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 8, 2016 | Crosses, Surrey
Cyril A.G.Hodgson Location: Christ Church, Church Hill Shamley Green Guildford Surrey GU5 0UD Details on cross: The simple cross is situated outside the church to the East of the main South door. It is formed of a cross with a ‘roof’ for protection. The ‘roof’ is...
by admin | Sep 8, 2016 | Crosses, lost markers, Perthshire
George McArthur Location: Arngask Old Parish Churchyard, Glenfarg. Perthshire, Scotland PH2 9QA Details on cross: (Trooper George) McArthur Guards Plaque on stone base reads: ORIGINAL CROSS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF 3545 TROOPER GEORGE McARTHUR 1st LIFE GUARDS KILLEDIN...
by admin | Sep 8, 2016 | Crosses, Gloucestershire
John Bartlett Location: St Andrew’s Church Naunton Gloucestershire GL54 3AX Details on cross: On shaft, above cross beam: 274 R G A On crossbeam: GUNR J.BARTLETT On shaft underneath crossbeam: 110951 Interred in France Text type: black paint Cross Dimensions:...
by admin | Sep 8, 2016 | Crosses, Oxforshire
Arthur Septimus Conway Location: St John the Baptist Church Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RY Details on cross: At the top of the shaft: It appears a GRU tag was once affixed to the cross but has been lost. 701 On the crossbeam: 1 /N. STAFFS. Text type: GRU tags Cross...
by admin | Sep 5, 2016 | Crosses, Multiple names, Oxforshire
12 named and 78 unnamed men of the 52nd Lt Infantry. Broughton Poggs is a little hamlet tagged onto the edge of a larger (but still small) village called Filkins in Oxfordshire. It has only around 10 houses, yet it took us almost 40 minutes in a car to find the church...
by admin | Sep 5, 2016 | Battalion or division, Crosses, Merseyside, Multiple names
Officers of the 12th King Regiment Location: St. Peter’s Church Green Lane Formby Merseyside L37 7DL Details on cross: This is a large white wooden cross. It is inscribed: ‘In memory of the following officers of the 12th Kings who gave their lives near...
