by admin | Sep 5, 2016 | Crosses, Suffolk, Victoria Cross
Gordon Flowerdew Location: Framlingham College Chapel Framlingham Suffolk IP13 9EY Details on cross: small GRU plot locator on upper shaft. H-1 Three GRU tags on cross piece: Captain G. M. Flowerdew Lord Strathcona’s Horse 31-03-18 Text type (e.g. hand-written,...
by admin | Sep 5, 2016 | Cheshire, Crosses, Unknown soldier
Unknown British Soldier Location: St Barnabas Church Bromborough Wirral Cheshire CH62 7AA Details on cross: GRU metal strip at top of cross, Metal strip on cross member Unknown British Soldier Text type: GRU tags Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Approximate...
by admin | Sep 5, 2016 | Crosses, Kent
WILLIAM CHARLES WOOLLETT Location: St Martin Church. Herne, Herne Bay Kent CT6 7HN Details on the cross: silver plaque with the following text: CAPT W.C. WOOLLETT K.O.Y.L.I Gold square plaque located part way down the bottom section of the cross has the following...
by admin | Sep 2, 2016 | Crosses, German, Somerset
Richard Neville Strutt Location: St Catherines Church Catherine’s Court Batheaston Somerset BA1 8HA Details on cross: Hard to read due to fading – on cross beam Z T (?) Strutt, on shaft 2 Lt Strutt R Scots – maybe cross beam by German and rest added...
by admin | Sep 2, 2016 | Crosses, Norfolk
Marc Andrew Patrick Noble Location: St Ethelbert’s Church East Wretham Norfok IP24 4RJ Details on cross: In Memory of 2/Lieut. M.A.P. Noble 121st BDE RFA, Killed in Action 1st July 1917 R.I.P. Text type:Hand painted Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Shaft Height:...
by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Crosses, propellor, Worcestershire
Herbert Cecil Cutler Location: City of Worcester Museum and Art Gallery Worcester Worcestershire WR1 1TD Details on cross: Cross formed from aeroplane propeller: Small GRU tag: “GRU 3” Text on propeller hub: Lt. H. C. CUTLER 24 SQDN KILLED IN ACTION 10. 5. 17 WORC....
by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Battalion or division, Crosses, Ross and Cromarty
4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Location: Station Square Dingwall Ross & Cromarty IV15 9PZ Details on cross: NOTE: The cross is constructed of a tree branch for both shaft and cross beam (recently restored in 2014). On the shaft below the cross beam there are 9...
by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Crosses, Multiple names, Worcestershire
Arthur James Basil Butcher and S F Johnson Location St. Mary’s Kempsey Worcestershire WR5 3JH St. Mary’s is located between Lane’s End and Squire’s walk. Details on cross: Cross commemorates two men, very difficult to read – See below Text type (tags, carved) GRU Tag...
by admin | Aug 30, 2016 | Crosses, Merseyside, Unknown soldier
Unknown British Soldier Location: Christ Church, Breeze Hill, Bootle, Liverpool Merseyside L20 9EY Details on cross: WGC Unknown British Soldier It is positioned at the front on of the church, on the right hand side as you go in in the brickwork of an arch Text type:...
by admin | Aug 30, 2016 | Crosses, Fabian Ware presented, Gloucestershire, Unknown soldier
Unknown British Soldier Location: Holy Trinity church Amberley, Gloucestershire, GL5 5JG. Details on cross: GRU Unknown British Soldier Text type: GRU tags Cross dimensions: Standard BRitish Army Cross Cross to an unknown soldier. This one has two tags. The short GRU...
by admin | Aug 30, 2016 | Crosses, Multiple names, Yorkshire
Stewart Gordon Ridley & L.S. Garside Location: Saint Peters Church Redcar North Yorkshire TS10 3JL Details on cross: top crest RFC LIEUT: SG RIDLEY RFC 18th JUNE 1916 1st AM J S GARSIDE 20th JUNE 1916 The cross is high up on the west wall of the Lady Chapel and is...
by admin | Aug 30, 2016 | Crosses, Gloucestershire
Walter Roberts Location: Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucestershire GL20 5RZ Details on cross: In Memory of (hardly legible – looks like) N75419 GR ROBERTS. KILLED IN ACTION 2-7-18 There is also text on the diagonals – the top two bars are barely...
