Guisborough – St Nicholas Church, North Yorkshire
Bernard Hedley Charlton Location: Saint Nicholas Church Town/village: Guisborough County: North Yorkshire Postcode: TS14 6BS Details on cross: The cross is high up on the north west wall of the Memorial Chapel and is difficult to access and to read tags. Bernard...
Chesterfield – St Peter and St Paul, Old Brampton, Derbyshire
Lord Henry Gorell (Barnes) Location: St Peter & St Paul church Town: Old Brampton, Chesterfield County: Derbyshire Postcode: S42 7JG Details on Cross: MAJOR LORD GORELL DSO 19th LONDON BATTy RFA KILLED IN ACTION 16.1.17 Text type: Hand painted in black Cross...
The Keep Military Museum – Dorchester, Dorset
Percy Worner Location: The Keep Military Museum, Town: Bridport Road, Dorchester, County: Dordset Postcode: DT1 1RN Details on Cross: Plain Cross Metal Tags GRU 2/LT . P. S. WORNER. 9/ DEVON. REGT 1.77 Cross dimensions: Unable to take measurements as on display in a...
Westbury – St Augustines, Buckinghamshire
St. Augustine in Westbury is a small church tucked away in a tiny Buckinghamshire village. As you go through the church gate, the village war memorial is in front of you. There are no names on it but a plaque with the roll of honour is inside the church. A huge 300...
Swaffham Museum, Norfolk
Donald Morton Bunting Location: Swaffham Museum Town/village: Town Hall, London Road, Swaffham County: Norfolk Postcode: PE37 7DQ Details on cross: GRU Catouche at top No6268 D PTE. D.M.Bunting. Killed in action 24th Nov 1915 Cross dimensions Unable to access as it is...
Monewden – St Mary’s, Suffolk
Sergeant Cyril H Tarrant – Suffolk Regiment Location: St Mary’s Church Town/village: Monewden County: Suffolk Postcode: IP13 7DA Details on Cross: SERGENT CYRIL H. TARRANT 12TH BN-THE SUFFOLK REGT Text type: Text on Cross is carved and painted black Cross dimensions...
Fleet – Holy Trinity, Dorset
Hugh Crawford Cavendish Location: Holy Trinity Church Town/village: Fleet County: Dorset Postcode: DT3 4EB Details on cross: GRU tag at the very point, damaged can only make out GR RIP On cross beam: MAJOR H.C CAVENDISH R.F.A Below: KILLED IN ACTION 1st Aug 16 Text...
Garston, St Michael’s, Merseyside
Unknown Location: St Michael's church Town/village: Garston County: Merseyside Postcode: L19 8EA Details on cross: Metal strips on top and cross member; illegible from ground level, woman from church said they did not know who it commemorated but thought the writing...
Museum of Liverpool
Location: Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 1DG. The museum is well worth a visit, the website is here. There are two crosses in the collections, both displayed and wall-mounted . Frederick Alexander Beer (Cross 1) Details on cross: Small metal tag at top...
Gunton – St Peter’s, Suffolk
Frederic Raymond Charlesworth Location: St Peter’s Church Town/village: Gunton County: Suffolk Postcode: NR32 4LB Details on cross: G.R.U. CAPT. W.F. CHARLESWORTH 25 R.W. FUS. 19.9.18 Text type: GRU tags Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Shaft Height: 1000 Cross...
Middlewich – St Michael and All Angels, Cheshire
Arthur Sheppard Location: St Michael and All Angels Town/village: Middlewich County: Cheshire Postcode: CW10 9AN Details on cross: First metal strip, diagonally ascending left to right at the top of the cross I.W.G.C. Second metal strip 752 . SGT . A . SHEPHARD. D . C...
Salisbury – St Thomas Becket, Wiltshire
F.W. BURGES Location: St Thomas a Beckett Town/village: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Postcode: SP1 1BA Details on cross: IWGC metal tags: IWGC 5297 L/CPL F.W. BURGES 20 / BTN A.I.F 1/3/17 Cross dimensions Shaft height: 1066 mm Cross Beam width: 412mm Width of wood:...
