Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Scarborough
- Town
- Commondale
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 31st August 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 30449
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Current location
AT ROAD JUNCTION
Sandhill Bank
Commondale
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO21 2HG
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 66283 10507
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone cross with tapering shaft set on square-set stone plinth. Plinth bears tablet on each side made of stoneware.
- Inscription
- IN HONOURED/ MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ COMMONDALE/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR/ GOD, KING AND /COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ "THEIR NAME/ SHALL REMAIN/ FOR EVER AND/ THEIR GLORY/ SHALL NOT BE/ BLOTTED OUT/ LEST WE FORGET/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cockerill, Alfred
Foster, Charles E
Gibson, Thomas
Hill, William
Johnson, David
Lawson, Samuel
Leggott, Robert H
Monk, Thomas
Robinson, Frederick W
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 10
Exact count: no
Information shown: forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Commondale War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Commondale Memorial
- WMO ID: 157391
- Condition: Good [last updated on 23-04-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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