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    Memorial

    Lythe

    Main Memorial

    Source: Copyright Rachel Farrand

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    Current Location

    St Oswalds Church, 24, Lythe Bank, Lythe, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO21 3RW, England

    OS Grid Reference

    NZ 85012 13161

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    30608
    Description
    Closed lantern depicting Christ crucified surmounts octagonal column. Column surmounts square-set stone plinth. Carved lettering on plinth.
    Inscription
    TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ ALSO SEVEN UNKNOWN SAILORS BURIED AT LYTHE 1914-1918/ "UNTO GOD'S GRACIOUS MERCY WE COMMIT/ THEM. THE LORD BLESS THEM AND KEEP THEM./ THE LORD LIFT UP THE LIGHT OF HIS COUNT/ENANCE UPON THEM AND GIVE THEM PEACE/ BOTH NOW AND FOR EVERMORE AMEN "REMEMBER THEM O GOD AND/ BRING THEM UNTO GLORY THROUGH THE/ SUFFERING AND DEATH OF THE CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION."
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    17
    Died
    17
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname
    Maintenance History
    2003: some erosion of lettering.

    Ceremonies

    Rededicated

    10 October 2011

    Archbishop of York Dr. John Sentamu

    Components

    Cross

    Height: C3000mm


    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Unknown


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    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    173537

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Henry Atkinson

    • Francis Elliott Mead

    • Charles G Brett

    • Charles William Corbett

    • Wm Bedlington Taylor

    • John Henry Walker

    • Eustace William Harland

    • William Mead

    • Russel Constantine

    • Charles Phipps

    • F A Rippingille

    • Henry Cowen

    • Thomas Dixon

    • John William Gibbon

    • Harry Gibbon

    • Silent Witnesses: War Memorials of Whitby and District by Cordelia Stamp pp.24-25. Published:Caedmon of Whitby 2003 Whitby