Skegness Magazine

Source: Skegness News 14th November 1923

Various news articles appeared in the local newspapers regarding the erection of a War Memorial to the Fallen in Skegness:

WAR MEMORIAL - ORDER GIVEN FOR ITS ERECTION

After a long delay the suggested Public Memorial to the, Skegness men who died in the Great War will become an accomplished fact.

Since the first proposal was mooted, a great at deal of discussion and heated argument has taken place, whether the new wing to the Cottage Hospital, an Ex-Servicie Men’s Hall,
a Cross in front of the Church of England should be the memorial.

Remarkable as it may seem, two of the proposals are to be accomplished, viz the Wing of the Cottage Hospital, the Cross in front of St Matthew’s Church, and the ex-service men have ‘got a club and who knows but the last may eventually be accomplished and, a permanent hall erected.

The result, taken all round must be a gratifying one to Skegnessians whilst the various committees elected are delighted the objects they aimed for have been consumated.

After a Cross outside St Matthew’s Church was decided upon, Rev Disney placed a letter in the Skegness News:

A SKEGNESS WAR MEMORIAL
Dear Sir: Your readers will like to know that the Earl of Yarborough, Lord Lieutenant of the County, has consented lo come on Thursday the 15th, of November to unveil the Memorial, at a Dedication Service which we hope to make worthy of the occasion.

To ensure perfect accuracy in the names of the Fallen and with a view to producing a Form of Service which may be prized as a memento, a communication has been addressed to the relatives 0f the Men asking for fuller details that can be placed on the, Memorial.
It may be that in spite of the care taken to complete the list, some name has been omitted. The Committee will be extremely grateful if information can be sent to me without delay in such a case.
Yours faithfully,
Wm. DISNEY,Hon Sec to the Committee, The Rectory, Skegness.

The War Memorial Unveiling Ceremony

The following ‘Order of Service’ was printed in the Skegness news the day before the ceremony was to take place:

Lord Yarborough unveiling the War Memorial at St Matthew’s Church, Skegness.

Photo below: (left to right) The Earl of Yarborough PC; The Right Reverened Bishop J Taylor Smith CB CVO DD, Chaplain-General to the Forces; The Rev William Disney, MA; Major-General The Earl of Scarbrough, GBE KCB.