Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Harrogate
- Town
- Harrogate
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1919
Attended by: Marie, the Grand Duchess George of St Petersburg, and the organising committee.
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29724
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Current location
At the roadside
Wetherby Road/The Stray
Harrogate
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG2 7RZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 31597 55317
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Celtic cross of rough-hewn stone. Inscription and names on stone plaque of base. Surrounded by low chain fence. Sword in relief on head and shaft of cross.
- Inscription
- TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE NINE MEN WHO DIED OF WOUNDS/ IN THE HOSPITALS OF/ HIH THE GRAND DUCHESS GEORGE OF RUSSIA/ IN HARROGATE/ DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ AND THOSE WHO AFTER LEAVING THE HOSPITALS/ FELL ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE/ I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. HE THAT/ BELIEVETH IN ME THO HE WERE DEAD YET SHALL HE LIVE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bailey, William
Crown, Arthur J
Farrer, Ramsden
Meadwell, Percy
Owen, Jonathan
Penton, William
Robinson, John E
Sewell, Oliver
Thomas, William H
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 1.7M, width 0.60M
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Great War Forum http:// 1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=157056
- www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm15F98_Grand_Duchess_George_Of_Russia_Memorial_Cross_Harrogate_UK
- Family Tree Magazine April 2016, pages 44 to 45, including a photograph of the memorial on unveiling day
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