by admin | Dec 14, 2016 | Crosses, Surrey
Location: St Bartholemew’s church Haslemere Surrey GU27 1BW Details on cross: G.R.U. IN MEMORY OF LIEUT H.S.LAWSON 3 2 5 S B P G A KILLED IN ACTION 5 2 18 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): Top row is a GRU tag fixed to the top of the shaft. Remaining...
by admin | Dec 14, 2016 | Crosses, Surrey
Location: All Saints Church Witley Surrey GU8 5PN Details on cross: G.R.U. 2 / LIEUT G. H. SWANN RFC 18.10.17 PER ARDUA AD ASTRA GERALD HUDDART SWANN KILLED IN ACTION 18 October 1917 Aged 18 years THE EARTH HOLDS NOT A FINER GENTLEMAN On brass plaque at foot of cross:...
by admin | Dec 12, 2016 | Crosses, incomplete survey, Multiple crosses, Northamptonshire, Schools & Colleges
Four crosses inside the chapel of Magdalen College School, Brackley, L-R: 2Lt A H B Stace 25 Sqn RAF; Pvt A H Aldous 2/4 Londons; his brother Sgt F L Aldous 54 Canadian Infantry Bn; 2Lt W J Lidsey 16 Sqn RFC (shot down by the Red Baron) Location: Magdalen College...
by admin | Dec 12, 2016 | bedfordshire, Crosses, incomplete survey
JOHN ALGERNON LEVENTHORPE Location: (believed to be) Bedford Old Cemetery Chapel Foster Hill Road Cemetery Bedford Bedfordshire Website Details on Cross: JOHN ALGERNON LEVENTHORPE 56(?) Coy RE Killed in action NEAR KEMMEL 23-1-1915 A curious cross. It appears to be...
by admin | Dec 9, 2016 | Crosses, Fabian Ware presented, Merseyside, Unknown soldier
Unknown British Soldier Presented to the cathedral in a special ceremony on July 16th 1931 by Sir Fabian Ware. Location: Liverpool Anglican Cathedral St James Mount, Liverpool Merseyside L1 7Az Details on cross: Metal GRU Tag at top of shaft I.W.G.C. further down the...
by admin | Dec 8, 2016 | Crosses, London, Multiple names
13 men of the 17th London Regiment (Tower Hamlets Rifles) Location: St Mary and Holy Trinity Church Bow, 230 Bow Road, Bow, London E3 3AH Details on cross: GRU Stamps read: Memor[ial] No.3 In Memory Of The N.C.O.s & Men Of The 17TH London Regiment Att’d...
by admin | Dec 8, 2016 | Crosses, Shropshire
Henry George Coulson Colville (Previously listed as an unknown by IWM) Location: St Chads Main Road, Norton in Hales Shropshire TR9 4AT The cross is located high on the wall at the rear of the church on the left hand side as you face the altar. The cross is mounted...
by admin | Dec 8, 2016 | County Down, Crosses, Museums
John Malone Location: Down County Museum, The Mall, Downpatrick, County Down, BT30 6AH Website Details on the Cross GRU Cartouche at head. IN MEMORY OF SAPPER JOHN MALONE REG No 64005 121ST FIELD COMPANY R.E. KILLED IN ACTION MAY 23 1916 Text type: GRU tag and carved...
by admin | Dec 7, 2016 | Crosses, Gloucestershire
Yvo (or Ivo) Alan Charteris Location Church of St Peter, Stanway, Gloucestershire, GL54 5PQ The cross is located inside the Cotswold stone church on the right wall of the nave just before the chancel Details on cross: Top of Centre Shaft G.R.U Just above cross beam on...
by admin | Dec 5, 2016 | Crosses, Wiltshire
Lord Charles Mercer-Nairne We surveyed the two crosses in Calne, Wiltshire in October, and were very surprised to find both crosses related to the same man, Major Lord Charles Mercer-Nairne. We unearthed some absolute historical gold evidence about one of these...
by admin | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog
Major (Lord) Charles George Francis Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice MVO (12 February 1874 – 30 October 1914) Charles George Mercer-Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice was the younger son of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquis of Lansdowne, and was educated at Eton...
by admin | Dec 1, 2016 | Berkshire, Crosses
Francis William Lindley Gull Location: St Peter & St Paul Church, Yattendon Lane, Yattendon, Berkshire, RG18 0UE Cross Details: A single tag, GRU A circular metal plate attached with nails to the centre of the cross with the wording: R.I.P IN LOVING MEMORY OF...
