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Saundby - St Martin of Tours Church

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The Saundby War Memorial consists of a brass plaque on the south wall inside St Martin’s Church. The four names on it of Saundby men who died during the First World War represents a very high percentage of the men who had gone to war from the small group of farms and cottages which comprised the village in those days. Photo provided courtesy of the Beckingham and Saundby Local History Group

UKNIWM Ref - 27062

DN22 9ER. Saundby St Martin of Tours is a redundant church (1986) and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The memorial is a brass plaque with the inscription: 'To the Glory of God and in memory of (names) who fell in the Great War 1914- 1918 'Faithful unto death'.

Memorial location
Names on Memorial

William Arthur Chambers - William Arthur Chambers

Herbert Vallance - Herbert Vallance

John Wainwright - John Wainwright

Walter Herbert Yates - Walter Herbert Yates

Photos
  • The Saundby War Memorial consists of a brass plaque on the south wall inside St Martin’s Church. The four names on it of Saundby men who died during the First World War represents a very high percentage of the men who had gone to war from the small group of farms and cottages which comprised the village in those days. Photo provided courtesy of the Beckingham and Saundby Local History Group
    Saundby War memorial - St Martin's Church - The Saundby War Memorial consists of a brass plaque on the south wall inside St Martin’s Church. The four names on it of Saundby men who died during the First World War represents a very high percentage of the men who had gone to war from the small group of farms and cottages which comprised the village in those days. Photo provided courtesy of the Beckingham and Saundby Local History Group
  • photo showing St Martin's Church at Saundby, courtesy of Peter Gillings
    Saundby - St Martin's Church - photo showing St Martin's Church at Saundby, courtesy of Peter Gillings