Kinlochmoidart – St Finan Episcopal Church, Highlands
Location: St Finan Episcopal Church, Town/village: Kinlochmoidart County: Perthshire Postcode: PH38 4ND Details on cross: Starting at the top of the shaft: Small metal plate stamped with G R U, two small nails On the cross beam: CAPT K F MEIKLEJOHN 1ST CAMERON HDRS 26...
Ludlow – St Laurence, Shropshire
Joseph Ernest Davies Location: St Laurence Church Town/village: Ludlow County: Shropshire Postcode: SY8 1AN Details on cross: GRU (Unreadable) 200063. C.Q.M SGT J DAVIES 1.4TH K. S. L. INF 30TH NOVEMBER 1918 51-5-5 Text type: GRU Tags Cross dimensions Shaft Height:...
Withleigh – St Catherines, Devon
Captain Henry Jepson Paddison Location: St Catherine's Church Town/village: Withleigh, County: Devon Postcode: EX16 8JJ Details on cross: Captain H.J.Paddison MC 4th Worcestershires 16-8-17 Text Type: GRU tags Cross dimensions Cross shaft 930mm Cross Beam 410mm Width...
Long Sutton, St Marys, Lincolnshire
Unknown Soldier Location: St Mary’s Church Town/village: Long Sutton County: Lincs Postcode: PE12 9JJ Details on cross: Unknown British Soldier Text type: GRU tag (or imitation of one) Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Shaft Height: 1003 Cross beam width: 400...
Penkridge – St Michael and All Angels, Staffordshire
Cecil Francis Henry Littleton Date of survey: 29/07/2016 Location: St Michael and All Angels Church, Town/village: Penkridge County: Staffordshire Details on Cross: CECIL F H LITTLETON (Episcopalian) Capt of ‘B’ Coy 5th Cameron Highlanders Who died May 6 of wounds...
Felixstowe – St John the Baptist, Suffolk
William Henry Myddelton Kersey Location: St John's Church (St John the Baptist) Town/village: Felixstowe County: Suffolk Postcode: IP11 7PW Details on cross: The letters R.I.P. are on a GRU tag at the top of the cross. CAPT WHM KERSEY 166. S.B.R.G.A. 17.10.17 Text...
Kirkby in Cleveland – St Augustines
Major Clive Macdonnell Dixon Location: St Augustines Church Town/village: Kirkby in Cleveland County: North Yorkshire (Cleveland) Postcode: TS9 7AW Details on cross: A simple, well made wooden cross with the following hand painted inscription. RIP above the...
Minto – Minto Church, (Roxburghshire), Borders
Location: Minto Town/village: Minto Church, County: Roxburghshire Postcode: TD9 8SG Details on cross: Starting at the top of the shaft:- Small metal (tin?) plate stamped with G R U, two small nails Badge of the Scots Guards (no obvious fixing) Christ on a crucifix. A...
Claverley – All Saints, Shropshire
Captain E G Gatacre Location: All Saints Church Town/village: Claverley County: Shropshire Postcode: WV5 7DS Details on cross: Simple cross with the words (some quite faded): In Memory Of Captain E G Gatacre 2 Duke of Wellingtons R Died Of Wounds 20.2.16 Text type...
Nettleham – All Saints, Lincolnshire
Edward Thesiger Frankland Hood Location: All Saints Church Town/village: Nettleham County: Lincolnshire Postcode: LN2 2PD Details on cross: IN MEMORY OF A GREAT COLONEL LT COL E.T.F HOOD DSO. CROIX DE GUERRE COMMANDING 38 ARMY BD RFA DIED OF WOUNDS 15TH MAY 1918 at...
Dymchurch – St Peter & St Paul, Kent
Thomas William Underhill Location: St. Peter and St Paul Church Town/village: Dymchurch County: Kent Postcode: TN29 0LD Details on cross: RIP In Loving Memory of T.W. UNDERHILL 8th Bn THE BUFFS KILLED IN ACTION 18.8.1916 Text type: Painted in black paint, capitals and...
Lydd – All Saints, Kent
Multiple crosses - Balchin and Chesterman Location address : All Saints Church, High Street, Lydd, Kent, England, TN29 9DU, TR 04269 20955 Cross 1 Henry George Balchin Location: All Saints Church Town/village: LyddCounty: Kent Postcode: TN29 9AY Details on cross: The...
