Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Harrogate
- Town
- Hampsthwaite
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29784
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Current location
ST THOMAS A BECKETT CHURCH
Church Lane
Hampsthwaite
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG3 2HB
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 25944 59042
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WHEEL CROSS OF STONE SURMOUNTS TAPERING STONE PLINTH. PLINTH BEARS INSCRIPTION AND NAMES. SET IN TWO-STEPPED STONE BASE. CELTIC-STYLE CARVING DESIGN ON HEAD AND SHAFT OF CROSS.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO / THE HONOUR OF/ HAMPSTHWAITE MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ FREEDOM, JUSTICE & COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR,/ 1914-1919/ 1939-1945/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ (NAMES)/ 1939 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Appleby, Arthur L
Barker, Arthur
Barker, F William
Barker, Harold
Barker, W Stanley
Barren, Tom
Bottomley, Basil H
Brown, Stephen
Ellis, Thomas
Gill, Newton
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
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
- A board in the church containing biographical detail of the 22 dead from the village. Probably the same as is available on the website.
- Other website www.hampsthwaite.org.uk/villagehistory/436
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