South Wingfield – All Saints Church, Derbyshire
UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Location address: Inside All Saints Church, Holme Lane, South Wingfield, Derbyshire, DE55 7NY Details on cross: G R U (at top of shaft) UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER (on cross beam) Text type: characters embossed on alloy tape nailed to wood (GRU...
Leicester – Museum of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Leicestershire
CAPTAIN CHARLES COLWYN ROLPH Location address : Museum of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment Newarke Houses Museum Leicester LE2 7BY Details on cross (Text content of cross): 5 GRU tags 1 ? 2 ? 3 - CAPT C ROLPH 4 ? 5 - 15.10.15 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags,...
Finmere – St. Michael and All Angels, Oxfordshire
Captain Cholmeley Symes-Thompson Location address: St. Michael and All Angels : Water Stratford Road, Finmere, Oxfordshire, MK18 4AT Details on cross: Cholmley Symes-Thompson 2nd Grenadier Guards Killed in Action November 17 1914 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU...
Leicester – Private Address
Able Seaman H. W. Henstock Cross remains within the family, Private address, Leicester. Details on cross (Text content of cross): In Loving memory of dear Walter Original Cross from France Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): Hand Painted Cross dimensions...
Marston St Lawrence – Northamptonshire
Captain Geoffrey V S Bowlby and Lieut Lionel S Bowlby St Lawrence, Marston St Lawrence, Northamptonshire, OX17 2DA Captain G V S Bowlby Details on cross (Text content of cross): Captain G V S Bowlby Royal Horse Guards 13-5-15 Memorial Cross Text type...
Pudsey – Pudsey Cemetery, West Yorkshire
Capt Robert Salter Location address: Pudsey Cemetery, Cemetery Road Pudsey Metropolitan Borough of Leeds West Yorkshire England LS28 7HH Details on cross : Not possible to see as protected by granite case. Cross dimensions (millimetres please)...
Barmston – All Saints, East Riding of Yorkshire
Edward Boynton Pedder Location address: All Saints Sands Lane, Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, YO25 8PR Details on cross : In memory of 2nd L’ E Pedder QMO. 18th Hussars RIP Killed in Action January 19th 1916 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved):...
Hoo – St. Werburgh Church, Kent
Pte L.C.Blackman Location address (including church name, county and postcode): St. Werburgh Church, Church Street, Hoo, Rochester, Kent, ME3 9AL Details on cross (Text content of cross): A.I.F 5559.Pte L.C.Blackman 18th BN. K.I.A 7. 7. 18. Text type (e.g....
Hull – St Charles Borromeo Church, East Ridings of Yorkshire
UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Location: St Charles Borromeo Church, 2 Jarratt St, Hull HU1 3HB Details on cross: 2 GRU tags GRU UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU tags Other information Mounting to wall: Screwed to wall on top of...
Beverley – Minster, East Ridings of Yorkshire
OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 64TH INFANTRY BRIGADE Location address Beverley Minster, Minster Yard North, Beverley HU17 0DP Details on cross (Text content of cross): INRI Carved at top then two plates The top plate reads: TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF...
Barnton – Christ Church, Cheshire.
Unknown British Soldier Christ Church, 12 Church Rd, Barnton, Northwich CW8 4JH Details on cross: There are 2 GRU tags on the cross:- (1) 3-B-14 (2) Unknown British Soldier. Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): 2 GRU tags and a brass plaque....
Clayworth – St Peter’s Church, Nottinghamshire
CAPT. R.J.C. OTTER Location: St Peter’s Church, Clayworth, Nottinghamshire, DN22 9AB Details on cross: G.R.U. RIP IN MEMORY OF CAPT. R.J.C. OTTER Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): 1 x GRU tag. Otherwise hand-painted Cross...
Tottington – St. Johns Free Church, Greater Manchester
Capt. J.L. Horridge St. Johns Free Church, Kirklees Street, Tottington, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL8 3PJ Details on cross: Capt. J.L. Horridge on cross member, R A F on lower half of shaft Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): Letters in...
Shrewsbury – Private Address, Shropshire
Capt. John Earnescleugh Brydon An exceptional unusual marker, due in part to the very recent construction of a replacement cross which will be returned to the family plot in Darlington Cemetery. Special thanks to Johnny Brydon for this fabulous story....
Winchester – Hospital of St Cross, Winchester
LIEUT E G C CLOWES Location: Hospital of St Cross, Winchester, SO23 9SD Details on cross (Text content of cross): G.R.U LIEUT E G C CLOWES 18.2.15 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU TAGS Other information Mounting to wall:...
Weston on Trent – St Mary the Virgin Church – Derbyshire
GNR EDWARD SHREEVE Location: St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Drive, Weston on Trent, Derbyshire DE72 2DR Details on cross: IN LOVING MEMORY OF GNR EDWARD SHREEVE 67659 105. SEIGE BATTERY R.G.A. KILLED IN ACTION JULY 23RD 1916 Text type: characters...
Southend-on-Sea – Central Museum, Essex.
SGT. W RADFORD Location: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council – Central Museum stores Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6EW Website Details on cross: 59510 SGT. W RADFORD 103 FIELD COY R.E 14/5/16 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU TAGS Cross...
Lowgate – St. Marys Church, Hull
Unknown British Soldier Location: St. Marys Church, Lowgate, Hull HU1 1EJ Details on cross Unknown British Soldier Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): Punched metal tapes Cross dimensions (millimetres please) - Sorry, not measured Other information...
Beaurains – Commonwealth War Graves Commission, France
2LT Marcus Segal Location address Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 5-7 Rue Angèle Richard CS 10109 62217 Beaurains France. Details on cross (Text content of cross): In Memory 2LT Marcus Segal Then more text indecipherable Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags,...
Great Haywood – St Stephen’s Church, Staffordshire
Harrold Mould Location: St Stephen’s Church, Main Road, Great Haywood, Staffordshire, ST18 0GS Details on cross: G - R - U (on small tag at top of cross) 1 - A - 6 (on small tag just below tag at top of cross) 986 52 (top LH tag on cross...
Brookwood – CWGC stand, Surrey (from Beaurains France)
PTE. E. T. COOK Location : Canadian Records Building, Brookwood Military Cemetery Brookwood Surrey GU24 0JB Details on cross: A S C (top tag on cross beam) 30 3 1917 (middle tag on cross beam) M2/047644 . PTE. E. T. COOK. ...
Husthwaite – St Nicholas, North Yorkshire
WILLIAM EASTON Location address: St Nicholas, Low Street, Husthwaite, North Yorkshire YO61 4QB Details on cross (Text content of cross): In Memory of 181751 Spr EASTON Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers Died May 11 1918 28 years Text type (e.g. hand-written,...
Chigwell – All Saints Church, Essex
Lieutenant Claude Handley Trotter Location: All Saints Church, Romford Road, Chigwell Row, Essex IG7 4QD Details on cross: Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): N/A Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): metal disc in centre of cross. Other...
Hinkley – Hinckley & District Museum, Leicestershire
Private William Payne Location: Hinckley & District Museum, Framework Knitters' Cottages, Lower Bond Street, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 1QU. Website Details on cross : 4 GRU Tags. Unable to read from photograph (more information to follow) Text type...