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Selston
St Helen

War Memorial

In the side chapel to the south of the chancel are war memorials to the fallen of two World Wars.

First World War memorial window and marble panels

On the east wall is a memorial window to those who gave their lives in the First World War, and either side of this is a marble panel. The central sections are white marble with slight grey marking, and the surrounds are a darker, more heavily veined marble. Each panel is 125cm (49 ins) tall at the tallest point, and 72cm (28 ins) wide.

The left hand panel has a cross at the top and this inscription:

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SELSTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING & COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR A.D. 1914-1918. THEIR NAMES FOLLOW HERE & LIVE FOR EVER IN OUR MEMORY. SIDNEY ADAMS ARCHIBALD ASKIN ALBERT BACON WILLIAM BALL THOMAS BANTON CHARLES BUTCHER GEORGE CLARK GEORGE WILLIAM DAY GEORGE DOBBS HARRY DOVE WILLIAM HEATH DUNN ALBERT HENRY GELL WILLIAM GILDER JAMES WILLIAM GREGORY REGINALD LEE HAND JOSEPH HANKIN ARTHUR HENRY HARPHAM THOMAS EDWARD HAWKINS HARRY HEALD BEN HOPEWELL

The panel on the right has a crown at the top and these names:

BERNARD HUDSON HARRY JOSEPH JEFFS WILLIAM LEONARD JONES SAMUEL KIRK CLARENCE KIRKLAND SAMUEL EDWARD LEE CHRISTOPHER LEWIS FRANCIS HAROLD MARSHALL WILLIAM MAXEY ARTHUR MILLS JOHN LIONEL NICHOLS HARRY PALMER LAWRENCE PARKER JAMES PLATTS JOHN WILLIAM PRIESTLEY WILLIAM PROTHERO FRANK REED JAMES SHEAVYN JOSEPH HENRY SHERISTON JOHN WILLIAM SHIPMAN JOHN TOM STOCKS NORMAN ROBERT STOPPARD CYRIL STORER THOMAS WILLIAM TAGG WILLIAM WILSON TAYLOR HORACE TIMMS JOSEPH HAROLD TRUEMAN ERNEST VICTOR WHEATLEY

On the south wall of the chapel, between two windows, is a rectangular stone slab measuring 30 ins (77cm) high, 24 ins (61cm) wide and 2¼ ins (5.5cm) thick, which is inscribed in memory of those men who fell in the Second World War.

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SELSTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1939 – 45 IVOR ALEXANDER.   G. GREEN. ALFRED BAILEY.   G. R. HARDY. FRANK BUTLER.   ALBERT HOUGHTON. THOMAS BUTLER.   SYDNEY MALTBY. ROY BROWN.   SYDNEY PARKER. KENNETH CLOWES   ALBERT RICHARDS ROYCE COLEMAN.   GEORGE SKEVINGTON. JOHN COOPER.   NATHAN SMITHURST. NORMAN CRUTCHLEY.   REGINALD WALTERS. WILFRED FLINT.   GEORGE WEBSTER. ERIC GENT.