by admin | Sep 14, 2016 | Battalion or division, Crosses, Gloucestershire
10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Location: Christchurch Lansdown Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2JH Details on cross: RIP OFFICERS NCO AND MEN 10TH BATTN GLOSTER REGT KILLED IN ACTION HIGH WOOD AREA AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 1916 Text type: Black hand painted...
by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Crosses, Norfolk
Arthur Perceval Green Location: The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity and All Saints Winterton-on-Sea Norfolk NR29 4GN Details on cross: LIEUT. A P GREEN. 7th NORFOLK REGT Killed in Action Aged 22...
by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Crosses, Northamptonshire
Bruce Lorence Capell Location: All Saints Church Flore Northamptonshire NN7 4LZ Details on cross: Cross is heavily built and has side supports at 45 degree angles. In Loving Memory of Bruce Lorence Capell 2nd Lt (MC) 2/1 North Midland (Staffs) R.G.A....
by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Crosses, Kent, Multiple crosses
Brothers William & Charles Chapman Location: St Mary the Virgin Church. Nackington, Canterbury Kent. CT4 7AD Details on the Cross: There are actually two crosses, located next to each other on the wall, through the church, turn right and located beside the 2nd...
by admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Crosses, Multiple crosses, Suffolk
Seymour and Miles Barne Access to the church is by walking about half to 3/4 of a mile across the Estate lands, no direct vehicular access to the Church, on a private estate. Car parking is literally on the side of the road, cross a stile and follow painted black...
by admin | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog
We are we believe about a quarter of a way through the locations thanks to some sterling work from all of you. What has been especially nice has been the ones that we’ve been finding that don’t appear to have been recorded in any of the semi-official...
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...
