Uckfield – Snatts Road Cemetery Chapel, East Sussex
Three or possibly four markers Location (3 markers believed to be) Bridge Cottage Heritage Centre, High Street, Uckfield, TN22 1AZ Multiple markers at least two crosses and Star of David Plaque recorded in the 1980s. Location: Uckfield - Snatts Road Cemetery Chapel,...
Melcombe Horsey – St Andrew’s Church, Dorset
Richard Groves Location: St Andrew's Church, Melcombe Horsey (also known as Melcombe Bingham), Dorset DT2 7PZ Details on cross: LIEUT R. GROVES 11TH NOTTS AND DERBYS 24TH OCTOBER 1917 No 2247 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU tags Cross dimensions...
Lydham – Holy Trinity, Shropshire
Frederick Green, William Herbert Rogers and Edward Evan Jones There are three crosses located in the vestry at Holy Trinity, Lydham. The large grave marker of Driver Frederick Green is mounted on the wall, the other two crosses are propped up against the wall....
Rochford – St Andrew’s Church, Essex
John Wilton Sheridan Location: St Andrew's Church Rochford Essex, S 4 1NW An interesting propeller cross, native made rather than returned. Details on Cross IN MEMORY OF LT JOHN WILTON SHERIDAN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS & ROYAL AIR FORCE AGED 29 KILLED 27th SEPT. 1918...
Bexwell, St Mary’s Church, Norfolk
Charles Dean Prangley Location: St Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk Details on cross: Top of cross – small GRU metal plate Below GRU plate, a large black-painted ‘X’ Across arm of cross - 2nd Lieutenant C D Prangley 1st Lincolnshire Regt On remaining three parts of...
Little Thurlow – St Peter’s Church, Suffolk
William Harold Ryder Location: St Peter’s Church Location: Little Thurlow, Suffolk, CB9 7JQ Details on cross: Lieut. W.H. Ryder. Yorks Hussars & RFC. Killed in Flying Accident July 6th 1917 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): Painted on wooden boss...
Holywell Cemetery – Oxfordshire
Ronald William Poulton Palmer Location: St. Cross Church, St Cross Church Rd, City Centre, Oxford OX1 3TP From his Wikipedia entry (7/2/2017) Ronald 'Ronnie' William Poulton (later sometimes Poulton-Palmer) (12 September 1889 – 5 May 1915) was an English rugby union...
Llanbedr-Y-Cennin (St. Peter) Churchyard, Caernarvonshire
ALEXANDER MURRAY CRAIGMILE Location: St. Peter’s, Llanbedr y Cennin, LL32 8UY A curious Celtic-style cross. It appears from the photograph that the type may be computer cut as it appears to have been squashed to fit on the upright. This could be a later addition to...
Sutton in the Isle – St Andrew, Cambridgeshire
John Edward Marshall Location: St Andrews Church, High Street, Sutton, Cambridgeshire CB6 2RB Details on Cross RIP IN L.....NG MEMORY OF/ CAPT (AIN) J.E. MARSHALL 1ST D.C.L.I. KILLED IN ACTION 30.3.15. From CWGC MARSHALL, JOHN EDWARD Rank: Captain Date of Death:...
Ellington – All Saints, Cambridgeshire
Rupert Edwin Penfold Grimley Location: All Saints Church, Church Lane, Ellington, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0AU Details on Cross: RUPERT EDWIN PENFOLD GRIMLEY 14th BATT. LONDON ATT. 7th BATT. GORDON HIGHLANDERS Pte 313035 DOW...
Sutton, St Michael and All Angels Church, Cambridgeshire
Lawrence Oliphant Graeme Location: St Michael and All Angels Church, Nene Way, Sutton, Peterborough, PE5 7XD Details on Cross: In Memory of Lt Colonel L.O/ Graeme CMC 1st Q O Cameron Highrs Killed in action 10.3.1916 Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Oliphant Graeme...
Wisbech – St Peter and St Pauls Church, Cambridgeshire
Hugh Anthony Rupert Crookham Location: St Peter and St Pauls Church, Church Terrace, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE13 1BL Details on Cross: 41 (carved into the top of the cross) LIEUT. H.A.R. CROOKHAM, 1ST CAMBRIDGESHIRES, DIED 3RD AUGUST 1915 I.W.G.C. Crookham left...
