by admin | Mar 8, 2017 | Battalion or division, Crosses, Multiple crosses, Non-Great War, Surrey
Douglas Harvey (Great War), Merton Beckwith-Smith (Second World War), 30 officers 774 NCOs & men of the Grenadier Guards (Great War). Falkland Islands Cross 1982 (Falklands War) Location: Brookwood Cemetery (Guards Chapel), Pirbright Army Camp, Surrey Sincere...
by admin | Mar 8, 2017 | Crosses, propellor, Shropshire
John Burgh Talbot Leighton Location: St Michael & All Angels, Alberbury, Shropshire SY5 9AH (Off B4393) The cross is displayed in the Loton Chapel (right side transept). It is a four bladed propeller cross set high on the back wall. Details on cross: Major John...
by admin | Mar 8, 2017 | Crosses, Kent
James Gabriel Lancaster Ranking Location: St.Barnabas, Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 2RH Details on cross: CAPTAIN. J.G.L RANKING POLITICAL DEPT JULY 12 1915 Underneath this is a metal plaque which is unreadable. Church goer has said he has transcription of text and I will...
by admin | Mar 8, 2017 | Crosses, incomplete survey, Museums
Noel Herbert Tovell Location: Suffolk Regiment Museum, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 3 RN Details on cross: At top of cross – metal plate stamped ‘GRU’ At intersection of cross – 3 metal plates stamped: PTE N H TOVELL 2ND ROYAL FUS 14TH OCT 1918 Text type (e.g....
by admin | Mar 6, 2017 | Bristol, Crosses, Multiple crosses, Somerset
STANLEY HERBERT HALL & J W GITTINGS Location: Holy Trinity Church, Church Road, Abbots Leigh, Bristol, BS8 3QT Cross 1 25927 Lance Corporal Stanley Herbert Hill, 7th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry Details on cross: Inscription (on shaft, beam, and on circle plate):...
by admin | Mar 6, 2017 | Crosses, Multiple crosses
SYDNEY VYVYAN TREVENEN & Kenneth Algernon BROOKE-MURRAY Location: St Stephens Church, St Stephens Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 3AB Cross 1 Details on Cross Capt S. V. Trevenen MC, 40th Brigade RFA, 10.6.18. This cross is mounted on the left hand wall of...
by admin | Mar 6, 2017 | Crosses, Multiple crosses, Pembrokeshire
9 crosses (7 recorded) Location: St Katherine & St Peter’s Church, Hamilton Terrace, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, SA73 3JU St Katherine & St Peter’s Church serves as the Parish Church for Milford Haven and contains a wide range of memorials to local...
by admin | Mar 3, 2017 | Cheshire, Crosses, Unknown soldier
Unknown British Soldier Location: Christ Church, Kings Road, Higher Bebington, Wirral CH63 8LX The cross is prominently displayed near the front of the church on the right hand side as you face the altar. The cross commemorates an unknown British soldier. Details on...
by admin | Mar 2, 2017 | Crosses, Multiple crosses, Related, Wrexham (Clwyd)
Two brothers – RALPH BONFOY ROOPER & William Victor Trevor ROOPER Location: All Saints Church, The Green, Gresford, Wrexham, North Wales LL12 8RG Cross 1 Details on cross: At the top of the cross there is attached a small cross of the crucifixion. There is a...
by admin | Mar 2, 2017 | Crosses, Northumberland
Bertram Allgood Location: St Giles, Birtley Near Wark, Northumberland, NE48 3HW Details on cross: This is a plain wood cross with a wood plate mounted on the front which carries the inscription:- (curved) Sacred to the Memory of Capt B Allgood 1st Royal Irish Rifles...
