The main memorial can be found on the wall of the Lady Chapel. In the style of a triptych, the names are engraved in black on the three-panel wooden memorial. Some of the names at the base of the each column are faded and extremely difficult to read.

The church served the families who lived in the densely populated terraced houses of what was then called New Cleethorpes. The small properties were built to accommodate the house to thousands of people who moved to the area to work in the fishing industry. As a result, there are more names on this memorial than many of the others in the area.

As well as the main memorial, the chapel also had a number of brass wall plaques commemorating individuals who died in the First World War.

Opposite the main memorial is a Greek icon, which was presented to the church following the First World War.

During the First World War, the church was used by the Red Cross - many of the 3rd Manchester Regiment were brought to St Aidan's following the bombing of he Baptist Church in Cleethorpes where they were billeted.

The name S Wheelhouse appears on the memorial - commemorating Grimsby Town Football Club captain, Sid Wheelhouse, who joined the footballers' battalion, but was killed in action in France.

The memorial reads:

NAVY
E J Pratt
J H D Crane
H Watts
C Doughty
R Foot
C Stephenson
J H Ireland
S Makins
J J Nash
W J Finch
R E George
A True
G J Cressey
T D Bass
W Fisher
Jas W S Grice
T E Burton
H Day
W J Venney
W ? Borman
W Cann
T Mason
J W Blakelock
W Royall
C V Crossley
H Lane
M Reynolds
H Dalton
J Osborne
A C Cable
J Woolnough
E W Outhouse
C W Felcey
B Withinson
P Clark
G Westcott
S Anderson
E W Payne
J Davis
J Davison
J Dart
J A Smith
J S Macey
F Hall
J W Lord
W S N Richards
F R McKenzie
J H Ford

ARMY
R Stratton
V H Sowerby
N McHardy
A T Charles
T Overend
C W Wilcox
F R Hallam
E A Gibbs
G Gibbs
R Smith
H W Miller
J T Goodhand
S F Wilson
F L Newton
H E Glover
E Earle
C Wenham
H E Bishop
R Brooke
W Taylor
W H Kelsey
J E Goodhand
A R Payne
R Payne
J H Matsall
A E Tye
S Burrow
J Frith
W S Dore
R B Sheppard
C Stephenson
C E Rodgers
R L Sawyer
Jas S Simmons
R Fogarty
W Barnes
A Goulding
F E Ferrier
C T Gayfer
A Kendall
J W Jacobson
W Sanderson
A C Rutter
A T Denton
Jo? Chapman
J E Ellis
A Cook
G E Edmonds
W E Willerton
A E Bell
J E Arundell
E Fogarty
A E Nielson
W Dent
C S Moody
T A Bluette
R Lamming
F H Cheer

NAVY
G Allbones
A E Balls
J W Balory
A O Barber
D Buxton
J Byrne
S Blissett
C R Borman
G H Belsom
W Baumber
R Bray
S A Baker
J Church
R Cook
W Crisp
W E G Conroy
A Carroll
W Cooper
T Dunk
J Emmerson
G Edmonds
W Fish
A Freshwater
J Glass
T H Gilbert
J Grice
W G Gauyfer
W Goodship
G A Hammond
J A Hammond
H Hubbard
B Hillary
A Ives
H Joynes
E Kelsey
F Leonard
J W Leckenby
W Lee
E A Meachen
C M Prior
W C L Potter
G Parton
J W Precious
J Sparrows
J H Stratton
J H Sandford
W G Swabey
J C Smith
H Steer
J Southwell
F Sutcliffe
W Sherwood
S Taylor
E Thompson
T W Turner
J Tofton
W J Wright
P Whincop
T H Woodcock

ARMY
A H Austin
G Barley
J Barrett
J Bridge
A Botterill
W Bacon
A Bacon
J Betts
A Boon
J  Boon
F Crowther
J E Chapman
H Cuppleditch
A E Collins
A Cook
F Cormack
G Dawkins
J Elliott
J Ellis
W Fraser
H Frayne
H Greenacre
G E Grant
H Huxford
B Haywood
C Hall
A Hall
A G Hall
A Houghton
A Jones
J C Lonsdale
L L Lacy
E C Lacy
A Leeson
T E Moore
A Nottingham
A Near
W Outhwaite
W Osborne
H Porter
R Patterson
J W Pownall
S Page
C A Parker
R Parker
S Penny
H Roe
J T Raithby
H Ringgath
J Tuxford
A Stratton
J J Tulloch
J Trushell
R P Williams
W J Wiseman
E Whitton
P Walker
S Wheelhouse
J W Wheatley
E Wilcox
E Gray
F H evesden
F Neale
A Bester
W H Over
C F Haines
A P Roberts
P F Greenleaf
E P Siddle
A Hansen
W Higgins
A Cunningham
W Burkitt

