by admin | Dec 14, 2018 | 1918, Museums, Suffolk
Charles Holloway location: Great War Huts, Brook Farm Camp, Bells Lane, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. IP29 5NW Details on cross (Text content of cross): GRU PTE. C. HOLLOWAY. 73868 4TH. ROYAL FUS. 14TH DECEMBER. 1918 47-D-18 (Charles died of...
by admin | Jul 17, 2018 | 1917, Crosses, Museums, propellor, Rutland
ALEXANDER CHARLES NICHOLAS MARCH PHILLIPPS De Lisle Location: Rutland County Museum, Catmos Street, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6HW http://rutlandcountymuseum.org.uk/ GRU LIEUT A C N M P DE LISLE 20.11.17 RIP 21 SQUAD R.F.C. Propeller Cross, the lettering is painted...
by Ali | Dec 19, 2017 | Cardiff, Crosses, Museums, Unknown soldier
Unknown British Soldier Location address: Firing Line – Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier, The Interpretation Centre, Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, CF10 2RB Details on cross (Text content of cross): GRU 47B2 Unknown British Soldier Welsh Regt Text type (e.g....
by Ali | Oct 26, 2017 | 1914, Crosses, lost markers, Museums, Nottinghamshire
Walter Henry Guy Location address: National Civil War Centre, 14 Appletongate, Newark, Notts, NG24 1JY. Details on cross Brass mounting, rectangular in shape going to a point on top side(making it 5 sided) with a circular hole for mounting purposes. Reads 1st...
by Ali | Oct 26, 2017 | 1915, Crosses, Leicestershire, Museums
CAPTAIN CHARLES COLWYN ROLPH Location address : Museum of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment Newarke Houses Museum Leicester LE2 7BY Details on cross (Text content of cross): 5 GRU tags 1 ? 2 ? 3 – CAPT C ROLPH 4 ? 5 – 15.10.15 Text type (e.g. hand-written,...
by Ali | Sep 20, 2017 | 1916, Crosses, Essex, Museums
SGT. W RADFORD Location: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council – Central Museum stores Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6EW Website Details on cross: 59510 SGT. W RADFORD 103 FIELD COY R.E 14/5/16 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU TAGS Cross...
by Ali | Aug 30, 2017 | 1917, Crosses, Leicestershire, Museums
Private William Payne Location: Hinckley & District Museum, Framework Knitters’ Cottages, Lower Bond Street, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 1QU. Website Details on cross : 4 GRU Tags. Unable to read from photograph (more information to follow) Text...
by Ali | Aug 15, 2017 | 1917, Crosses, Museums, Suffolk
2-Lieut W L Lovell Location: Martlesham Heath Aviation Society, Martlesham, Ipswich IP5 3UZ Details on cross: GRU A-8 2-Lieut W L Lovell R.W. Kent Regt. Attd. R.F.C Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU tags Other information Evidence of use in field...
by Ali | Aug 14, 2017 | 1916, Cornwall, Crosses, Museums
2/Lieut W.T. Hichens 1/Bn DCLI Location: Cornwall Regimental Museum, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 1EG Museum Website Details on cross: Believed to be 2/Lieut W.T. Hichens 1/Bn D.C.L.I. 3 September 1916 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU tags Cross...
by Ali | Aug 14, 2017 | 1917, Crosses, Museums, Powys
Albert Charles Ames Location: The Regimental Museum of the Royal Welsh, Watton, Brecon Powys, LD3 7EB Details on cross: broken GRU tag R.U 22916 PTE. A.C.AMES 10/S. W. BDRS. 30-10-17 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU tags Cross dimensions...
by admin | Aug 14, 2017 | 1916, 1918, Crosses, Multiple crosses, Museums, Perthshire
William Debnam McLaren Stewart Location: The Black Watch Museum, Balhousie Castle Perth, Perthshire PH1 5HR Details on cross: At the top of the cross shaft, indistinct may be the mark of a GRU plate On the shaft within a painted scroll: IN MEMORY OF On the...
by Ali | Aug 14, 2017 | Crosses, German, London, Multiple crosses, Museums
Norman de Pomeroy and 2nd Lieut Arthur J Fischer (Fisher) Location: Hendon RAF museum, London, England, NW9 5LL, on display. Norman de Pomeroy Details on cross: Brass plate at front inscribed ‘In Loving Memory of Norman de Pomeroy 2nd Lieut. RFC killed in action...
