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Kirkburn
Town or City: Kirkburn
County: East Yorkshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM657
Value of grant: £100.00
Type of memorial: Non-Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2001
UKNIWM reference number: 51689
Kirkburn war memorial takes the form of a clock at St Mary's Church. A brass tablet within the church records that the clock is a memorial to those of the parish who gave their lives in World War I. The church is grade I listed.
In 2001 a grant of £100 was given towards conservation work as part of a major restoration programme being undertaken at the church.
The clock was placed on the Tower in 1920.
The memorial plaque reads:
"The clock in the tower of this church
was placed therein in the year 1920
to the glory of God
and
in memory
of the following men from this parish
who gave their lives in the Great War
1914 - 1918
Capt. Frederick Simpson Staveley
Sergt. Frederick Bayes Manson
Sergt. Arthur Smales
Gnr. G. Alfred Barker
Pte. Walter Barker
Pte. Arthur Bryan
Pte. Thomas Day
Pte. William Ernest Jackson
Pte. Wilfrid Speck"
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM657
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 51689
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
