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    Memorial

    Ripon Cathedral - Reredos

    Reredos

    Source: Copyright Margaret Hammond

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    Current Location

    WW2 tablets in side chapel to left of reredos, Ripon Cathedral, Minster Rd, Ripon, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG4 1QS, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 31443 71132

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
    WMR Reference Number
    30295
    Description
    Large ornate gilt painted reredos. Central screen bears carved figures, ten large, eight small and the Virgin Mary holding the Baby Jesus in the centre. Names of the fallen on ten large tablets either side. WW2 names have been added the the Choristers tablet and three conjoined tablets have been erected in an adjacent chapel to include the fallen from WW2.
    Inscription
    Brass plate inlaid in floor: REMEMBER BEFORE GOD THE MEN OF RIPON/ WHO DIED FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ IN WHOSE MEMORY THE REREDOS IS DEDICATED 1922 Far left side tablet: 1914/ (WW1 names on 5 tablets) Four tablets to right (WW1 names) Far right side tablet: 1918/ MEMBERS OF THE CATHEDRAL CHOIR (18 names)/ BELLLRINGER (1 name)/ VAD (?) (1 name)/ 1939-1945 /(5 names)/ FORMERLY CHORISTERS/ OF THIS CATHEDRAL Three tablets in side chapel: REMEMBER/ IN THE LORD THE/ MEN & WOMEN/ OF RIPON/ WHO DIED IN/ THE SERVICE OF/ THEIR COUNTRY/ 1939 - 1945/ (81 names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    252
    Died
    252
    Information shown
    Forename, surname
    Order of names
    Surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    86
    Died
    86
    Information shown
    Forename, surname
    Order of names
    Surname
    Maker(s)
    • SIR JOHN NINIAN COMPER RA, Architect

    Components

    Reredos

    Made from: Wood


    Condition: Good


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