FISHERMEN, ETC

J S Jackson
J Platt
E Hill
F Naylor
G Bradbury
J Wilton
M Hammerton
Jos Harris
S J Southwell
W Watts
J G Boyle
A J Brown
H Wilkinson
A Osmond
T Fenwick
J Hearing
R Jones
E Thompson
F Jackson
F Stephenson
J Payne
A Wells
J Hill
F Hankin
F Green
J Larkin
D Allen
J McPhun
F Harlow
H Howard
I Young
H J Cressey
H Dalton
B G Platt
W Howard
H T Weatherley
W Haines
R Farr
H Hansen
F W Appleyard
H C Payne
M Fisher
J W Ottley
K Smith
R Piercey
W Kemp
G E Sherriff
H Coleman
W Short
M Norman
J Chilton
C H Ireland
J Mitchell
E Kelly
J Constine
W Tozer
H Rowe
A Dawson
W J Hartley
H Sanderson
E Garbutt
F Brewster
F Smith
W Fiddy
J W Sharp
J Peircey
F Freeman
L Olsen (Onlsen?)
T Taylor
W Hammond
A Lambert
H Campbell
A Rowston
C K Ness
W Cox
J James
A Miller
J Dagley
D C Newbury
J Frost
H Smith
E D Stepehens
R Ellis
W Blythe
T Swinburne
A Swinton
W E Read
A Haste
F Fowler
H Banks
A Bird
C Goodry
R Watson
H Kinch
J Cross
J Freeman
J Duffin
J W Freeman
J Welsh
T Clarke
H Sheppard
C J Blyth
C Von Pfug
G Harrington
C Croft
H G Turner
I Mellers
A Manley
K Johannson
G Fullneath
W Nixon
I Chapman
J W Sadler
P Watson
J Kinch
E Blake
W Waters
F Lill
R McPhun
H McPhun

ARMY
C J Routledge
G Scales
H S Smith
R J Staniforth
S Proctor
H day
E Seaton
H E Cole
A Suckley
J E Davies
C Oxley
P Connan
W J George
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R Williamson
C Lucas
H Reynolds
A W Carrington

FISHERMEN AND TRANSPORT

S Gates
J Y Pembroke
A Allard
G J Hine
C C Todd
T Mothersdill
HJ Hillam
H Beeson
G barker
W H Moyse
W L Rowe
T Good
H H Wells
Ed Newman
H J Kerr (Kew?)
W Punch
C E Hill
S E McIver
A E Russell

Brass wall plaques:

In Loving Memory Of

Edgar A Meachen RNR

Aged 42 Years

Engineer on HMT Courtier

Struck a Mine Jan 6 1916

“Nearer my God to Thee”

 
Background
Engineman Edgar Alonzo Meachen is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. The men listed below lost thier lives.

Courtier, ship lost

BARBER, John, Petty Officer 1c (Pens), 130082 (Po)
BLEACH, James, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2892
BLISSETT, Samuel, Ty/Skipper, RNR
DIXON, William, Trimmer, RNR, TS 1041
EDLAND, George W, Cook, RNR, TC 100
LINGARD, Harry W, Engineman, RNR, ES 1584
MEACHEN, Edgar A, Engineman, RNR, ES 874
NEEVE, Henry J, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 2585
PEARCE, George F, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 3172
ROBINSON, Joseph, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 5828
SULLIVAN, Daniel, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4577

To the lasting honour and

In Loving Memory Of

Thomas Ernest Moore

Sergeant 10th (Chums) Lincoln Regt

Aged 25 years

Beloved Husband of Letty M Moore

And elder son of Peter T and Netty B Moore

Killed in Action 1st July 1916

“Thy Will be Done”

 
Background
Serjeant Thomas Ernest Moore, service number 496, was in the B Company of the 10th Battalion. He was the son of Mr and Mrs P T Moore of The Rest, Old Clee, Cleethorpes. He was married to Letty Mary Goodman (formerly Moore), 6 Abercorn Road, Earlsden, Coventry. He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme and had known grave. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

To the Glory of God     In Loving Memory Of

Flight Sergeant

Benjamin Harvey Cheer

(Ben Cheer)

Youngest Son of G J And A Cheer

And a Chorister in the first choir in St Aidan’s Church

Served in the Great War in France and Belgium

As an Aerial Photographer in the Royal Flying Corp and

Royal Air Force

Died in the 26th Stationary Hospital ??????? Egypt

After a short illness following a chill

Contracted whilst flying from Egypt to Palestine

On important Government work

March 9th 1920

Aged 25 years

Interned with full military honours in the British ??????????

Per Ardua Ad Astra

Background
Flight Sergeant Ben Cheer was the son of New Cleethorpes residents, George and Amy Cheer, and the husband of Maud M Cheer, 2 Guildford Road, South Farnborough, Hampshire. He served in the 208th Squadron and is buried in the Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt. Ismailia is a small town west of the Suez Canal.

In Loving Memory Of

Harry Day AB RNVR

One of the first choristers of this church

Took part in the operations in Antwerp,

The Battle of Kantara in Egypt.

Served through the entire Gallipoli campaign

And was killed in action with

Enemy Submarine on Board SS Newlyn

2nd August 1917

Aged 20 Years

He fought and died for his country

Background
Harry was born in Hull and christened John Henry Day. He was the son of Eliza Sarah Foster (formerly Day), 1 Clarendon Villas, Hove, and the late John Frederick Day. The 4,000 ton SS Newlyn was torpedoed by a U Boat off Prawle Point, South Devon, on 2 August 1917. He was one of four crew lost. The CWGC records his age as 21 at the time of his death, although the memorial says that he was 20. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial as well as the Hove Library World War One Memorial.