Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Beverley
Town
Keldgate
County
Humberside
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 6 October 1917
    Attended by: Rear-Admiral T P Walker DSO
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
35057

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Current location

GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Keldgate
Beverley
Humberside
England

OS Grid Ref: TA 020 330
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Oxidised copper plaque set within a stone frame on the wall of the school. There is a laurel leaf border with a rose, thistle, shamrock and daffodil respectively in the four corners.
Inscription
FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ KELDGATE/ RECORDS WITH PRIDE THAT THESE HER SONS WENT/ FORTH FROM HER IN THE GREAT WAR TO DO THEIR DUTY/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Akester, D
Akester, H
Arnott, H D
Ashbridge, C
Baker, S
Baldwin, F H
Bentley, C
Bentley, H
Botham, S
Botham, T
See details for all 127 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 127
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 127
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Copper
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • 'Keldgate Roll of Honour', Beverley Guardian, 7 April 1917
  • Yorkshire Heroes, Vol. II: Historic East Riding Town of Beverley, Malcolm Mann (1996), p. 155-158.
  • 'A Beverley Roll of Honour: The Keldgate Roll of Honour', The Hull Daily Mail, 9 October 1917

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