Parish Church Of Kirkthorpe Warmfield and Heath Memorial Cross - Kirkthorpe, UK
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N 53° 41.011 W 001° 27.264
30U E 602077 N 5949420
This memorial cross is dedicated to the dead of the 2 World Wars from Warmfield-cum-Heath
Waymark Code: WM17FH6
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/12/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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The parish church covers the area of the three small villages of Kirkthorpe Warmfield and Heath and is situated in Kirkthorpe.

The memorial itself only refers to Warmfield and Heath.

The memorial stands near to the entrance of the church and is a plain Celtic style wheel cross on a square plinth flanked by four supports protruding from each corner.

In stands on a two stepped base surrounded by low chains.

There are two dedication plaques, one for each World War, at the base of the cross.

The World War I dedication
THIS CROSS IS ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF
THE SOLDIERS FROM
WARMFIELD-CUM-HEATH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT STRUGGLE
FOR LIBERTY AND FREEDOM
1914 - 1919
THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
T. BASTOWM. BATTY
H. BOOTHP. BUTCHER
W. CRESWICKR. DOYLE
W. C. FOSTERF. FOX
J. GILLE. GODDARD
E. HANSONI. HEWITT
C. W. HIGGINS  L. E. HORNCASTLE
H. JOHNSONW. JOWITT
F. LEACHC. W. NICHOLSON
E. OATESH. H. RAVEN
T. RHODESG. H. SORBY
F. STANLEYH. STANLEY
F. TAYLORH. TAYLOR
H. TEALR. E. TENNANT
G. S. WALLEYA. WOOD
The World War II dedication
ALSO
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO FELL
IN THE SECOND
WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

H. MORTON
N. GALLOWAY
G. S. LUMB
T. M. P. TEW
T. THOMAS
R. M. WOODHEAD
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