Memorial

Bishopthorpe

First World War Panel

Source: Copyright Ken Haywood

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Current Location

Memorial is at corner of Church Lane and Bishopthorpe Road, ST ANDREWS CHURCH, Church Lane, Bishopthorpe, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO23 2QG, England

SE 59559 47805

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 30892
Description: STONE CROSS SURMOUNTING TAPERING OCTAGONAL PORTLAND STONE COLUMN. COLUMN STANDS ON STONE PLINTH. TWO-STEPPED STONE BASE. CARVED INSCRIPTION AND NAMES ON PLINTH. FLORIATED DESIGN ON HEAD OF CROSS. NICHE AT BASE OF COLUMN WITH CARVED FIGURE OF ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON.
Inscription: FRONT FACE: IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ LET THESE MEN BE HERE REMEMBERED IN THANKFULNESS & HONOUR RIGHT HAND FACE: WE PRAY THEE HELP THY/ SERVANTS WHOM THOU/ HAST REDEEMED WITH/ THY PRECIOUS BLOOD/REMEMBERED IN 2018/FROM 1914-1919:/(NAMES)/ FROM 1939-1945:(NAME) LEFT HAND FACE: (NAMES)/ WHO ALSO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ RENEWED FIGHT FOR FREEDOM/ 1939-1945

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 21
Died: 21
Information shown: Initials and surname
Order of names: Alphabeticaly by surname
Additional Information: 'The Lost Men of Bishopthorpe', by Ken Haywood, was published in 2017. He found another seven men who were entitled to be commemorated there. Their names were added in October, 2018.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 11
Died: 11
Information shown: Initials and surname
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname
Additional Information: 'The Lost Men of Bishopthorpe', by Ken Haywood, was published in 2017. He found another man who was entitled to be commemorated there. His name was added in October, 2018.

Maker(s): MESSRS BRIERLEY & RUTHERFORD, Architect
Messrs. Thompson & Barker, Sculptor
Maintenance History: 2006 - Applied for grant from War Memorials Trust. Memorial cleaned with costs being shared between War Memorials Trust and Bishopthorpe Parish Council. 2018 - Memorial cleaned in October/November. Names added to Memorial at same time. Work funded by Bishopthorpe Parish Council.