Woodbridge Old Cemetery – Suffolk
Geoffrey Charles Drury Theobald Location Woodbridge Old Cemetery, Warren Hill Road, Woodbridge, IP12 4DZ Details on Cross: In Memorium Geoffrey C.D. Theobald Staff Sergeant A.O.C. Died of Wounds March 6th; 1917 From his Comrades: the Officers N.C.O’s and Men 146 Siege...
Inverness – St Stephen’s Church, Inverness-shire
6th Battalion Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders Location: Old High St Stephen’s Church Church Street, Inverness Inverness shire IV1 1EY NOTE: The cross is a collective memorial to the officers and men of 6th Battalion Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders who fell at the...
Malvern Priory – Worcestershire
Location: Malvern Priory Malvern Worcestershire WR14 2AY There are no longer any crosses in Malvern Priory. Until recently there were 11 crosses outside at the East End of the Priory. The remaining bases are in the photographs All bar one of the crosses disintegrated...
Melby – Shetland
Unknown Location: St Margaret’s Church (now disused) Melby Shetland Details on cross: On the cross beam 1917 Text type Carved Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Shaft Height: 630 Cross beam width: 510 Width of wood: 110 Thickness or depth: 50 Other information...
Princes Road Synangogue, Broadgreen, Liverpool, Merseyside
Unknown Jewish Soldier Location: Broadgreen Cemetery, Thomas Drive, Liverpool Merseyside L14 3LF Location: As you go through the gate of the cemetery, there is a small red brick building on the left hand side (An Ohel - Prayer House). The cross is mounted on the wall...
Portland Basin Museum – Ashton under Lyne
Colin Reveley Bradshaw Location Portland Basin Museum, 1 Portland Place, Ashton-under-Lyne Tameside Greater Manchester OL7 0QA Displayed in glass case with associated First World War ephemera in the museum. From a press release 5th July 2016 The Portland Basin display...
Leavenheath – St Matthew’s Church, 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...
Alfrick – Mary Magdalene, Worcestershire
Location Church of Mary Magdalene Alfrick Worcestershire WR6 5HH Details on cross: Unknown British Soldier Text type (tags, carved) Tag is pressed tin 130mm long – lettering similar to old Dymo machines Cross dimensions in mm Shaft Height 1140 (approximate...
Batsford – St Mary’s Church, Gloucestershire
Clement Freeman-Mitford Location: St Mary's Church Batsford Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9QB Details on cross: GRU tag at top of shaft. On the shaft, just above the cross beam, is a coloured, painted insignia of the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars....
Walton – St Lukes Church, Merseyside
Unknown British Soldier Location: St.Lukes Church, 16 Goodison Road Walton, Liverpool Merseyside L4 4EL Details on cross: The cross is dedicated to an Unknown British Soldier WGC UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Location: It is positioned near the altar on the right side of...
Chedworth – St Andrew’s, Gloucestershire
UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Location: St Andrew's Church Chedworth Gloucestershire GL54 4AD Details on cross: Two GRU tags on the top of the shaft. GRU 55D9 One GRU tag on the cross beam which reads: UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Cross Dimensions: Shaft Height: 740mm Cross Beam...
Winterborne Came, St Peter – Dorset
The Hon George Seymour Dawson-Damer Location St Peter’s Church, Winterborne Came, Dorset, DT2 8NT Details of Cross Top finial carved with R.I.P KILLED IN ACTION 13th APRIL 1917 2nd Lt. HON G DAWSON-DAMER Xth ROYAL HUSSARS Text is carved apart from a metal tag with the...
Radipole – Church of St Anne, Dorset
Captain Hussey Burgh George Macartney – Royal Fusiliers Location: Church of St Ann Radipole, Weymouth Dorset Details on Cross Plain Cross Text on metal tags G.R.U. - - CAPT. R.B.G. MACCARTNEY. 1/ ROY. FUS. 25-6-15 No dimensions taken as the cross is mounted high on...
Wirral – Christchurch, Moreton, Cheshire
Unknown British Soldier Location: Christchurch Moreton Wirral Cheshire CH46 0SG Details on cross: small piece of metal near top of shaft slanting upwards left to right with initials: IWGC. Large metal strip on cross member states UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Text type: GRU...
Barking – St Mary’s Church, Suffolk
Charles Edward De La Bere Location St Mary’s ChurchParson's Lane Barking with Darmsden, Suffolk, IP6 8HJ Details on the Cross: Metal Tag: G.R.U. Black painted lettering – very dark and difficult to read even using a torch. At top pf the shaft: R.I.P. IN...
Liverpool – St Barnabus, Penny Lane
Unknown soldier Location: St Barnabus Church Town/village: Penny Lane, Liverpool County: Merseyside Postcode: L18 1 EL Details on cross: 1 long metal GRU strip on cross member stating: Unknown British soldier Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU tag...
Garboldisham, St John the Baptist, Norfolk
George Frederick Molyneux Montgomerie Location: St John the Baptist Town/village: Garboldisham County: Norfolk Postcode: IP22 2SE Details on cross: GRU tags on top upright G.R.U L 42 Painted on circle IN LOVING MEMORY MAJOR G.F.M MONTGOMERIE 3rd Battalion Grenadier...
Childrey – St Mary’s, Oxfordshire
Location: St Marys Church Town: Childrey, Vale Of White Horse County: Oxfordshire Postcode: OX12 9PQ Details on cross: GRU tag affixed to the top. Wording: RICKMAN ENGL. KAPITAINE GEF. 26.8.14 At the bottom of the cross, affixed engraved brass plaque (photo attached)...
Kemerton – St Nicholas, Gloucestershire
Raymond Cecil Smith Location St Nicholas church, Church Lane Town/Village Kemerton County Gloucestershire Postcode GL20 7HX Details on cross: 4 GRU tags 6.10.18 54040 PTE R C SMITH SOUTH STAFFS REGT I.W.G.C Text type: GRU Tags Cross dimensions in mm Shaft Height 580...
Halifax – Duke of Wellingtons museum
Location: Duke of Wellington’s museum Address: Akroyd Park, Boothtown Rd, Halifax County: Yorkshire Postcode: HX3 6HG. The cross was originally in Reninghelst church, just west of Ypres. The typed citation beneath the cross reads: This memorial to the officers and a...
Dailly Parish Church – Ayrshire
Robert Inglis Location: Dailly Parish Church Town/village: Main Street, Dailly County: Ayrshire Postcode: KA26 9SD Details on cross: On the cross beam: LIEUT R INGLIS 13TH – BLACK WATCH Text type: GRU Metal tags, corroded Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Shaft...
Weasenham St Peter – Norfolk
John Gilbert Overman Location: St Peter's church Town/village: Weasenham St Peter County: Norfolk Postcode: PE30 4AF Details on cross: At head of cross 'GRU' On plate 2nd Lieut A/Captain John Gilbert Overman 9th Batt KOYLI killed in action Sep 9th 1918 Aged 21 years'...
The Royal Military Police Museum – Hampshire
PHILIP GIESLER Norbury Location: The Royal Military Police Museum Town/village: Defence College of Policing and Guarding, Southwick Park, Fareham County: Hampshire Postcode: PO17 6EJ Details on cross: Metal Tags. GRU Lt R (should be P) G Norbury. 7/Buffs 1/7/1916....
Gloucester Regimental Museum – Gloucestershire
Location Gloucester docks, 31 commercial Road Town/Village Gloucester County Gloucestershire Postcode GL1 2HE White painted cross with circle. Blacked stencilled letting on both upright and on cross beam, with a motif or design on the 4 circle quadrants. Details on...