Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Scarborough
- Town
- Sleights
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 18 March 1920
Attended by: Miss Yeoman, Lady of the Manor. - Dedicated
Date: 18 March 1920
Attended by: Rev. Donald Walker (vicar), J. Taylor Binns (Wesleyan) - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 30770
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Current location
Coach Road/ Iburndale Lane
Sleights
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO22 5EL
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 86616 06949
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- PINK GRANITE CROSS SURMOUNTING TAPERING GRANITE COLUMN. COLUMN STANDS ON SQUARE-SET GRANITE PLINTH. TWO-STEPPED BASE. INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON PLINTH AND BASE.
- Inscription
- ERECTED / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE FALLEN HEROES OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FOUGHT AND FELL IN THE GREAT/ WAR 1914-1919/ AND THE/ 1939-1945 WAR/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allan, A M
Anderson, G E
Bell, E
Binns, N H
Brodrick-english, J F
Brooksbank, H E
Brooksbank, S
Elwick, T
Green, H
Henderson, E G
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: 0
Died: 31
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank
Order of information: rank THEN surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, forenames, decorations
Order of information: rank
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth C 500MM, height C 2000MM, width C 500MM
Materials: Granite - Pink, Granite - Aberdeen
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 19 March 1920
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