by admin | Oct 31, 2016 | Crosses, Nottinghamshire
John Pickard Becher Location: Southwell Minster 4 Vicars Court Town/village: Southwell County: Notts Postcode: NG25 0HD Position: On outside of rear garden wall of 4 Vicars Court, hidden by tree, immediately opposite eastern end of Southwell Minster Details on cross:...
by admin | Oct 31, 2016 | Cheshire, Crosses, Unknown soldier
UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Location: St. Pauls Church Hooton Wirral Cheshire CH66 1QF Details on cross: GRU tag at top of shaft slanting from left to right 13 H 14. Metal tag on cross member Unknown British Soldier. There is a small plaque below the cross member 1914...
by admin | Oct 31, 2016 | Crosses, East Lothian, Multiple crosses
WILLIAM GILBERT HOULDSWORTH & ARCHIBALD SEYMOUR ROSS Location: St Baldred’s Episcopal Church Direlton Avenue, North Berwick East Lothian EH39 4AY Cross 1 WILLIAM GILBERT HOULDSWORTH On the cross beam: WOUNDED LIEUT. W.G. HOULDSWORTH DIED SEPT 13TH SCOTS GUARDS...
by admin | Oct 31, 2016 | Crosses, Sir Y Flint (Flintshire)
Walter Digby Buddicom Location: St. Michael and All Angels Church Nannerch, Flintshire, Wales CH7 5RD Details on cross: GRU tag at top of cross. GRU On cross member are 3 metal tags inscribed Lieut W D Buddicom MC, 4th Hussars, 6th June 1918. Below the cross member is...
by admin | Oct 28, 2016 | Battalion or division, Crosses, Hampshire
1ST DIVISION Location: Aldershot Garrison Church Aldershot Hampshire GU11 1QA Details on cross: Standard cross with four cross-pieces surrounding the intersection of the main shaft and the main cross beam. The cross is mounted on top (and partly into) a concrete base...
by admin | Oct 28, 2016 | Crosses, Nottinghamshire
WILLIAM GADD BALL Location: St Annes Church Sutton Bonnington Nottinghamshire LE12 5NJ Details on cross: In MEMORY OF W. G. BALL ROYAL RIP FUSILIER AGED 19 YEARS WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS APRIL 9th 1917 Text type (e.g. hand-written,...
by admin | Oct 28, 2016 | Crosses, Sir Y Flint (Flintshire)
Herbert Hamilton Croft Location: St. Deiniols Church Hawarden Nr. Chester Flintshire Wales CH5 3LT Details on cross: No GRU tags but a more recent looking small brass plaque: Driver H. Crofts RASC age 21. Died 10.2.19 Dunkirk. Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags,...
by admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Crosses, East Sussex, Multiple crosses
Harry Gaston and Walter Henry Holden There are 2 grave markers at St Margaret’s church commemorating Private Harry Gaston (13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 38th Welsh Division) and Private Walter Henry Holden (Worcester Regiment, 25th Division, 3rd...
by admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Borders, Crosses
Martin Hunter Location: Anton’s Hill Cemetery Coldstream, Near Leitholm, Berwickshire TD12 4JD (Approx) Details on cross: Examination of the cross seems to show that three GRU plates were once present. At the top of the shaft two nail holes and a “shadow” where a...
by admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Crosses, Nottinghamshire
George GOODACRE All Saints Church Granby Nottinghamshire NG13 9PQ Position: In front of window on window sill, high up on south wall, opposite entrance Details on cross: GRU 3/E 12 211 56. PTE. G. GOODACRE 8/K. O.Y.L.I. 12-9-15 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags,...
by admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Crosses, Norfolk
Geoffrey Barham Johnson Location: All Saints Church Lane, Welborne, Norfolk, NR20 3LN Details on Cross: IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN G. B. JOHNSON 7th BATT. NORFOLK REGT. KILLED IN ACTION 22.11.15 RIP Text type: Hand-painted text. Cross dimensions Shaft Height:1670mm Width of...
by admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Crosses, Cumbria
William Warwick Peascod Location: St. Oswald’s, Church Stile, Grasmere, LA9 6LP Cumbria Details on cross: Killed In Action Pte. W.W. Peascod 25261 Border Regt 5.11.17 Border Regt Badge Age 19 Text type: GRU Tag at top of cross painted over. Text is hand painted in...
