Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cairn
- District
- Richmondshire
- Town
- Hawes
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 17 July 2016
Attended by:
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71539
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Current location
On the green
opposite the primary school
Turfy Hill/Gayle Lane junction
Hawes
Richmondshire
North Yorkshire
DL8 3RF
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 86999 89857
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tapering cairn of local stone on a local stone base, with the names in two columns beneath a Latin cross and the commemoration, all on a slate tablet.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE/ FROM THE PARISHES OF HAWES AND HIGH/ ABBOTSIDE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ TIMES OF WAR TO KEEP OUR NATION SAFE HAWES & GAYLE 1914-1918/ [43 names] 1939-1945/ [8 names] HARDRAW 1914-1918/ [8 names] 1939-1945/ 4 names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Akrigg, Michael
Alderson, Ralph
Allen, Herbert
Bacon, Charles E
Banks, James
Bell, Harold
Birtle, Thomas M
Butt, George
Calvert, Miles
Chilton, Harry
See details for all 63 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, home village
Order of information: home village THEN surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 51
Served and returned: 0
Died: 51
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, home village
Order of information: home village THEN surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 25mm, height 890mm, width 360mm
Materials: Slate - Base
Measurements: depth 1500mm, height 200mm, width 1500mm
Materials: Stone - Cairn
Measurements: depth 970-700mm, height 1650mm, width 970-700mm
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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
- Hawes, Gayle and Hardraw Memorial Cairn
- WMO ID: 259441
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
Details: Built by Hawes & High Abbotside Parish Council with a £500 grant from Richmondshire District Council and £400 from the sale of the old Methodist Chapel, November 2015 to May 2016 - Responsibility
- Royal British Legion
- Reference
- www.hawesandhighabbotsidepc.co.uk/Archive---Minutes-of-Meetings.php (Minutes of meetings of October 2014, Jan, February, May and November 2015)
- www.hawesandhighabbotsidepc.co.uk/ (Minutes of Meetings Jan, March and May 2016, Agendas for meetings on 8thAug & 24th October 2016-the latter to name the green)
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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