by admin | Aug 20, 2016 | Crosses, Norfolk
George Frederick Molyneux Montgomerie Location: St John the Baptist Town/village: Garboldisham County: Norfolk Postcode: IP22 2SE Details on cross: GRU tags on top upright G.R.U L 42 Painted on circle IN LOVING MEMORY MAJOR G.F.M MONTGOMERIE 3rd Battalion Grenadier...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Crosses, German, Oxforshire
Location: St Marys Church Town: Childrey, Vale Of White Horse County: Oxfordshire Postcode: OX12 9PQ Details on cross: GRU tag affixed to the top. Wording: RICKMAN ENGL. KAPITAINE GEF. 26.8.14 At the bottom of the cross, affixed engraved brass plaque (photo attached)...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Crosses, Gloucestershire
Raymond Cecil Smith Location St Nicholas church, Church Lane Town/Village Kemerton County Gloucestershire Postcode GL20 7HX Details on cross: 4 GRU tags 6.10.18 54040 PTE R C SMITH SOUTH STAFFS REGT I.W.G.C Text type: GRU Tags Cross dimensions in mm Shaft Height 580...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Crosses, Yorkshire
Location: Duke of Wellington’s museum Address: Akroyd Park, Boothtown Rd, Halifax County: Yorkshire Postcode: HX3 6HG. The cross was originally in Reninghelst church, just west of Ypres. The typed citation beneath the cross reads: This memorial to the officers and a...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Ayrshire, Crosses
Robert Inglis Location: Dailly Parish Church Town/village: Main Street, Dailly County: Ayrshire Postcode: KA26 9SD Details on cross: On the cross beam: LIEUT R INGLIS 13TH – BLACK WATCH Text type: GRU Metal tags, corroded Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Shaft...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Crosses, Norfolk
John Gilbert Overman Location: St Peter’s church Town/village: Weasenham St Peter County: Norfolk Postcode: PE30 4AF Details on cross: At head of cross ‘GRU’ On plate 2nd Lieut A/Captain John Gilbert Overman 9th Batt KOYLI killed in action Sep 9th...
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Crosses, Hampshire
PHILIP GIESLER Norbury Location: The Royal Military Police Museum Town/village: Defence College of Policing and Guarding, Southwick Park, Fareham County: Hampshire Postcode: PO17 6EJ Details on cross: Metal Tags. GRU Lt R (should be P) G Norbury. 7/Buffs 1/7/1916....
by admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Crosses, Gloucestershire
Location Gloucester docks, 31 commercial Road Town/Village Gloucester County Gloucestershire Postcode GL1 2HE White painted cross with circle. Blacked stencilled letting on both upright and on cross beam, with a motif or design on the 4 circle quadrants. Details on...
by admin | Aug 12, 2016 | Blog
The story of Two Battlefield Crosses: Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Hedley Charlton and Captain Richard Godolphin Hume Chaloner, Saint Nicholas Church, Guisborough. Dr Martyn Hudson There are two crosses in the parish church of Guisborough, North Yorkshire, and each of...
by admin | Aug 12, 2016 | Crosses, Yorkshire
Bernard Hedley Charlton Location: Saint Nicholas Church Town/village: Guisborough County: North Yorkshire Postcode: TS14 6BS Details on cross: The cross is high up on the north west wall of the Memorial Chapel and is difficult to access and to read tags. Bernard...
by admin | Aug 12, 2016 | Blog
Over the past twenty years of walking the tracks of Courcelette I have picked up a variety of objects that are strewn across the ploughed fields and tracks where trenches were once defended or attacked. Ordinance is most common along with the ubiquitous shrapnel...
by admin | Aug 12, 2016 | Crosses, Derbyshire
Lord Henry Gorell (Barnes) Location: St Peter & St Paul church Town: Old Brampton, Chesterfield County: Derbyshire Postcode: S42 7JG Details on Cross: MAJOR LORD GORELL DSO 19th LONDON BATTy RFA KILLED IN ACTION 16.1.17 Text type: Hand painted in black Cross...
