by admin | Sep 8, 2016 | Crosses, Surrey
Cyril A.G.Hodgson Location: Christ Church, Church Hill Shamley Green Guildford Surrey GU5 0UD Details on cross: The simple cross is situated outside the church to the East of the main South door. It is formed of a cross with a ‘roof’ for protection. The ‘roof’ is...
by admin | Sep 8, 2016 | Crosses, lost markers, Perthshire
George McArthur Location: Arngask Old Parish Churchyard, Glenfarg. Perthshire, Scotland PH2 9QA Details on cross: (Trooper George) McArthur Guards Plaque on stone base reads: ORIGINAL CROSS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF 3545 TROOPER GEORGE McARTHUR 1st LIFE GUARDS KILLEDIN...
by admin | Sep 8, 2016 | Crosses, Gloucestershire
John Bartlett Location: St Andrew’s Church Naunton Gloucestershire GL54 3AX Details on cross: On shaft, above cross beam: 274 R G A On crossbeam: GUNR J.BARTLETT On shaft underneath crossbeam: 110951 Interred in France Text type: black paint Cross Dimensions:...
by admin | Sep 8, 2016 | Crosses, Oxforshire
Arthur Septimus Conway Location: St John the Baptist Church Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RY Details on cross: At the top of the shaft: It appears a GRU tag was once affixed to the cross but has been lost. 701 On the crossbeam: 1 /N. STAFFS. Text type: GRU tags Cross...
by admin | Sep 5, 2016 | Crosses, Multiple names, Oxforshire
12 named and 78 unnamed men of the 52nd Lt Infantry. Broughton Poggs is a little hamlet tagged onto the edge of a larger (but still small) village called Filkins in Oxfordshire. It has only around 10 houses, yet it took us almost 40 minutes in a car to find the church...
by admin | Sep 5, 2016 | Battalion or division, Crosses, Merseyside, Multiple names
Officers of the 12th King Regiment Location: St. Peter’s Church Green Lane Formby Merseyside L37 7DL Details on cross: This is a large white wooden cross. It is inscribed: ‘In memory of the following officers of the 12th Kings who gave their lives near...
by admin | Sep 5, 2016 | Blog
Gordon Muriel Flowerdew was born near Scole in South Norfolk on January 2nd 1885, the son of Arthur and Hannah Flowerdew of Billingford Hall. One of ten sons and four daughters, he, like all his brothers, was sent to Framlingahm College which he attended from 1894 to...
by admin | Sep 5, 2016 | Crosses, Suffolk, Victoria Cross
Gordon Flowerdew Location: Framlingham College Chapel Framlingham Suffolk IP13 9EY Details on cross: small GRU plot locator on upper shaft. H-1 Three GRU tags on cross piece: Captain G. M. Flowerdew Lord Strathcona’s Horse 31-03-18 Text type (e.g. hand-written,...
by admin | Sep 5, 2016 | Cheshire, Crosses, Unknown soldier
Unknown British Soldier Location: St Barnabas Church Bromborough Wirral Cheshire CH62 7AA Details on cross: GRU metal strip at top of cross, Metal strip on cross member Unknown British Soldier Text type: GRU tags Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Approximate...
by admin | Sep 5, 2016 | Crosses, Kent
WILLIAM CHARLES WOOLLETT Location: St Martin Church. Herne, Herne Bay Kent CT6 7HN Details on the cross: silver plaque with the following text: CAPT W.C. WOOLLETT K.O.Y.L.I Gold square plaque located part way down the bottom section of the cross has the following...
by admin | Sep 2, 2016 | Crosses, German, Somerset
Richard Neville Strutt Location: St Catherines Church Catherine’s Court Batheaston Somerset BA1 8HA Details on cross: Hard to read due to fading – on cross beam Z T (?) Strutt, on shaft 2 Lt Strutt R Scots – maybe cross beam by German and rest added...
by admin | Sep 2, 2016 | Crosses, Norfolk
Marc Andrew Patrick Noble Location: St Ethelbert’s Church East Wretham Norfok IP24 4RJ Details on cross: In Memory of 2/Lieut. M.A.P. Noble 121st BDE RFA, Killed in Action 1st July 1917 R.I.P. Text type:Hand painted Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Shaft Height:...
