by admin | Dec 16, 2019 | Blog
Despite being rather inactive and effectively hibernating the project temporarily we do still receive information and while we aren’t currently uploading anything we still keep all the records we receive. A contact in Canada, Gary Blakeley, spotted a marker for...
by admin | May 28, 2019 | incomplete survey, Multiple crosses, Surrey
This is purely a list of the names identified as the men on the markers in St Mary’s Byfleet, we are still awaiting a survey on this site. Thomas Agnew Baldock Lieutenant 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died: 3rd December 1917, aged 21 Buried: Ypres Reservoir...
by admin | Dec 14, 2018 | 1918, Museums, Suffolk
Charles Holloway location: Great War Huts, Brook Farm Camp, Bells Lane, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. IP29 5NW Details on cross (Text content of cross): GRU PTE. C. HOLLOWAY. 73868 4TH. ROYAL FUS. 14TH DECEMBER. 1918 47-D-18 (Charles died of...
by admin | Aug 2, 2018 | Buckinghamshire, No survey
All Saints, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (no data)
by admin | Aug 2, 2018 | Crosses, Northumberland, Private collection
Walter Sterndale Bennett Location: Hexham, Northumberland. (Private Dwelling) “The grave marker is for my Gt Gt Uncle – Commander Walter Sterndale Bennett and I think the wording is clear. It measures 450mm long and 330mm wide and has been with the family...
by admin | Aug 2, 2018 | Crosses, Multiple names, Worcestershire
H.F. Bridges with additional names on plaque Location: St Mark’s Church, Orchard St, Cherry Orchard, Worcester Large wooden cross inside the church on the left hand wall, next to the Roll of Honour. Inscribed into the wood at the top of cross: PLOT 5 G18 25334...
by admin | Aug 2, 2018 | Crosses, London, Multiple crosses
Lawrence Frank Richards & Geoffrey Wilkins Cross 1 for Second Lieutenant S Wilkins GRU tags 1-FA 2nd Northumberland Fus 4th October 1915 2′ Liut A. L. Hill 1′ Middlesex Killed 25′ Sept 1915 The extra row of added GRO tags appear to be a later...
by admin | Aug 2, 2018 | Battalion or division, Crosses, London, Multiple names
26th BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERS BANKERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. Location: St Edmund, King and Martyr, Town/village: Lombard Street, City of London, EC3V 9EA Details on cross: RF IN MEMORY OF T. ROBINSON. 1261 SGT. C....
by admin | Aug 2, 2018 | 1915, Crosses, Dumfries & Galloway
John Monteith Location: Glencairn Kirk, Kirkland, Moniaive, Dumfries & Galloway DG3 4HD Details on cross: ON FRONT (HANDPAINTED) COL. J. C. MONTEITH 2ND BEDFORDSHIRE REGT. KILLED IN ACTION 1ST OCT. 1915 ON REAR (INSCRIBED METAL PLATE) Lt. Col. J. C. MONTEITH...
by admin | Jul 31, 2018 | Gloucestershire, Multiple crosses
The Cheltenham 22 Walk through the ornate iron gates into Cheltenham cemetery and on the right you will see a row of 22 small wooden crosses that were once the temporary grave markers of British servicemen from Cheltenham who are buried abroad or listed as missing in...
by admin | Jul 26, 2018 | 1918, Crosses, Yorkshire
A J Harrison Location: St Marys Church, Church Street, Ecclesfield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 9WE 29323 PTE A. J. HARRISON YORK & LANCS REGIMENT & LABOUR CORPS 23.10.18 IWGC Details: Wooden battlefield cross with inscription on GRU tags fixed to the arms...
by admin | Jul 26, 2018 | 1919, Crosses, Native cross, Yorkshire
FRANKLIN GEORGE EKINS Location: St Timothys Church, 138 Slinn Street, Crookes, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 1NZ TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUT. F. C. G. EKINS 1ST ROYAL IRISH REGT. DIED, 27.1.19. Wooden cross with carved lettering and metal plate. Post war, may be native....
