Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Harrogate
- Town
- Ramsgill
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 30276
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Current location
Centre of Village
Ramsgill War Memorial
Wath Road (Nidderdale Way)
Ramsgill
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG3 5RL
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 11905 70960
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Single-stepped rectangular base surmounted by a tapering rectangular sectioned plinth, bolster and square sectioned obelisk. Incised inscription and names on three faces of plinth. Text infilled with black paint. The whole memorial is enclosed by a post and chain fence.
- Inscription
- Plinth face 1: TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR, 1914 -1918. / (7 NAMES) // Plinth face 2: SERVED. / (16 NAMES) // Other plinth face: SERVED. / (15 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, Christopher
Brown, F O
Brown, G E
Brown, M
Elliot, J
Grass, J A
Grass, W
Harker, J W
Harker, Richard
Harrison, Herbert
See details for all 38 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 38
Served and returned: 31
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Fallen, served, forename, forename initials, surname
Order of information: Fallen, served. (Served names listed in alphabetical order)
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height c 3000mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone
- Obelisk
- 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
- Ramsgill
- WMO ID: 214983
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 26-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Spring 2000. Lettering badly eroded.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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