Gillingham – St. Mary the Virgin Church, Dorset

Gillingham – St. Mary the Virgin Church, Dorset

Lieut. R C Cross Location: The Chapel of the Good Shepherd, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4AW Details on cross: Lieut. R C Cross Dorset Yeomanry Attached 2/4 Batt South Lanc’s Killed in Action 7 6 18. Also at the top of the cross are the...
Sturminster Newton – St Mary’s Church, Dorset,

Sturminster Newton – St Mary’s Church, Dorset,

John Morton Mansel-Pleydell Location: St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT3 6EG Details on cross: GRU 3 5.B.4 2ND LIEUT J.M. MANSEL-PLEYDELL 107TH BDE R.F.A 22ND SEPT 1916 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU Tags Cross dimensions...
Melbury Abbas, Church of St Thomas, Dorset

Melbury Abbas, Church of St Thomas, Dorset

Lionel Carver Location: Church of St Thomas, Melbury Abbas, Dorset, SP7 0DZ Battlefield cross for 2nd Lieutenant L. H. Carver, 1st Bn., Irish Guards, died 26 May 1918. Details on Cross: RIP in Memory of 2nd Lieut L H Carver 1st Bn Irish Guards Killed in Action 26/5/18...
Melcombe Horsey – St Andrew’s Church, Dorset

Melcombe Horsey – St Andrew’s Church, Dorset

Richard Groves Location: St Andrew’s Church, Melcombe Horsey (also known as Melcombe Bingham), Dorset DT2 7PZ Details on cross: LIEUT R. GROVES 11TH NOTTS AND DERBYS 24TH OCTOBER 1917 No 2247 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU tags Cross...
Winterborne Came, St Peter – Dorset

Winterborne Came, St Peter – Dorset

The Hon George Seymour Dawson-Damer Location St Peter’s Church, Winterborne Came, Dorset, DT2 8NT Details of Cross Top finial carved with R.I.P KILLED IN ACTION 13th APRIL 1917 2nd Lt. HON G DAWSON-DAMER Xth ROYAL HUSSARS Text is carved apart from a metal tag with the...
Radipole – Church of St Anne, Dorset

Radipole – Church of St Anne, Dorset

Captain Hussey Burgh George Macartney – Royal Fusiliers Location: Church of St Ann Radipole, Weymouth Dorset Details on Cross Plain Cross Text on metal tags G.R.U. – – CAPT. R.B.G. MACCARTNEY. 1/ ROY. FUS. 25-6-15 No dimensions taken as the cross is...
The Keep Military Museum – Dorchester, Dorset

The Keep Military Museum – Dorchester, Dorset

Percy Worner Location: The Keep Military Museum, Town: Bridport Road, Dorchester, County: Dordset Postcode: DT1 1RN Details on Cross: Plain Cross Metal Tags GRU 2/LT . P. S. WORNER. 9/ DEVON. REGT 1.77 Cross dimensions: Unable to take measurements as on display in a...
Fleet – Holy Trinity, Dorset

Fleet – Holy Trinity, Dorset

Hugh Crawford Cavendish Location: Holy Trinity Church Town/village: Fleet County: Dorset Postcode: DT3 4EB Details on cross: GRU tag at the very point, damaged can only make out GR RIP On cross beam: MAJOR H.C CAVENDISH R.F.A Below: KILLED IN ACTION 1st Aug 16 Text...