Elkesley
St Giles

War Memorial

The war memorial comprises two plaques set one above the other on the south wall of the nave at the west end. The upper panel is of bronze and is a memorial to the Fallen of the First World War with inlaid decorative borders of oak leaves and acorns, and reads:

To the Glory of GOD

This Tablet commemorates
the Dedication of the Clock
erected by the Parishioners
in this Church Tower in
memory of the fallen who
gave their lives
in the Great War 1914-1918

Tom Bownes   Ernest Thorpe
Herbert Cowley   William Ward
Arthur Duckmanton   George Warriner
Jim Evison   Cecil Welbourne
John Fox   Joe Wistowe

"Eternal rest, Grant unto them, O Lord"

Below this plaque is second, made of brass, to the Fallen of the Second World War, and reads:

1939 – 1945
ARTHUR THORPE       RALPH BILLYARD
ARTHUR RAYMOND CHESTER

There is also a framed Roll of Honour.