Memorial

East Riding Constabulary WW1

Source: Copyright Paul Clarke

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Current Location

In the nave, St Mary's Church, Hengate/ North Bar Within, Beverley, Beverley, HU17 8DB, England

TA 03152 39800

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 34646
Description: Rectangular brass plaque, with incised inscription beneath the Constabulary crest top-centre, and a foliate border.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEMBERS OF THE EAST RIDING CONSTABULARY/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 18./ (NAMES)/ THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES AND FRIENDS

Sponsor Type: other
Maintenance History: 1/3/1950: St Mary's Church was Grade I Listed (List Entry Number 1162693)

Unveiled

11/12/1919

The Archbishop of York performed the unveiling

Dedicated

11/12/1919

The Archbishop of York performed the dedication

Plaque

Height: 1050mm

Width: 750mm

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: I

List Entry: 1162693

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 2/9/1919, reported that a faculty had been granted at the York Consistory Court for the erection at St Mary's Church in Beverley of a "brass tablet in memory of in memory of the East Riding Constabulary who died in the war". https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19190902/191/0004#