by admin | Sep 23, 2016 | Crosses, Surrey
Frederick Thomas Longhurst “Thoughts of Laventie from home” Location: St. Martin’s churchyard East Horsley Surrey KT24 6RL Details on cross: IWGC 330 99 L/CPL. LONGHURT. 2/8 WORCESTERS. 3.9.18 PLACED ON MOTHER’S GRAVE FROM LAVENTIE CEMETERY RHODA LONGHURST Text type...
by admin | Sep 22, 2016 | Crosses, Unknown soldier, Yorkshire
Unknown British Soldier Location: St Hilda’s Church, Gibraltar road, Halifax West Yorkshire HX1 4HE Details on cross: At top of vertical GRU Cartouche states simply: GRU Across the horizontal arm Unknown British Soldier just below. (could this be a grave location in...
by admin | Sep 21, 2016 | Crosses, Unknown soldier, Wrexham (Clwyd)
Unknown British Soldier Christ Church Graveyard, Rossett, Nr. Wrexham Wrexham County borough (Clwyd) LL12 0GD Details on cross: This is a replica cross made in 1999 unfortunately we could not find out any more about it. There is only the cross member remaining of the...
by admin | Sep 21, 2016 | Crosses, Derbyshire
George William Nixon Location: Rectory Road Upper Langwith Mansfield Derbyshire NG20 9RE Details on Cross: In memory of No 38665 Gnr G W Nixon 4th Bty M.M.G.S Killed in action April 28th 1918 Dimensions: Shaft height: 1600mm (63 inches) Cross beam width: 610mm (24...
by admin | Sep 20, 2016 | Crosses, Midlothian
Charles John Alexander Cowan Location: St James the Less Broomhill Road, Penicuik Midlothian EH26 9EE Details on cross: Tag at top of shaft – I.W.G.C. Three lines of metal tags: CAPT. COWAN. 12/R. SCOTS. 25.3.18. Text type: GRU metal tags Cross dimensions...
by admin | Sep 19, 2016 | Crosses
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie Location: All Saints Church, Coleshill, Oxfordshire. Postcode: SN6 7PT Coleshill is a small village sat on the Oxfordshire/Wiltshire border, owned by the National Trust. For over 500 years, it was owned by one family, the Pleydell family....
by admin | Sep 14, 2016 | Battalion or division, Crosses, Gloucestershire
10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Location: Christchurch Lansdown Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2JH Details on cross: RIP OFFICERS NCO AND MEN 10TH BATTN GLOSTER REGT KILLED IN ACTION HIGH WOOD AREA AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 1916 Text type: Black hand painted...
by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Crosses, Norfolk
Arthur Perceval Green Location: The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity and All Saints Winterton-on-Sea Norfolk NR29 4GN Details on cross: LIEUT. A P GREEN. 7th NORFOLK REGT Killed in Action Aged 22...
by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Crosses, Northamptonshire
Bruce Lorence Capell Location: All Saints Church Flore Northamptonshire NN7 4LZ Details on cross: Cross is heavily built and has side supports at 45 degree angles. In Loving Memory of Bruce Lorence Capell 2nd Lt (MC) 2/1 North Midland (Staffs) R.G.A....
by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Crosses, Kent, Multiple crosses
Brothers William & Charles Chapman Location: St Mary the Virgin Church. Nackington, Canterbury Kent. CT4 7AD Details on the Cross: There are actually two crosses, located next to each other on the wall, through the church, turn right and located beside the 2nd...
by admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Crosses, Multiple crosses, Suffolk
Seymour and Miles Barne Access to the church is by walking about half to 3/4 of a mile across the Estate lands, no direct vehicular access to the Church, on a private estate. Car parking is literally on the side of the road, cross a stile and follow painted black...
by admin | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog
We are we believe about a quarter of a way through the locations thanks to some sterling work from all of you. What has been especially nice has been the ones that we’ve been finding that don’t appear to have been recorded in any of the semi-official...
