Southwell Minster – Nottinghamshire
John Pickard Becher Location: Southwell Minster 4 Vicars Court Town/village: Southwell County: Notts Postcode: NG25 0HD Position: On outside of rear garden wall of 4 Vicars Court, hidden by tree, immediately opposite eastern end of Southwell Minster Details on cross:...
Hooton – St Pauls, Cheshire
UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Location: St. Pauls Church Hooton Wirral Cheshire CH66 1QF Details on cross: GRU tag at top of shaft slanting from left to right 13 H 14. Metal tag on cross member Unknown British Soldier. There is a small plaque below the cross member 1914...
North Berwick – St Baldred’s, East Lothian
WILLIAM GILBERT HOULDSWORTH & ARCHIBALD SEYMOUR ROSS Location: St Baldred’s Episcopal Church Direlton Avenue, North Berwick East Lothian EH39 4AY Cross 1 WILLIAM GILBERT HOULDSWORTH On the cross beam: WOUNDED LIEUT. W.G. HOULDSWORTH DIED SEPT 13TH SCOTS GUARDS...
Nannerch – St. Michael and All Angels, Sir Y Flint
Walter Digby Buddicom Location: St. Michael and All Angels Church Nannerch, Flintshire, Wales CH7 5RD Details on cross: GRU tag at top of cross. GRU On cross member are 3 metal tags inscribed Lieut W D Buddicom MC, 4th Hussars, 6th June 1918. Below the cross member is...
Aldershot Garrison Church – Hampshire
1ST DIVISION Location: Aldershot Garrison Church Aldershot Hampshire GU11 1QA Details on cross: Standard cross with four cross-pieces surrounding the intersection of the main shaft and the main cross beam. The cross is mounted on top (and partly into) a concrete base...
Sutton Bonnington – St Annes Church, Nottinghamshire
WILLIAM GADD BALL Location: St Annes Church Sutton Bonnington Nottinghamshire LE12 5NJ Details on cross: In MEMORY OF W. G. BALL ROYAL RIP FUSILIER AGED 19 YEARS WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS APRIL 9th 1917 Text type (e.g. hand-written,...
Hawarden – St. Deiniols Church, Cheshire
Herbert Hamilton Croft Location: St. Deiniols Church Hawarden Nr. Chester Flintshire Wales CH5 3LT Details on cross: No GRU tags but a more recent looking small brass plaque: Driver H. Crofts RASC age 21. Died 10.2.19 Dunkirk. Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags,...
Rottingdean – St Margaret’s Church, East Sussex
Harry Gaston and Walter Henry Holden There are 2 grave markers at St Margaret's church commemorating Private Harry Gaston (13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 38th Welsh Division) and Private Walter Henry Holden (Worcester Regiment, 25th Division, 3rd Battalion)....
Coldstream – Anton’s Hill Cemetery, Berwickshire
Martin Hunter Location: Anton’s Hill Cemetery Coldstream, Near Leitholm, Berwickshire TD12 4JD (Approx) Details on cross: Examination of the cross seems to show that three GRU plates were once present. At the top of the shaft two nail holes and a “shadow” where a...
Granby – All Saints, Nottinghamshire
George GOODACRE All Saints Church Granby Nottinghamshire NG13 9PQ Position: In front of window on window sill, high up on south wall, opposite entrance Details on cross: GRU 3/E 12 211 56. PTE. G. GOODACRE 8/K. O.Y.L.I. 12-9-15 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags,...
Welborne – All saints, Norfolk
Geoffrey Barham Johnson Location: All Saints Church Lane, Welborne, Norfolk, NR20 3LN Details on Cross: IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN G. B. JOHNSON 7th BATT. NORFOLK REGT. KILLED IN ACTION 22.11.15 RIP Text type: Hand-painted text. Cross dimensions Shaft Height:1670mm Width of...
