World War I Memorial Cross - Thorp Arch, UK
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N 53° 54.472 W 001° 20.525
30U E 608910 N 5974544
This memorial cross was erected to commemorate the men of Boston Spa who died in World War I.
Waymark Code: WM14E68
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/21/2021
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The memorial is in the form of a two-stepped sandstone base surmounted by a square plinth, shaft and wheel cross.
There are three bronze dedication plaques.
front face.
IN THANKSGIVING TO
ALMIGHTY GOD
AND IN REMEBRANCE OF THOSE
WHO FELL AND OF THOSE WHO
SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED
BY THE PEOPLE OF
THORP ARCH
1920
Right hand face
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
A.B. ARCHER.
L/C E. DICKENSON
Lt A. GRIFFITHS
Pte W. HUSCROFT
Lt. G. MERRY
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R.N.
10th R.W.F.
2nd DORSET R.
6th LEIC. R.
47th M.G.C.
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Left hand face
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
Pte. W. MILNER
Pte A. SMITH
Lt J. WARNER D.F.C.
Pte G. WHARTON
Pte. C. WILSON
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15th W.Y.R.
1st R.W.K.R.
R.F.C.
26th W.Y.R.
24th K.O.Y.L.I.
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Leeds City Council
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
Bridge Foot and Causeway
Thorp Arch, Yorkshire United Kingdom
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