Memorial
Staithes WW1 Wheel Cross
The Memorial Cross
Source: Copyright Mike Coyle
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Current Location
ON LAND NEAR RAILWAY STATION, Staithes, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
OS Grid Reference
NZ 780 180
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 30777
- Description
- WHEEL CROSS OF PINK GRANITE SET ON TAPERING PLINTH. TWO-STEPPED BASE. INCISED BLACK LETTERING. CELTIC CARVING ON HEAD OF CROSS.
- Inscription
- STAITHES WAR MEMORIAL/ TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 37
- Died
- 37
- Information shown
- surname,rank,forename
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 29
- Died
- 29
- Information shown
- surname,rank,forename,decorations
- Additional Information
- Details of name list not known/partially known
- War
- First World War - civilians
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- surname,forename
Components
- Cross
Made from: Granite - Pink
Condition: Good
- Whitby Gazette 19 Aug. 1921
- Silent Witnesses: War Memorials of Whitby and District by Cordelia Stamp pp.30-31 Published:Caedmon of Whitby 2003 Whitby