Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Fountain
- District
- Craven
- Town
- Langcliffe
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 17 July 1920
Attended by: Lieutenant Colonel C M BATEMAN DSO TD - Rededicated
Date: 13 August 1995
Attended by: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29662
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Current location
New Street
Langcliffe
Craven
North Yorkshire
BD24 9NH
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 82189 65041
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Octagonal 2 stage plinth surmounted by a cross standing within an octagonal water basin. The plinth is fitted with lion headed spouts to feed the basin. The inscription is on the Upper Plinth. The fountain was actually an earlier Victorian Construction but was converted to be the War Memorial.
- Inscription
- FRONT: IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ OF/ LANGCLIFFE/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES) REAR: (WW1 NAMES) 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Atkinson, R V
Bennett, Cd
Benson, L
Green, G A
Hartley, W
Higginson, J
Hilton, W
Hocking, J H
Monk, T
Percy, T H
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 215mm, height 900mm, width 215mm
Materials: Stone - Plinth
Measurements: depth 320mm, height 770mm, width 320mm
Materials: Stone - Plinth
Measurements: depth 295mm, height 580mm, width 295mm
Materials: Stone - Fountain
Measurements: depth 1740mm dia, height 590mm, width 1740mm dia
Materials: Stone, Bronze
- Cross
- 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
- Langcliffe
- WMO ID: 186354
- Condition: Very bad [last updated on 30-06-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- www.cpgw.org.uk/local-war-memorials/langcliffe-yorkshire/ (for photographs)
- Carter Postcard Collection
- wharfedalefhg.org/index.php/places/war-memorials/255-langcliffe-war-memorial
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