Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Harrogate
- Town
- Ripon
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 68394
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Current location
Ripon Cathedral
Minster Road
Ripon
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG4 1QS
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 31444 71123
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular nowy-headed white marble tablet with black incised inscription below a Latin cross set on orange-brown marble.
- Inscription
- IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY/ OF/ THOMAS CROW KIRK/ AGED 17. A PRIVATE IN THE/ 9TH BATTN. WEST YORKSHIRE REGT/ YOUNGEST SON OF/ WILLIAM WILKS AND ISABELLA KIRK/ OF THIS PARISH./ KILLED IN ACTION/ AFTER LANDING AT SUVLA BAY/ 6TH AUGUST 1915,/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918./ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Kirk, Thomas Crow
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname, age at death, rank, regiment, relationships, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- Listing information
- RIPON MINSTER (CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST PETER AND WILFRID)
- Grade I
- 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
- Private Thomas Crow Kirk
- WMO ID: 265584
- Condition: Good [last updated on 08-10-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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