Lekmelm, Ullapool, Ross-shire
Andrew Knowles Fraser Location: Private family graveyard, Lekmelm, Ullapool, In Ross-shire, Scotland. My Great Uncle Andrew Knowles Fraser MC. in a family graveyard at Lekmelm, near Ullapool, In Ross-shire Scotland. I had no idea that the wooden cross was anything...
West Harling – All Saints, Norfolk
George Colborne Nugent Location: All Saints church, West Harling, Norfolk, England, NR16 2SE Details on Cross: RIP Brigadier General G C Nugent MVO Killed in action 31.5.1915 Cross appears to have been whitewashed, lettering is in black pain, some damage to the...
Dowdeswell – St Michael, Gloucestershire
Richard Coore Blagrove (believed to be) Location: St Michaels church, Dowdeswell, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, GL54 4LX Details on Cross IN MEMORY OF LIEUT AND ADJT RC BLAGROVE C BATT DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY KILLED IN ACTION August 12th 1915 The...
Hursley, All Saints, Hampshire
Denis George Wyldbore Hewitt V.C Location: All Saints, Hursley, Hampshire, SO21 2JB Dennis has no known grave. Details on Cross Peace Perfect peace DGW Hewitt VC - ??th hants 31.7.17 Killed in Action On Plaque IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ DENIS GEORGE WYLDBORE...
Portsmouth – St Wilfrids, Hampshire
Evelyn Walter Cooley Location: St Wilfrid's Church, George Street, Portsmouth PO1 5RT This cross marked the grave of Cpl Evelyn Walter Cooley 23035 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment, who died on 23 August 1916 and is buried at Cambrin Churchyard Extension. he was a...
Gayhurst – St Peter, Buckinghamshire
Henry Osbert Samuel Cadogan Location: St Peter's Church, Gayhurst Ct., Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire, MK16 8LG Details on Cross: HIER RUHT EIN ENGLANDER Plaque: IN LOVING MEMORY OF LT COLONEL HENRY OSBERT SAMUEL CADOGAN COMMANDING 1ST BATT. 23RD RT WELCH FUSLRS IN THE...
Orford Castle museum – Suffolk
Josef Obert This is not a returned cross, Josef was one of several victims of influenza at the POW camp in 1918. Location: Orford Museum, Orford Castle, Orford, Suffolk IP12 2ND Website: http://www.orfordmuseum.org.uk/ Details on Cross Hier ruht in Gott P.O.W. Josef...
Ford – St. Michaels Church, Shropshire
Four crosses - Ernest Anthony, George Henry Perry, John Parry and Edward Gordon Macgregor King Location: St. Michaels Church, Sevenford Gardens, Ford, Shropshire, SY5 9LE Ford Church is in the village of Ford (Shropshire) Enter Ford Village from the A458 Shrewsbury to...
Valley cemetery – Stirling
Lt Maurice Charles Mowbray Location: Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Albert Place, Stirling FK8 2QL. Scotland A modern replacement or replica of an original battlefield cross. The original cross is believed to still exist but Stuart who reported on the site...
Longbridge Deverill – St Peter & St Paul Church, Wiltshire
William Walter Morrice Location: St Peter & St Paul Church, Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire, BA12 7DL Details on cross: Top of shaft: In Memory Of Crossbeam: CAPT W. MORRICE Bottom of shaft: LABOUR CORPS KILLED IN ACTION DECR 30 1917 Cross Dimensions: Shaft height...
Ozleworth – St Nicolas of Myra, Gloucestershire
John Neil Black & James Edward Power Clutterbuck Location: St Nicolas of Myra’s Church, Ozleworth, Gloucestershire, GL12 7QA St Nicholas of Myra's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Ozleworth, Gloucestershire, England. It is recorded in...
Penhow – St John the Baptist, Gwent
Trevor William James Location: St John the Baptist Church, Penhow, Newport, Gwent, NP26 3AA Details on Cross: 3184 - Trooper T. W. James Royal Gloucester Hussars 20-4-1917 From CWGC JAMES, TREVOR WILLIAM Rank: Private Service No: 235730 Date of Death: 20/04/1917 Age:...