Memorial

Skipsea

Inscription on plinth

Source: Copyright John G Chester

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Current Location

Main Street, Skipsea, East Yorkshire, England

TA 16764 54997

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 35105
Description: A four-sided stone column mounted on a two-tiered stone pedestal, which bears an inscription and names, and a two-stepped square stone base. The column is surmounted by an urn.
Inscription: THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ THE CALL CAME, WE ANSWERED/ (Names) ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ AS A LASTING TRIBUTE/ TO THE MEMORY OF THE ABOVE/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ (Name)/ WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (Names)

Column

Height: 4000MM

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1463517

Listed May 2019

Yorkshire Heroes, Vol I: A Journey from Hull to Withernsea Around Hornsea and Back to Hull Again, Malcolm Mann (1996), pp. 292-294.