by admin | Oct 28, 2016 | Battalion or division, Crosses, Hampshire
1ST DIVISION Location: Aldershot Garrison Church Aldershot Hampshire GU11 1QA Details on cross: Standard cross with four cross-pieces surrounding the intersection of the main shaft and the main cross beam. The cross is mounted on top (and partly into) a concrete base...
by admin | Oct 28, 2016 | Crosses, Nottinghamshire
WILLIAM GADD BALL Location: St Annes Church Sutton Bonnington Nottinghamshire LE12 5NJ Details on cross: In MEMORY OF W. G. BALL ROYAL RIP FUSILIER AGED 19 YEARS WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS APRIL 9th 1917 Text type (e.g. hand-written,...
by admin | Oct 28, 2016 | Crosses, Sir Y Flint (Flintshire)
Herbert Hamilton Croft Location: St. Deiniols Church Hawarden Nr. Chester Flintshire Wales CH5 3LT Details on cross: No GRU tags but a more recent looking small brass plaque: Driver H. Crofts RASC age 21. Died 10.2.19 Dunkirk. Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags,...
by admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Crosses, East Sussex, Multiple crosses
Harry Gaston and Walter Henry Holden There are 2 grave markers at St Margaret’s church commemorating Private Harry Gaston (13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 38th Welsh Division) and Private Walter Henry Holden (Worcester Regiment, 25th Division, 3rd...
by admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Borders, Crosses
Martin Hunter Location: Anton’s Hill Cemetery Coldstream, Near Leitholm, Berwickshire TD12 4JD (Approx) Details on cross: Examination of the cross seems to show that three GRU plates were once present. At the top of the shaft two nail holes and a “shadow” where a...
by admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Crosses, Nottinghamshire
George GOODACRE All Saints Church Granby Nottinghamshire NG13 9PQ Position: In front of window on window sill, high up on south wall, opposite entrance Details on cross: GRU 3/E 12 211 56. PTE. G. GOODACRE 8/K. O.Y.L.I. 12-9-15 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags,...
by admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Crosses, Norfolk
Geoffrey Barham Johnson Location: All Saints Church Lane, Welborne, Norfolk, NR20 3LN Details on Cross: IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN G. B. JOHNSON 7th BATT. NORFOLK REGT. KILLED IN ACTION 22.11.15 RIP Text type: Hand-painted text. Cross dimensions Shaft Height:1670mm Width of...
by admin | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog
We’ve all been busy it would seem. We’ve had a lot of surveys and reports sent in and also a lot of photos. I should make it clear I guess at this point that we don’t mind at all if people don’t fill in a complete report, anything that helps is...
by admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Crosses, Cumbria
William Warwick Peascod Location: St. Oswald’s, Church Stile, Grasmere, LA9 6LP Cumbria Details on cross: Killed In Action Pte. W.W. Peascod 25261 Border Regt 5.11.17 Border Regt Badge Age 19 Text type: GRU Tag at top of cross painted over. Text is hand painted in...
by admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Crosses, Isle of Skye
Ronald Ian MacDonald Location: St Columba’s Episcopal Church Somerled Square, Portree Isle of Skye IV51 9EH Details on cross: Carved lettering on the Celtic circle, the shaft and the cross beam form:- “TO THE MEMORY OF CAPT. THE HON. R. I. MacDONALD. CAMERON...
by admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Crosses, Warwickshire
EDGAR AMBROSE PENGELLY Location: St Michaels Church Weston under Wetherley Warwickshire CV33 9BY Details on cross: CAPT E. A. PENGELLY. R.E. M.C. 213 ARMY TROOPS COY. R.E. Text type: Text carved into cross beam. Cross dimensions Shaft Height: 1050 mm Cross beam width:...
by admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Crosses, East Sussex
Clement John Byron Location: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Hill, Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5JX Details on cross: There are no details on the cross. However there is a brass plaque underneath the cross which reads ‘The original cross from the grave of...
