Memorial

Hovingham

Hovingham War Memorial

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All Saints Church, Church Street, Hovingham, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, YO62 4JX, England

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SE 66661 75725

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Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 30593
Description: A floriated Cross with octagonal shaft, plinth and stepped base. Inscription and names are carved on plaque where surmounted on the plinth. Some of the names are carved into the three plinth faces where anti-clockwise from the bronze plaque, are hardly seen because of erosion. New name panel set in ground in front of memorial in 2016 due to erosion of names on memorial.
Inscription: THESE MEN DIED FOR ENGLAND/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ AND ON/ 11 SEPT 1940/ (NAME)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 16
Died: 16
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: The replacement plaque additionally has Age at death and country and date of death

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: year died,forename,age of death

Maker(s): G. Maile & Son, Sculptor
Costs: The Portland Stone Cross: £135
Sponsored By: Hovingham war memorial as part of a project run by the Ryedale Family History Group
Maintenance History: names hard to read because of erosion. Names are recorded separately on scroll in nearby church. In the chancel of the church a separate personal memorial to the man killed in World War 2.

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12 March 1921

Colonel B G Price

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