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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- York
- Town
- York
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MR W E PARKINSON (Designer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11 November 1924
Attended by: LORD MAYOR OF YORK
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47382
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Current location
Scarcfoft Primary School
Moss Street
York
York
North Yorkshire
YO2 1BS
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 59817 51118
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- BEATEN BRONZE PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO AN OAK BACKBOARD. INSCRIPTION IN RELIEF. YORK CITY COAT OF ARMS IN RELIEF AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE PLAQUE. LAUREL LEAVES IN RELIEF FLANK THE NAMES
- Inscription
- TO COMMEMORATE WITH LASTING HONOUR/ THE SONS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 1918/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aked, Arthur
Bailey, Sam
Birch, Arthur
Briskham, John W
Buckham, Fred
Buckle, Herbert
Butterfield, James
Cammidge, Charles W
Campbell, Thomas A
Child, Alf Herbert
See details for all 66 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 66
Served and returned: 0
Died: 66
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Backboard
Measurements: height 1550MM, width 1320MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- 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
- Costs
Memorial: £50
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CITY OF YORK EDUCATION SUB COMMITTEE MINUTES 1918 - 1924
- Yorkshire Gazette 15 November 1924
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