Charles Dean Prangley
Location: St Mary’s Church, Bexwell, Norfolk
Details on cross:
Top of cross – small GRU metal plate
Below GRU plate, a large black-painted ‘X’
Across arm of cross – 2nd Lieutenant C D Prangley 1st Lincolnshire Regt
On remaining three parts of Celtic circle –
Lower right portion – Killed in Action 25 Sept 1916
Upper right portion – Memory of
Lower left portion – 1st Lincolns Reg
On top of left cross beam – engraved metal plate reading ‘From his grave on the Somme’
On top of right cross beam – engraved metal plate reading ‘Killed in action 25 Sept 1916’
Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): hand painted
Cross dimensions (millimetres please)
Shaft Height: 1220mm
Cross beam width: 700mm
Width of wood:
Thickness or depth: 35mm
Circle plate (if celtic type)
Outer diameter: Unsure, as the Celtic circle has broken off and is lying at the base of the cross, with only 3 of 4 parts remaining
Width of circle:
Thickness: 45mm
Other information
Mounting to wall: screwed to wall in an alcove to left of altar
Detailing:
Evidence of use in field (earth marking, cracking, staining, shrinkage): Nil
Surface insertion depth (into ground if apparent): None apparant
Finish (varnish, paint, oiled, unfinished etc): Appears oiled or varnished
Condition (cracked, paint peeling, woodwork, damage etc): Head of cross has broken off the main shaft. Celtic circle has broken away from main cross, with only 3 parts of the circle remaining (lying at foot of the cross). Some evidence of woodworm.
Biographical information, notes and observations:
Full, detailed story of Charles Prangley, with a photograph of him, here : http://www.downhammarkethistory.co.uk/bexwells-charles-dean-prangley/
Photos and survey courtesy of Andrew White
Date of survey: 16 February 2017
