Selby, Yorkshire - by: BereniceUK

The ABW and Great War memorial tablets are now both in Selby Cemetery, having originally been placed in the Volunteer Drill Hall.


There was a large gathering at the Selby Volunteer Drill Hall on Thursday night, where Ethel Lady Beaumont, of Carlton Towers, unveiled a war tablet which had been erected to the memory of the Selby men who served in the recent South African campaign. Colonel White, V.D., commanding the 1st Volunteer Battalion P.W.O. West Yorkshire Regiment, presided, and supporting him were Lieutenant Hawdon, V.D., and Mrs Hawdon, Lieutenant Huffam (commanding the Selby Company) and Mrs Huffam, Lieutenant and Mrs Thompson, Superintendent and Mrs Birkhead, and Mr and Mrs R. Hodgson.
It was stated that the subscriptions were almost equal to the sum expended, and that every member of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association had contributed.

Hull Daily Mail, Friday 29th July 1904