War Memorial
Keelby Cenotaph
The Village Council met in July 1919 to discuss erecting a permanent memorial to the Keelby men who lost their lives in The Great War. A village collection helped raise the funds and Messrs W King & Son of Barton on Humber were chosen to produce the memorial out of Portland Stone. Permission was granted by the Rural District Council to erect the memorial in Broadway. The total cost was £166.
A ceremony to unveil the memorial was held on Sunday 15 th May 1921. A service was held in St Bartholomew’s Church at which hymns common to all Hymnals were sung. After the service there was a procession in which ex-servicemen, scouts, surpliced choir and mourners took part. The memorial was unveiled by Lord Worsley M.C. The stone was dedicated by the vicar and the last post was given by Buglers.
In addition to the inscriptions of the fallen servicemen there is also a memorial to the “Lancaster Sisters”. Dorothy and Annie lived at the Manor and lost their lives during the sinking of the Lusitania 1915.
After WW2 the inscriptions of more lost villagers were added
For information of the fallen see www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Grave Commission.