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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Selby
Town
Saxton
County
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
64216

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Current location

All Saints Church
Main Street
Saxton
Selby
North Yorkshire
LS24 9PY
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 47580 36886
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Marble or alabaster tablet with nowy headed pediment and a reversed version for the sill and bracket. Inlayed gold and green border with black painted inscription. There is a small square cross above the inscription and a larger one top centre of the pediment.
Inscription
TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ THE SONS OF SAXTON & TOWTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-19/ (Names)/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY COL GASCOIGNE DSO/ LEST WE FORGET
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ash, B D
Birdsall, E W
Birdsall, T Z
Brown, G K
Lawn, B
Lawn, J H
Marshall, F
Scott, G
Smith, J R A
White, W A
See details for all 10 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 10
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 10
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,manner of death
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Alabaster, Marble
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
  • Grade I
  • 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
Costs

Comments: Col Gascoigne DSO

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference

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