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Gilling East, Cawton and Grimstone
Town or City: Gilling East
County: North Yorkshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1460
Value of grant: £255.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: English Heritage/Wolfson Foundation Grants
Year: 2005
UKNIWM reference number: 000000
The war memorial for the World War I fallen of Gilling East, Cawton and Grimstone, villages on the southern edge of the North Yorkshire moors, is a sandstone archway forming the west entrance to churchyard of the Church of the Holy Cross, Gilling East. On the lintel there is a dedication in gold-painted Gothic script on a red background and into the piers are set enamelled brass tablets on each of which is a gilded list of names of the fallen. A stone cross stands on top of the lintel. The memorial is situated on Main Street.
In January 2005 English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation offered a grant of £255 towards work to repaint the red background on the lintel and to re-gild the lettering.
The dedication on the lintel reads
In loving memory of the men of Gilling East, Grimston
and Cawton who gave their lives in the Great War
1914 – 1919
The names listed on the tablets are
Ernest Borrisow
Royal Army Medical Corps
George Henry Brough
Yorkshire Regt
Percy Chambers
Yorkshire Regt
William R. Charter
Yorkshire Regt
Ernest Clark
Royal Field Artillery
John England
Yorkshire Regt
Alfred Ewbank
West Yorkshire Regt
Robert Harper
Yorkshire Regt
John MacGathan
D W West Riding Regt
Frank Parker
West Yorks Regt
Edwin Pybus M.M.
Yorkshire Regt
George Skilbeck
Royal Engineers
William Williamson
Yorks Regt
The memorial was designed by Walter Brierly of York and dedicated on 13th January 1924 by Rev Dr Bury. It was unveiled by Sir Hugh Bell, Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding. During his speech he urged the men and women of England “to adapt themselves to the present-day conditions, and to follow the splendid spirit of the fallen”. Trumpeters from the Durham Light Infantry York sounded the last post.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1460
UK National Inventory of War Memorials:
War Memorials Trust has information that this memorial is listed at Grade II, but at the time of writing the listing record was not available on Heritage Gateway.
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