Hythe – St Leonards, Kent
Robert Aubrey Hildyard Location: St Leonards Church Town/village: Hythe County: Kent Postcode: CT21 5DN Details on cross: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN (nearly illegible) 2nd LT. R.A. HILDYARD 1st KINGS OWN L---s Killed in Action (italics) Text type: Painted in black...
Halesworth, St Mary – Suffolk
Andrew Johnston Location: St Mary’s Church Town/village: Halesworth County: Suffolk Postcode: IP19 8LL Details on cross: Lieut. A. Johnson, 30/10/17, RIP, 21 Squad R.F.C Text type: Painted black on white metal roundel on propeller boss. The roundel is 230mm in...
Weedon Bec, St Peter & St Paul – Northampton
C H Witty Location: St Peter & St Paul Town/village: Weedon County: Northamptonshie Postcode: NN7 4ED Details on cross: Near top ; metal plate with the inscription "GRU" On horizontal part of cross are three GRU plates. 145456 SGT. C. H. WITTY. N.I.Y. 24/5/18 Near...
Worfield – St Peter’s Church, Shropshire
Major F. H. Corbett Location: St Peter's Church Town/village: Worfield County: Shropshire Postcode: WV15 5LF Details on cross: Writing plus intricate colour floral/vase detail and RA badge painted on (presumably artwork painted on at a later date given intricacy?)....
Taunton – Museum of Somerset, Somerset
Captain C C Maud DSO 1st Somerset Light Infantry, killed in action at Ploegsteert, December 1914. Location: Museum of Somerset, Taunton, Somerset Details on Cross: Text in black paint IN LOVING MEMORY OF CAPT.C.C.MAUD DSO 1st SOMERSET. L.I. KILLED ACTION 19.12.14...
Spexhall – St Peter, Suffolk
Lt. John Dutton Calvert, the Rifle Brigade, went to France 20th December 1914, killed in action seven weeks later on 15th February 1915 aged 23. He is buried at Dickebusch Old Military Cemetery, near Ieper in Belgium. He was the son of Mr Edmund Percy and The Hon Mrs...
Cleckheaton – Whitechapel, Yorkshire
Luke Mallinson Tetlow Location: Whitechapel Church Address: Whitechapel Road, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, Postcode: BD19 6HY Details on Cross: RIP IN LOVING MEMORY OF LIEUT L M TETLOW, 7th DUKE OF WELL’S REGT, KILLED IN ACTION 29.5.15 Text type: Black paint Cross...
Melton – St Andrews Old Church, Suffolk
The church is maintained by the Melton Old Church Society, Open days during the year usually on a Sunday afternoon between 14:00 and 17:00. https://www.facebook.com/meltonoldchurch/ - details of open days and events. History of the church here on Simon Knott's website...
Lanhydrock, St Hydrock, Cornwall
Location: St Hydroc Town/village: Lanhydrock County: Cornwall Postcode: PL31 2AB Details on cross: Captain The Honorable T.C. Agar Robartes Coldstream Guards Who died of wounds Sept 30th 1915 of Wounds received (extra line of text on shaft unreadable) Text type: Black...
Salisbury Cathedral – Wiltshire
Seven Crosses This survey is yet to be completed, If you are available and would like to help please complete the survey forms available here. All except one of the crosses are alleged to belong to men who lived in the Cathedral Close. Capt. C. B. M. Hodgson 2/24th....
London – Firepower (RA Museum), Woolwich.
Location: Town/village: Woolwich County: London Postcode: SE18 6EF Details on cross: R.I.P. No. 10366 Sgt FORD G.R. Text type: Hand Painted onto wood. Cross dimensions (millimetres please): Unobtainable Other information Mounting to wall: In Display Detailing:...
St Mary the Virgin, Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire
Location: St Mary the Virgin Church Town/village: Hawkesbury County: Gloucestershire Postcode: GL9 1BN Details on cross: Small metal GRU plaque and button. CAPT JB JENKINSON RIFLE BRIGADE Text type: Capitals, serif type, carved Cross dimensions: Shaft height: unknown...