Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Craven
- Town
- Linton-in-Craven
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 14th May 1921
Attended by: Bishop of Bradford - Unveiled
Date: 14th May 1921
Attended by: Bishop of Bradford - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29665
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Current location
by the Gates at the entrance to the church yard
St Michael & All Angels Church
Church Road
Linton-in-Craven
Craven
North Yorkshire
BD23 6BQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 00451 63217
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- OCTAGONAL LATIN CROSS AND SHAFT ON SQUARE PLINTH AND THREE STEPPED BASE. IN FENCED ENCLOSURE
- Inscription
- FRONT FACE: (WW2 NAMES) SALUTE THE BRAVE WHO GAVE/ THEIR ALL FOR US/ (WW2 NAMES)/ 1914 - 1919/ 1939 - 1945 SIDES: (WW1 NAMES) REAR: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Beaumont, Benjamin
Blakey, Herbert
Bownas, Robert
Burley, William
Campbell, William G.
Chapman, Christopher
Chapman, Jack
Chapman, Raymond
Crowther, Maurice R.
Crowther, Norman
See details for all 45 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 33
Served and returned: 0
Died: 33
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename,decorations, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 12FT
Materials: Stone - Bolton Woods - Plinth
Measurements: height 2FT, width 2FT
Materials: Stone - Bolton Woods - Case
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Glass - Book
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Leather, Paper
- Cross
- 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
- LINTON IN CRAVEN
- WMO ID: 94635
- Condition: Good [last updated on 04-12-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM858 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=270
- www.cpgw.org.uk/local-war-memorials/linton-in-craven-yorkshire/
- "Linton-in-Craven War Memorial." Historic England, historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1466724. Accessed 6 August 2024.
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