War memorials, North Yorkshire
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Stourton and Thwaitegate (Leeds)
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The Stourton and Thwaitegate Cross
The Stourton and Thwaitegate Cross
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The memorial cross is significant as it was the idea of Sarah Ann Smith who founded the British War Graves Association. It is now situated at the junction of Wakefield Road and Pontefract Road, Stourton. It came from St Andrew's parish church about a hundred metres down Pontefract Road. The church was built 1898 and demolished in 1973.

The memorial is a cross set on a square plinth, with the dedications and commemorations in brass lettering on the sides of the plinth.

75 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War.

1 soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on this memorial.

Private Arthur Lax, 36373. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Tom and Alice Lax, of 74, Commercial St., Rothwell, Leeds. Killed 4 October 1917. Aged 22.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Buried BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private Lax's Name Commemorated on the Stourton and Thwaitegate Cross
Private Lax's Name Commemorated on the Stourton and Thwaitegate Cross
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