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    Memorial

    Nunnington and Stonegrave

    Nunnington memorial

    Source: Copyright Mike Peck

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    Current Location

    At the cross roads east of the church, cross roads The Avenue and Low Lane (Station Road), The Avenue, Nunnington, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, YO62 5UY, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 66926 79108

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Frederick Whitney

    • Ivan Essex

    • George Harrison

    • Joseph Wray

    • Harry Whitney

    • John Essex

    • William Smailes

    • Thomas Campbell

    • Harry Bradley

    • Maurice Smailes

    • Richard Hildreth

    • Howard Pinkney

    • Charles Wilfrid Young

    • William Sadler

    • Ernest Smith

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    30766
    Description
    Rough hewn Celtic style wheel Cross with rectangular shaft on two stepped base Sword of Sacrifice carved on the front face of the Cross
    Inscription
    IN PROUD AND AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF/ THE BRAVE MEN OF NUNNINGTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES) later additional tablet:1939-1945/ names/ 1914-1918/from Stonegrave/names
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    13
    Died
    13
    Information shown
    forename, surname, regiment
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    3
    Died
    2
    Information shown
    forename, surname

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 8FT


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Poor


    • a locally produced page, undated, listing the names of the 11 WW1 dead on the memorial is on display in the church. The plaque with WW2 names and those from Stonegrave must have been made later