Aberford Cenotaph - Aberford, UK
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N 53° 49.339 W 001° 20.592
30U E 609059 N 5965026
This cenotaph is situated to the south of the town of Aberford at the side of Bunkers Hill.
This road is the main north to south road that passes through the town and used to be part of the main route between London and Edinburgh.
Waymark Code: WM16Z1X
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/03/2022
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This cenotaph is made of stone with slate tablets with inscriptions for the First World War and a later inscription added after the end of the Second World War.
There are also relief carvings of a cross at the top of both sides of the memorial. The architect was Mr Sydney Kitson FRIBA.
TO
THE MEMORY
OF
THE MEN OF ABERFORD
WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
GEORGE CARBUTT
WILFRED DAVISON
JOHN DAVISON
JOSEPH DAVIS
HENRY CHAPMAN
GEORGE ACOMB
WILLIAM HUNTER
WILLIAM RHODES
WILLIAM LOCK
ALBERT WATSON
ARTHUR REED
BENJAMIN DICKENSON
JOHN HENRY WILSON
WILLIAM COCKREM
RICHARD HEARD
HUCH HINTON
MORRISON BLAKEY
THOMAS CLINTON
WILLIAM SHEPHERD
WALTER JAMES FISHER
WILLIAM JACKSON
WILFRED WILSON
AND OF THOSE WHO FELL
IN THE WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945
JACK BULMER
HON. MICHAEL JOHN RANCE DE COURCY
FRANCIS FREDERICK FAWCETT
DOUGLAS WILDER GASCOINE
LEONARD HUDSON
LESLIER RICHARD KEMP
WALTER LOCK JUNIOR
PHILIP OVEREND SIMPSON
ARTHUR LESLIE WESLEY
FRED SNOW
YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED
IN THE LAND YOU LOVED.
The phrase 'YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED' is the last line of the first stanza of the hymn 'O Valiant Hearts' written by Sir John Stanhope Arkwright after the First World War and set to music by the Rev. Dr. Charles Harris.
It was originally underneath the WWI inscription but was moved to below the WWII inscription when that was added.
A modern addition to the memorial is silhouettes of three soldiers standing in front of a flower bed. This was added during the centenary celebrations commemorating the end of WWI.