Deddington – St Peter and St Paul. Oxfordshire
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...
Parkgate and Neston United Reformed Church, Cheshire
Unknown British Soldier Location: Parkgate and Neston URC Moorside Lane, Parkgate, Cheshire, CH64 6UZ Details on cross: Near the top of the main shaft pointing upwards left to right is a GRU tag 2-G-4. Metal GRU tag on cross member “Unknown British Soldier”...
The Royal London Hospital Archives & Museum
EDITH CAVELL Location The Royal London Hospital Museum St Augustine with St Philip's Church Newark Street London E1 2AA http://bartshealth.nhs.uk/rlhmuseum The cross on display in the museum was put up on the site of her grave after her body was removed, c.1919. (The...
Marlborough College Chapel – Wiltshire
John Lindsay Kelsall Location: Marlborough College Chapel Marlborough Wiltshire SN8 1PA Details on cross: Top of shaft: GRU On cross beam: LIEUT J L KELSALL B/86 ARMY BDE RFA 27/8/17 Text type: GRU tags Cross Dimensions: Shaft height: 1140mm Cross beam width: 410mm...
Sanderstead – All Saints church, Surrey
Harold Montagu Newnham Chatterton Location: All Saints church, Sanderstead, Surrey CR2 9AB Details on cross: RIP IN MEMORY OF 2ND LIEUT. H. M. N. Chatterton 9TH QUEENS R.W.S. REGT KILLED 18TH JUNE 1916 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): Carved Cross...
Beckington – Somerset. St George’s Parish Church.
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 tags,...
Southwell, Nottingham – Private dwelling
Francis Brady Location: Private dwelling Southwell Nottingham NG25 Details on cross GRU4 17551 PTE F BRADY 2ND NOTTS & DERBY REGIMENT 24TH SEPTEMBER 1916 J393 Text type: GRU Tags (One tag appears to be missing) Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Shaft Height:...
St John’s Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside
Unknown British Soldier Location: St Johns Birkdale, Southport Merseyside PR8 4JP Details on cross: GRU Unknown British Soldier Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): 2 tags - 'GRU' at the top of the cross and 'Unidentified British soldier' on the crossbeam....
Little Thurrock – St Mary the Virgin, Essex
Richard C Gore Details on Cross Unavailable Dimensions Unavailable The marker is for WR/500839 Sapper Richard C. Gore R.E., who died from the effects of influenza on 13th November 1918. His original wooden cross now lies within Little Thurrock parish church near...
Oxton – St Saviours, Wirral, Cheshire
Alan Scott Balfour Location: St Saviours Oxton, Prenton, Wirral Cheshire CH43 2JZ Details on cross: Small metal GRU tag at top of shaft, also circular brass plaque on centre of cross. 2 small holes above tag where presumably another tag had been. There is a circle of...
Penicuik – Glencorse Parish Church, Midlothian
Patrick Seton Fraser-Tytler Location: Glencorse Parish Church, Penicuik Midlothian EH26 0EU Details on cross: Top of the shaft: a G.R.U. metal tag G.R.U. On the shaft above the cross beam: RIP in Memory of On the cross beam: Capt; P.S. Fraser-Tytler D (How;) Battery...
Thornton Hough, Wirral – All Saints Church, Cheshire
Unknown British Soldier Location: All Saints Church Raby Road Thornton Hough, Wirral Cheshire CH63 1JP Details on cross There is a metal tag on the cross member Unknown British Soldier Text type: GRU tags. Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Shaft Height: 974mm...
Lockerley – St John’s Church, Hampshire
UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Location: St John's Church Romsey Road Lockerley Hampshire SO51 0JJ Details on Cross: GRU tag UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER and plaque “1914-1918 THIS CROSS TEMPORARILY MARKED THE GRAVE OF AN UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER ON THE WESTERN FRONT AND IS...
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (Royal Warwickshire) Museum.
UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Location: Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (Royal Warwickshire) Museum. Warwick Warwickshire CV34 4NF Website Details on cross: GRU UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER RL WARWICKS Text type; Three GRU tags. Cross dimensions Shaft Height: 1400-1500...
Lancashire Fusiliers Museum – Bury, Lancashire
Thomas Lines Location: Lancashire Fusiliers Museum Bury, Lancashire BL9 ODF Website Details on cross: The cross commemorates 2nd Lieutenant Thomas Lines (2nd Salford Pals, 16th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers). A small GRU tag at the top of the cross (faded) and three...
Great Torrington – St Michael’s church, Devon
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 Lord...
Toxteth – St. Bedes and St Clemence, Merseyside
Location: St. Bedes and St Clemence Toxteth Merseyside L8. Details on cross: GRU tag at top of main shaft angled left to right I.W.G.C. Metal GRU strip on cross member UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU tags. Cross...
Mells – St Andrew’s Church, 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 James...
Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life – Carlisle, Cumbria
Henry Bell Cumbria's Museum of Military Life Alma Block, The Castle, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8UR T 01228 532774 enquiries@cmoml.org www.cumbriasmuseumofmilitarylife.org Details on Cross GRU Cartouche GRU GRU Tags CAPTAIN BELL 5 BORDERS 26 - 1 - 17 Text: GRU Tags Marker...
East Horsley – St. Martin’s churchyard, Surrey
Frederick Thomas Longhurst “Thoughts of Laventie from home” Location: St. Martin’s churchyard East Horsley Surrey KT24 6RL Details on cross: IWGC 330 99 L/CPL. LONGHURT. 2/8 WORCESTERS. 3.9.18 PLACED ON MOTHER’S GRAVE FROM LAVENTIE CEMETERY RHODA LONGHURST Text type...
Halifax – St Hilda’s Church, West Yorkshire
Unknown British Soldier Location: St Hilda’s Church, Gibraltar road, Halifax West Yorkshire HX1 4HE Details on cross: At top of vertical GRU Cartouche states simply: GRU Across the horizontal arm Unknown British Soldier just below. (could this be a grave location in...
Rossett – Christ Church, Wrexham (Clwyd)
Unknown British Soldier Christ Church Graveyard, Rossett, Nr. Wrexham Wrexham County borough (Clwyd) LL12 0GD Details on cross: This is a replica cross made in 1999 unfortunately we could not find out any more about it. There is only the cross member remaining of the...
Upper Langwith – Holy Cross, Derbyshire
George William Nixon Location: Rectory Road Upper Langwith Mansfield Derbyshire NG20 9RE Details on Cross: In memory of No 38665 Gnr G W Nixon 4th Bty M.M.G.S Killed in action April 28th 1918 Dimensions: Shaft height: 1600mm (63 inches) Cross beam width: 610mm (24...
Penicuik – St James the Less, Midlothian
Charles John Alexander Cowan Location: St James the Less Broomhill Road, Penicuik Midlothian EH26 9EE Details on cross: Tag at top of shaft – I.W.G.C. Three lines of metal tags: CAPT. COWAN. 12/R. SCOTS. 25.3.18. Text type: GRU metal tags Cross dimensions...