Pocklington War Memorial

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	Market Place Note the new building in the photo on the corner.
	Regent Street Note the 'Old Red Lion Hotel'
	Chapmangate Note the independent chapel built in 1807 to the left.

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	Woldgate History "A History of Woldgate School" * 60 pages * Fully illustrated * Only £5.00
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Pocklington War Memorial

The First World War Memorial is in Market Place near to the Post Office. Cllr Martin Cooper and other councillors have been researching the history of those who perished in the two world wars. An exhbition on the men who fell was held in the Arts Centre from 3rd - 9th November 2008 and was called 'Fallen Heroes'. Images of the fallen heroes can be seen on this page.

Names on the War Memorial: To the glory of God and in memory of our comrades who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918 West Facing: Roland Brown Francis C Buttle Robert W Buttle Henry I Cattle John Cooper Walter J Crisp John Cross Joseph Eagan Fred Easton James Elliott Robert C English
South Facing: Thomas W Fisher Charles Flint Fred Foster George Gilyead George S Grainger Jim Giles Stanley Hall James Harrison Clifford Hayton Henry Holmes Herbert Holmes Alfred Hopper Charles Hotham George M Javerley Thomas Jennings
East Facing: Herbert Jessop Arthur Jessop Harold Johnson Henry Johnson Edward Kirby George Kemp John Lee John Plumb Robert Pratt Thomas W Rippon Frederick W Robson Edward M Robson Arthur Rowntree Herbert Savage Sydney Scaife
North Facing: George J Scott George Skelton Thomas R Skinner Frederick S Smith John W Smith Archie Spencer Richard M Stubbs Arthur J Tayleure John W Thompson Richard Timbs Thomas R Thorpe William Walker Erected by the Pocklington Comrades of the Great War

War Memorial in the 1940's

War Memorial before the Post Office was built

Brass Castle in the background