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Memorial names missing, but not forgotten
Through local author Barrie Barnes’ research into Beverley’s history around WWI, he discovered 33 names missing from the memorial in Hengate Gardens.
Barrie had researched from 1914 to 1924 and uncovered information about some disquiet in the town.
The people of the town, in the main, wanted a memorial in Wednesday Market. The Town Council, or Corporation as it was then, opted for Hengate Gardens.
It was also said that the people wanted a small memorial, not the grand one we have now, but the Mayor insisted - even drawing up plans for the statues to be cast in bronze.
They were, however, eventually as now; carved from stone, due to spiralling costs.
During this time, for various reasons, names were added and removed from the list of those to be remembered and although 411 were recorded the following 33 names were omitted:
Bell, George; Bentley, Charles; Bolton, John Fennel; Brown, W; Brown, George E; Cattle, Ernest; Caddy, Albert Henry; Clark, John Robert; Collinson, Thomas; Dale, John Peter; Durkin, Robert James; Eldon, George Henry; Elvidge, Charles William; Harker, Richard; Hayton, Bethel; Heweston, John Dixon; Hoggard, William; Hoggard, Mathew William; Holmes, Edward Albert; Johnson, Thomas; Mendham, James Albert; Mitchell, Herbert; Monsen, Ernest William; Nelson, Charles Victor; Priestman, Charles; Scrivener, William Laurence; Shepherd, Ernest; Smith, Albert Edward; Smith, Charles Henry; Taylor, Harry; Walker, Alfred Watson; Welburn, John; Willis, Frederick.
Please can the people of Beverley contact me at the address below if they believe these names should be added to a memorial in the garden, possibly a new one similar to those on the back wall already.
Thank you, David K Elvidge, Chairman SSAFA Forces Help East Yorkshire, 33 Lissett Close, Leconfield, East Yorkshire, HU17 7LF.
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