Goole Cenotaph

The cenotaph stands in a memorial garden, developed shortly after the memorial was unveiled in 1922. Like the Whitehall Cenotaph on which it is modelled it is built of Portland stone. Standing 5.5m high and rectangular in plan, at the top is a plain chest tomb. That stands on a three-staged base, which in turn stands on a tall shaft, set back towards its upper section. Beneath is the two-stage base, standing on three shallow steps.

On the front face of the memorial the dates for the World Wars are inscribed 1914 1919/ 1939 1945 with OUR/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD below. On either end, at the upper section of the shaft, are carved laurel wreaths. Unlike the Whitehall Cenotaph, however, bronze plaques fixed to the memorial record the commemorated names. These include plaques on each face of the base; one large rectangular plaque on the rear of the shaft inscribed PRO PATRIA/ (NAMES); one rectangular plaque to one side of the shaft inscribed HONOR/ (NAMES); and one rectangular plaque to the opposite side of the shaft inscribed LIBERTAS/ (NAMES).

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 1 February 2017.