Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Scarborough
- Town
- Commondale
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 30519
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Current location
North Yorkshire Moors midway between Commondale and Guisdale
Commondale
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 64695 11758
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Standing on open moorland, the war memorial comprises a narrow, round-headed gritstone pillar c2m high, with rough diagonal tooling, set on a low stone base. At the top, the badge of the Grenadier Guards is carved in relief in a small panel. Below that a panel occupying the centre of the pillar’s face carries the inscription
- Inscription
- FOR REMEMBRANCE/ GUARDSMEN/ BOBBY LEGGOTT KILLED IN ACTION 1916/ ALF COCKERILL DIED OF WOUNDS 1920/ DUTY 1914
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cockerill, Alf
Leggott, Robbie
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,forename,manner of death, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Gritstone
- Pillar
- Listing information
- Commondale Shepherds' 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 Shepherd's Memorial
- WMO ID: 235348
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 23-10-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Clark, F. (2014) “Their Names Are Carved With Sadness”, The Grenadier Gazette 37, pp78-80 available at www.grengds.com/uploads/files/filepath_444.pdf
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