The silk flags above the memorials and in the Percy Chapel are the regimental colours of the East Yorkshire regiment. They were laid up in the Minster in 1911 and left to decay slowly, which is the reason for their state of disrepair. The oldest flag dates from 1859.
The darkened stained glass in the south transept was installed in 1921 in memory of those who died in the First World War and symbolises 'the Age-Long Conflict between Good and Evil'.
The furniture and cross of the south-east chapel are a memorial to the dead of the Second World War, and made by Robert Thompson (the Mouse Man of Kilburn). Some of the chairs in the chapel have mice carved into them - see how many you can find.
The altar rail is to commemorate soldiers killed in Malaya.
O God, who longs to enfold both heaven and earth in a single peace: let your amazing love be at work upon the wasted efforts of our anger, injustice and grief; and give peace to your church, peace among the nations, peace in our homes, and peace in our hearts; through your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen
Based on a prayer by Eric Milner-White (1884-1963)
