Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Beverley
Town
Beverley
County
Humberside
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 04th March 1905
    Attended by: MAJOR GENERAL SIR COLERIDGE GROVE KCB
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
34712

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Current location

IN THE SOUTH AISLE
BEVERLEY MINSTER
Beverley
Beverley
Humberside
England

OS Grid Ref: TA 03714 39277
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
FOUR-LIGHT STAINED GLASS WINDOW WITH FIGURES IN EACH LIGHT. THREE BRONZE TABLETS PLACED BELOW THE WINDOW. THE DEDICATORY TABLET IS IN THE CENTRE FLANKED BY TWO NAMES TABLETS IN THE TWO LEFT HAND LIGHTS IS A SCENE FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT SHOWING THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARING BEFORE JOSHUA BEFORE JERICO WHEN HE GIVES HIS COMMAND FOR THE ENCOMPASMENT OF THE CITY. WALLS AND TOWERS OF JERICHO ARE IN THE BACKGROUDN WITH THE ISRAELITE ARMY BEFORE IT. IN THE TWO RIGHT HAND LIGHTS IS A SCENE FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT REPRESENTING THE FAITH OF THE CENTURION WHO CAME TO OUR LORD ATTENDED BY HIS RETINUE TO PRAY THAT HIS SERVANT BE HEALED. AT THE BASE OF EACH LIGHT ARE FOUR MEDALLIONS SHOWING CALEB, GIDEON, CORNELIUS AND LYSIAS. IN THE TRACERY IS THE SPIRITUAL ARMOUR DESCRIBED BY ST PAUL ON THE CENTRE TABLET IS THE REGIMENTAL CREST IN RELIEF AT THE TOP
Inscription
CENTRE PLAQUE: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSION-/ ED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES/ OF THE/ EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN/ THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR/ 1899 - 1902 AND WHOSE/ NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED/ THESE TABLETS AND THE WINDOW/ ABOVE WERE ERECTED BY THEIR/ COMRADES OF ALL RANKS/ PAST AND PRESENT LEFT AND RIGHT PLAQUES: (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adams, C
Adamson, Cw
Allison, F
Bates, W
Birks, J
Booth, G
Bowring, H
Brass, Eh
Byerley, C
Callaghan, J
See details for all 96 names
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 90
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 90
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,additional
    Order of information: additional,rank
Components
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 240 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
  • YORKSHIRE HEROES VOL. II HISTORIC EAST RIDING TOWN OF BEVERLEY by MANN, MALCOLM K 77-79 Source: Image Library NIWM

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