by admin | Oct 17, 2016 | Crosses, Isle of Wight, Multiple crosses, Uncertain provenance, Unknown soldier
Unknown Location: Carisbrooke Cemetery (Mount Joy cemetery). Isle of Wight PO30 1YS Details on crosses: Three crosses standing against chapel wall, below a stone plaque which reads 1915 HERO’S CORNER IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN Their duty...
by admin | Oct 14, 2016 | Crosses, Multiple crosses, Oxforshire
Multiple crosses at St Peter and St Paul, Deddington, Oxfordshire St. Peter and St. Paul Church is in the civil parish of Deddington, about 6 miles south of Banbury. From Banbury, on reaching the village, turn left at the lights, then bear right into Market Place...
by admin | Oct 10, 2016 | Crosses, Multiple crosses, Somerset
Location: St George’s Parish Church, Beckington, Somerset, BA11 6TG Survey and photographs courtesy of Alasdair Mackie. Date of survey: 23/09/2016 OLIVER J VINER Details on cross: GRU 9089 SGT O. J. VINER. K. R. R. C. 14/7/16 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU...
by admin | Sep 26, 2016 | Crosses, Devon, Multiple crosses
St Michael’s, an Anglican church. “This Church was blowen up with powder Febr ye 16th Anno 1645 and rebuilt AD 1651”. This happened during the Battle of Torrington, the biggest battle ever fought in Devon. Fairfax and Cromwell defeated the Royalist army under...
by admin | Sep 23, 2016 | Crosses, Multiple crosses, Somerset
Location: St Andrew’s Church, Mells, Somerset, BA11 3PW An interesting site as it contains two battlefield crosses and a large memorial as well as burials for Siegfried Sassoon, Ronald Knox, Sir Maurice Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith, George A. Birmingham (aka...
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 | Aug 26, 2016 | Crosses, Multiple crosses, Suffolk
Location: St Matthew’s Church, Leavenheath, Suffolk, CO6 4PT. Leavenheath is curious. Seven crosses, one of which commemorates someone who died in a U-boat attack off Gallipoli who was unlikely to have had a cross being lost at sea. They are uniform in appearance and...
by admin | Aug 9, 2016 | Crosses, Merseyside, Multiple crosses, Museums
Location: Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 1DG. The museum is well worth a visit, the website is here. There are two crosses in the collections, both displayed and wall-mounted . Frederick Alexander Beer (Cross 1) Details on cross: Small metal tag at top...
by admin | Jul 26, 2016 | 1916, 1917, Crosses, Kent, Multiple crosses
Multiple crosses – Balchin and Chesterman Location address : All Saints Church, High Street, Lydd, Kent, England, TN29 9DU, TR 04269 20955 Cross 1 Henry George Balchin Location: All Saints Church Town/village: LyddCounty: Kent Postcode: TN29 9AY Details on...
