE THEY WERE YOUNG/ STRAIGHT OF LIMB TRUE LIFE/ STEADY AND AGLOW;/ THEY WERE STRIVING TO THE END/ AGAINST ODDS UNCOUNTED/ THEY FELL WITH THEIR FACES/ TO THE FOE. WW1 MEMORIAL, SIDE THREE: THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS/ WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM,/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. WW1 MEMORIAL, SIDES FOUR: (NAMES) WW2 MEMORIAL, SIDE: REMEMBER THOSE WHO FELL/ IN DEFENCE THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ 1939 - 1945 WW2 MEMORIAL: TOP: PRO PATRIA/ 1939 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Addy, T
Adkin, H
Agerskow, E
Akrill, Pg
Anderson, W
Andrews, A C
Ashbridge, P
Ashby, D J
Ashby, M
Atkinson, Jw
See details for all 536 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 452
Served and returned: 0
Died: 452
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 128
Served and returned: 0
Died: 128
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland - Figures
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze, Stone - Portland - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland - Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Beverley town war memorial (Hengate)
- WMO ID: 178052
- Condition: Good [last updated on 30-01-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: £2,700
Memorial: FREE- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- YORKSHIRE HEROES VOL. II HISTORIC EAST RIDING TOWN OF BEVERLEY by MANN, MALCOLM K 1-21 Source: Image Library NIWM
- Carter Postcard Collection
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