East Cowick War Memorial - East Cowick, UK - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The memorial is in the form of a 4.5 metre tall granite obelisk and was erected in 1920 with the following inscription.

THE
GREAT
WAR
1914-18

TO THE
GLORIOUS MEMORY OF

Pte. W. ABDY M.G.C. Pte. A. DURHAM R.S.F. Sgt. F. GARDNER W.Y. Pte. A. GARNER K.O.Y.L.I.. Pte. G. W. HORSEFIELD A.B.F. HOLMES R.N. Pte. H. HEMINGWAY L.F. Pte. P. SPIVEY Y.& L. Gnr. C. A. SPIVEY R.F.A. Pte. T. SPIVEY Y. & L. Pte. G. R. STEPHENSON W.Y. Pte. J. W. TASKER Y. & L. Trpr. L, C, TURTON N.Z.M.R. Pte. G. WADE W.Y. Gnr. A. WEST R.G.A. Dvr. F. PENISTONE R.F.A.

ERECTED IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF
THE SACRIFICE MADE BY THE ABOVE
NAMED MEN OF THIS PARISH

The memorial was rededicated on 11th November 1948 and an inscription added to the men who died in the Second World War.

WAR
1939 - 1945

Cpl. F. COLLEY R.A.O.C N.P.B. CLAYTON Tpr. J. GARDNER R.T.C. Pte. R. HUBY K.O.Y.L.I. Cpl. S. JACKSON G.G. L/Cpl. J. STEPHENSON W.Y.

An inscription was subsequently added for two further conflicts.

KILLED IN ACTION
NORTHERN IRELAND
W/O M. O'NEILL R.A.O.C.
31.8.1981.
L/Cpl A. BRACKENBURY K.R.H.
29.5.2005 IRAQ

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 04/01/1920 Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: East Cowick All Saints Church Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: All Saints Church Snaith Road East Cowick, Yorkshire United Kingdom Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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