Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Boothferry
Town
Whitgift
County
Humberside
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Maker
MESSRS TYAS AND GUEST (Designer)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1921
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
51656

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Current location

St Mary Magdalene Church
Church Lane
Whitgift
Boothferry
Humberside
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 80866 22727
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
SQUARE BASE SURMOUNTED BY TWO HEXAGONAL STEPS, HEXAGONAL PLINTH, TAPERED SHAFT AND LATIN CROSS. INSCRIPTION INCISED AND PAINTED ON THE SIDES OF THE PLINTH AND AROUND THE TOP HEXAGONAL STEP. FOLIATE DESIGN AT THE TOP OF THE CROSS AND A WREATH CARVED AT THE END OF EACH ARM OF THE CROSS.
Inscription
PLINTH SIDE ONE: REMEMBER/ THE BRAVE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 19194 - 1919 PLINTH SIDE FIVE: THESE ALSO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) PLINTH SIDES TWO SIX AND EIGHT: (NAMES) AROUND BASE: ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO THEM O LORD AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Almond, John T
Brown, G Douglas
Buttery, Norman
Chapman, Wilfred
Clarkson, Ernest
Cowling, Albert
Dealtry, Horace
Dealtry, Robert
Everatt, Harry
Fenwick, Cyril T
See details for all 20 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 14
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 14
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: year died,forename
    Order of information: year died,forename
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 6
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 6
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: year died,forename
    Order of information: year died,forename
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: height c5500MM
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • Whitgift War Memorial
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
History
2013: Cracks to shaft of cross. 2000: Inscription is weathered.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • War Memorials Trust 7555
  • NB/NS/53

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