All Saints, Heneage Road, Grimsby – Roll of Honour
(TA 270093)
Location
The Roll of Honour is currently stored at the North East Lincolnshire Archives, in Town Hall Square, Grimsby, DN31 1HX, telephone number 01472 323585 The Reading Room at the Archives is open to visitors from 10am to 1230pm and then 130pm to 400pm on weekdays only. It is advisable to ring before attending as there is limited space. There is a small car park outside with a 1 hour restriction, but the nearest car park is the multi- storey in Osborne St.
Inscription
PARISH OF ALL SAINTS ROLL
GRIMSBY
ROLL OF HONOUR
1914 1918
To Commemorate the men of Grimsby- who at the call of duty, left all that was dear to them, endured hardship and face dangers so –that others might live in Freedom. Let those who come after see to it that their names are not forgotten
There are 1390 names listed altogether, mostly in alphabetical order, though if you look closely at the list you will notice that this is not strictly followed. In some cases ranks are there, together with service, regiment and decorations, but in others just the name is given. It would therefore appear that the roll was made up from names provided by the relatives of the deceased, and from the living. There is a distinction made between those who were killed outright and those who died from their injuries, or who died in some other way. The wounded are also listed, and those who survived unscathed. The persons killed have crosses before their names and in some cases these are made of gold leaf, suggesting that their relatives paid for this decoration. The names are recorded in black ink, into a leather bound book, measuring 270mm x 230mm x 90mm thick. Below is an example of a typical page – note the crosses some in gold leaf.
History of the Memorial
According to Kelly’s Directory for Lincolnshire 1922 in Great Grimsby “ All Saints is a parish formed in 1898 from the parish of Clee. The church in Heneage Road was erected in 1906 at a cost of £8000. In 1919, a window was placed in the east wall of the church as a memorial to the men of the parish who fell during the Great War 1914 to 1918 designed and erected by Barliston and Gryllis, the cost being raised by subscription amongst parishioners”
The Directory makes no mention of the Roll of Honour, which still exists whilst the window does not, the church having become derelict following a merger with a neighbouring parish, and has been pulled down.
The Roll of Honour was given to the Archives by a parishioner in 1989. It was rebound by the then archive conservator Tim Edwards, using a grant provided by a local Grimsby company. The archives gave a receipt to the Rev M.D. Liles in August 1990 for the Roll of Honour. The memorial is in very good condition and is stored in the archives.
Transcription of the Roll of Honour continues on WAR memorial 7b
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