Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Harrogate
- Town
- Cowthorpe
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29565
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Current location
St Michael's Church
Oak Road
Cowthorpe
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
LS22 5EY
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 42701 52692
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall-mounted white marble tablet with black marble backboard. Tablet curved at top. Dedication written in incised black lettering.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ PRIVATE FRED LANCASTER/ 12TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGT./ OF COWTHORPE,/ WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918./ HE WAS WOUNDED IN MARCH , AND DIED IN/ HOSPITAL AT ROUEN APRIL 23RD 1918/ AGED 24 YEARS./ "HE DID NOT STOP TO REASON WHEN FIRST THE/ WAR BEGAN, BUT WENT AND DID HIS DUTY LIKE A / SOLDIER AND A MAN."/ "MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Lancaster, Fred
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Rank, year of death, regiment, place of death, forename, place of birth, manner of death, age of death.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 609mm, width 304mm
Materials: Marble - White
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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