The Military Chapel in the south-east bay of the south transept contains a cross for the dead of the Second World War carved by Robert Thompson. He was known as the Mouse Man of Kilburn and was famous for carving a small mouse on each piece of furniture he produced. You can see the mice carved on some of the chairs – 11 in all. The village of Kilburn in the Yorkshire Dales has a museum which attracts thousands of visitors every year.
The Chapel commemorates those who died in World War ll and the conflict in Malaya. The altar frontal, with its regimental emblems, was designed and made in 1997 by Margaret Grimshaw, a member of the Minster congregation.
Stained glass in the south window of the south transept was installed in 1921 in memory of those who had died in the war and symbolises ‘the Age-Long Conflict between Good and Evil’.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.
The Cenotaph may be found in the central bay.
From the late 19th century the East Yorkshire regiment made its home in the town of Beverley and many memorials to members of this regiment are housed in the south aisle of the nave. In the niches of the cenotaph illuminated scrolls bear the names of officers and men of the East Yorkshire regiment who gave their lives.
Other screens show the names of the 7,500 men of the East Riding who were killed when serving with other regiments.
The Henin Cross is featured in the first bay.
A wooden cross had been erected on Henin Hill, Arras, France which was dedicated to the officers and men of the 64th Infantry Brigade who fell on 9th April 1917 in capturing part of the Hindenburg line. In July 1931 this wooden cross was replaced by a stone cross and the original was placed in the Minster.