Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Hall / Institute
- District
- Craven
- Town
- Cracoe
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 17 June 1921
Attended by: Colonel W W Maude - Foundation Stone
Date: May 1998
Attended by: HRH Prince of Wales KG - Show More (1)
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Village Hall
B6265
Cracoe
Craven
North Yorkshire
BD23 6LQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 97311 59778
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- ORIGINALLY AN OLD HUT PURCHASED FROM THE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AT SKIPTON, CONTAINING A VARNISHED WOODEN BOARD. In 1998 this hall was replaced with a newly built hall, and the memorial board moved to the new hall. The old hall was demolished in 2000.
- Inscription
- BOARD: MEN WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ 1914 - 1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Airey, John E
Backhouse, Thomas
Bailey, William
Bateson, Christopher
Child, John
Cowgill, Thomas
Dent, Edgar
Dinsdale, John
Fern, Samuel
Flesher, Harry
See details for all 31 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: 31
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Hall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Board
Measurements: height 750mm, width 900mm
Materials: Wood - Oak - Hall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Hall
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- Craven Herald 3 June 1921 page 5- the original unveiling
- Daily Telegraph 24 May 1999- about sale of the original hall, and the Yorkshire Dales National Park stipulation that the land be returned to green field status
- Yorkshire Post 13 June 1921- original unveiling
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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