Swaffham Museum, Norfolk

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...

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Monewden – St Mary’s, Suffolk

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...

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Fleet – Holy Trinity, Dorset

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...

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Museum of Liverpool

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...

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Gunton – St Peter’s, Suffolk

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...

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Salisbury – St Thomas Becket, Wiltshire

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:...

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Arrow – Holy Trinity, Warwickshire

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...

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Great Snoring – St Mary, Norfolk

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....

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Warkworth – St Marys, Oxfordshire

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...

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Manaton – St Winifred, Devon

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...

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Brocklesby – All Saints, Lincolnshire

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...

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Donhead St Andrew – St Andrew, Wiltshire

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...

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Montrose Air Station museum – Angus

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...

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Dunfermline Cemetery – Fife

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,...

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Billingsley – St Mary, Shropshire

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...

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Thorington – St. Peter, Suffolk

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...

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