Arrow – Holy Trinity, Warwickshire
Lord Edward Beauchamp Seymour Location: Holy Trinity Church Town/village: Arrow County: Warwickshire Postcode: B49 5PP Details on cross: GRU tag: 6 B 11 HERE LIES Lord Edward B Seymour Lord Strathcona's Horse Died of Wounds 5-12-17 Received in Action 2-12-17 Text...
Great Snoring – St Mary, Norfolk
Charles Ramsey Bayly Location: St. Mary’s church Town/village: Great Snoring County: Norfolk Postcode: NR21 0HW Details on cross: On Cross beam. LIEUT. C. R. BAYLY. R.F.A. 128th Bty On shaft: KILLED IN ACTION March 29th 1918 Text type: Hand painted text in white....
Warkworth – St Marys, Oxfordshire
J. W. SCOTT Location: St. Mary's church Town/village: Warkworth County: Oxfordshire Postcode: OX17 2AG Details on cross: 3 metal tags. LT/COL. J. W. SCOTT. D.S.O 8/SOMERSET. L. I 23-4-17. Text type: GRU TAGS Cross dimensions Shaft Height: 1460 mm Cross beam width: 680...
Manaton – St Winifred, Devon
John Gibbons Location: St Winifreds Church Town/village: Manaton County: Devon Postcode: TQ13 9UJ Details on cross: 2nd Lieut J Gibbons 6th Battn Dorsets 6th June 1917 Text type: Stamped G.R.U tag fixed with small nails. Cross dimensions Shaft Height: 930mm Cross beam...
Brocklesby – All Saints, Lincolnshire
Charles Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley British Cross Location: All Saints Town/village: Brocklesby County: North Lincolnshire Postcode: DN41 8PN Details on cross: R.I.P Lord Worsley R.H.G Oct 30th 1914 Text type: Stamped G.R.U tag fixed with two small nails, Incised...
Norton sub Hamdon – St Mary the Virgin, Somerset
Unknown Soldier Location: Church of St Mary the Virgin Town/village: Norton Sub Hamdon County: Somerset Postcode: TA14 6SU Details on cross: A – 15 (printed on diagonal tag top of the main shaft.) Unknown British Soldier (on metal GRU tag) Cross dimensions Unable to...
South Cerney – All Hallows, Gloucestershire
John Whitcombe Location: All Hallows' Church Village: South Cerney County: Gloucestershire Postcode: GL7 5TT Details: (GRU tag on top of vertical shaft) 15193 L/CPL J.WHITCOMBE R.C.D. 6/ F. GARRY HORSE DIED OF WOUNDS 1/7/15 Text type: GRU tags Cross Dimensions Shaft...
Donhead St Andrew – St Andrew, Wiltshire
Nicholas Weatherby Hill Location: St Andrews Church Town/village: St. Bartholomew Street, Donhead St. Andrew, County: Wiltshire Postcode: SP7 9EB Details on cross: Top part of shaft there is the following: GRU tag which reads: GRU5 painted Light Infantry Insignia In a...
Montrose Air Station museum – Angus
John Ross Robertson (2) Location: Montrose Air Station museum Town/village: Waldron Road, Montrose County: Angus Postcode: DD10 9BD Details on cross: Starting at the top of the shaft: Small metal GRU plate stamped with G R U, two small nails (painted): ERS TARB DEN...
Dunfermline Cemetery – Fife
John Ross Robertson This is a rather exceptional example of multiple memorials for one person within a family. Scott has researched this memorial and the twin of it that this is based on at Montrose. Location: Dunfermline Cemetery, Town/village: Halbeath Road,...
Billingsley – St Mary, Shropshire
Harold Walter Gibbs Location: St Mary's Church Town/village: Billingsley County: Shropshire Postcode: WV16 6PH Details on cross: In Loving Memory Of Lieut. H.W. Gibbs Shrops R.H.A. Died Of Wounds 25.3.18 Text type: Writing is black on the white painted cross. Writing...
Thorington – St. Peter, Suffolk
Alfred Bence Trower Location: St. Peter’s Church Town/village: Thorington County: Suffolk Postcode: IP19 9JG Details on cross: At top of cross metal tag with G.R.U on it. Below that in diagonal banner style “In Memory Of” Name is in a central roundel decorated to look...