Grasmere – St. Oswald’s, Cumbria
William Warwick Peascod Location: St. Oswald’s, Church Stile, Grasmere, LA9 6LP Cumbria Details on cross: Killed In Action Pte. W.W. Peascod 25261 Border Regt 5.11.17 Border Regt Badge Age 19 Text type: GRU Tag at top of cross painted over. Text is hand painted in...
Portree – St Columba’s Episcopal Church, Isle of Skye
Ronald Ian MacDonald Location: St Columba’s Episcopal Church Somerled Square, Portree Isle of Skye IV51 9EH Details on cross: Carved lettering on the Celtic circle, the shaft and the cross beam form:- “TO THE MEMORY OF CAPT. THE HON. R. I. MacDONALD. CAMERON...
Weston under Wetherley – St Michaels Church, Warwickshire
EDGAR AMBROSE PENGELLY Location: St Michaels Church Weston under Wetherley Warwickshire CV33 9BY Details on cross: CAPT E. A. PENGELLY. R.E. M.C. 213 ARMY TROOPS COY. R.E. Text type: Text carved into cross beam. Cross dimensions Shaft Height: 1050 mm Cross beam width:...
Ringmer – Church of St Mary the Virgin, East Sussex
Clement John Byron Location: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Hill, Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5JX Details on cross: There are no details on the cross. However there is a brass plaque underneath the cross which reads 'The original cross from the grave of Clement J...
Merrow – St John The Evangelist, Guildford, Surrey
Ronnie Pease Location: St John The Evangelist Merrow, Guildford Surrey GU4 7AA Details on cross: In Memory of LIEUT.R.H.P.PEASE 1st Battn Coldstream GDS Killed In Action 15-9-1916 Text type: Writing is in raised black lettering, and is on the square plate, shaft and...
Bangor Cathedral – Gwynedd
Bangor cathedral church has a very long history dating back to the foundation of Deniol's cell in the sixth century. It suffered at the hands of the Vikings and the English. It still stands and has it's own cross from the Battlefields of the First World War. The name...
Ranmore – St Barnabus, Surrey
A curious pair of crosses both for the same man. Henry Cubitt Cross 1 Location: St Barnabas Ranmore Surrey RH5 6SP Details on cross: Captain H. A. Cubitt 3rd.Bn. Coldstream Guards Killed in Action 15.9.16 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): Text is carved...
Harefield, St Mary, Uxbridge, London.
J Montague Location Countess Close Harefield, Uxbridge UB9 6DL Details on cross: 1.F.9 5281 PTE. J. MONTAGUE 9TH ROYAL FUSILIERS 30-6-17 Text type: GRU tags Cross dimensions Currently Unknown – appears to be a standard British Army Cross. Other information: Currently...
Bridlington Priory Church – East Yorkshire
George Bell Purvis Location Bridlington Priory Church, Church Green, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, Y016 7JX Details on cross: CAPT G B PURVIS 8-6-17 56-M G C Text type: GRU tags Cross dimensions Currently Unknown - appears to be a standard British Army Cross. Other...
Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland
Francis Harry Harvey Location: Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland Alnwick Castle Alnwick Northumberland NE66 1NG Museum website Museum is located within the Alnwick Castle grounds in Abbot Tower. The cross is in its own lighted display cabinet, on the wall, on the...
Greens Norton – St Bartholomew’s Church, Northamptonshire
William Geoffrey Walford Location: St Bartholomew’s Church Greens Norton Northamptonshire NN12 8BN Details on cross: In Memory Capt WG Walford, 62 Squad. R.A.F. Killed in Action 4th Nov 1918 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): Hand written in Black Cross...
Carisbrooke Cemetery – Isle of Wight
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...
Beddington – St Mary’s
PHILIP MIGHELL Location: St Mary’s Church, Beddington, Surrey SM6 7NJ Details on cross: IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY BROTHER LIEUT PHILIP MIGHELL 9th EAST SURREYS ATTACHED TO ROYAL FLYING CORPS BORN 1893 DIED OF WOUNDS AT AGNES- LES DUISANS 12.10.17 Plaque at base of cross...