Claxby St Mary
(TF111945)

  	The following is a brief review of the War Memorial to the fallen of the Second World War situated in the Parish Church of St Mary's, CLAXBY. Personal data is drawn from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC).

The memorial comprises a cream marble tablet erected adjacent to the pulpit on the South side of the nave. It stands some 48 ''off the floor and measures approximately 36 " by 20 ". At the top of the tablet is a cross surrounded by a wreath with a scroll (no inscription) underneath. It bears the following words

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1939 - 1945

                                 IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
                                             CLAXBY BOYS

                                          ALBERT      ARLISS
                                          ALAN      BRISTOW
                                              ROY     WILSON
                         
                                  WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
                                   THE SECOND WORLD WAR
                                                       AND
                                     IN GRATITUDE FOR THE
                               SAFE RETURN OF THESE WHO
                         SERVED IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES

                    D R BRISTOW                 	E ROACH
                    J S BRISTOW                 	J ROBINSON WAAF
                    G BYCROFT                   	C SAUNBY
                    W DALTON                   	J B SHARP
                    H FIELDSEND                 	G. SLATER
                    C T HEWSON                 	M.E.H. SMITH  ATS
                    S L HEWSON WAAF      	N SURFLEET
                    L R OGG                          	A WRESELL  ATS

 	Albert Ernest Arliss was the son of Albert Ernest and Louise Beatrice Arliss, husband of Lena Irene Arliss and served as Lance Corporal 4975381 in the Sherwood Foresters.    He was killed in action on the 25th April 1943 aged 23 years and is buried in the Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery in Tunisia.

Alan Edwin Hannis Bristow served as Private 14568000 in A Company of the 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment and was the son of William Charles and Elisabeth Ellen Bristow of Claxby. He was killed in action aged 19 on the 10th January 1941 and lies buried in the Cassino War Cemetery in Italy.

Roy Wilson. This man has not been identified although two men bearing this name were killed whilst serving with the 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 

Claxby – Memorial Tree

TF 113 945

UKNIWM Ref: 54254
	A duel purpose memorial to commemorate the Millennium and the World War Two fallen, it comprises a Brass Plaque 20cm high by 25cm wide on a Oak Board and a Oak Sapling which in October 2003 was healthy and standing some 12 feet.

	It stands in small garden at the junction of Normanby Rise and Mulberry Road.
	
	The inscription of the Brass Plaque reads as follows.

THIS OAK TREE WAS PLANTED
FOR THE MILLENIUM
IN MEMORY OF
THE CLAXBY BOYS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
ON ACTIVE SERVICE
DURING THE 2ND WORLD WAR
1939 – 1945

ALBERT ARLISS
ALAN BRISTOW
ROY WILSON

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