This coming Sunday marks the 100th anniversary since the end of World War I. A war that saw hundreds of men from Beverley lose their lives.
Local historian and author Barrie Barnes wrote a book about the impact the first world war had on Beverley and the town as a whole.
Barrie Barnes, the man who wrote the book ‘Known Unto God’, a publication commemorating Beverley’s fallen heroes of the Great War, has now turned his gaze to the Second World War
A major new book looking at Beverley’s history from 1914-24 will be launched in the town on Wednesday 19th November
Beverley Town Council is now working hard on its Heritage Lottery funded project to restore the Rolls of Honour around the town. This week the ‘Shrines’ (and the Rolls) inside them in Norwood and Holme Church Lane)
On Saturday a service of re-dedication for our newly refurbished memorials in Hengate Memorial Gardens will be conducted by Reverend Becky Lumley from of St Mary’s Church.
Local author Barrie Barnes approached David Elvidge last year with the news that through his research into Beverley’s history around WW1, he had discovered thirty three names missing from the memorial in Hengate