by admin | Aug 9, 2016 | Crosses, Merseyside, Multiple crosses, Museums
Location: Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 1DG. The museum is well worth a visit, the website is here. There are two crosses in the collections, both displayed and wall-mounted . Frederick Alexander Beer (Cross 1) Details on cross: Small metal tag at top...
by admin | Aug 9, 2016 | Crosses, Suffolk
Frederic Raymond Charlesworth Location: St Peter’s Church Town/village: Gunton County: Suffolk Postcode: NR32 4LB Details on cross: G.R.U. CAPT. W.F. CHARLESWORTH 25 R.W. FUS. 19.9.18 Text type: GRU tags Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Shaft Height: 1000 Cross...
by admin | Aug 9, 2016 | Cheshire, Crosses
Arthur Sheppard Location: St Michael and All Angels Town/village: Middlewich County: Cheshire Postcode: CW10 9AN Details on cross: First metal strip, diagonally ascending left to right at the top of the cross I.W.G.C. Second metal strip 752 . SGT . A . SHEPHARD. D . C...
by admin | Aug 7, 2016 | Crosses, Wiltshire
F.W. BURGES Location: St Thomas a Beckett Town/village: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Postcode: SP1 1BA Details on cross: IWGC metal tags: IWGC 5297 L/CPL F.W. BURGES 20 / BTN A.I.F 1/3/17 Cross dimensions Shaft height: 1066 mm Cross Beam width: 412mm Width of wood:...
by admin | Aug 7, 2016 | Crosses, Warwickshire
Lord Edward Beauchamp Seymour Location: Holy Trinity Church Town/village: Arrow County: Warwickshire Postcode: B49 5PP Details on cross: GRU tag: 6 B 11 HERE LIES Lord Edward B Seymour Lord Strathcona’s Horse Died of Wounds 5-12-17 Received in Action 2-12-17...
by admin | Aug 7, 2016 | Crosses, Norfolk
Charles Ramsey Bayly Location: St. Mary’s church Town/village: Great Snoring County: Norfolk Postcode: NR21 0HW Details on cross: On Cross beam. LIEUT. C. R. BAYLY. R.F.A. 128th Bty On shaft: KILLED IN ACTION March 29th 1918 Text type: Hand painted text in white....
by admin | Aug 4, 2016 | Crosses, Oxforshire
J. W. SCOTT Location: St. Mary’s church Town/village: Warkworth County: Oxfordshire Postcode: OX17 2AG Details on cross: 3 metal tags. LT/COL. J. W. SCOTT. D.S.O 8/SOMERSET. L. I 23-4-17. Text type: GRU TAGS Cross dimensions Shaft Height: 1460 mm Cross beam...
by admin | Aug 4, 2016 | Crosses, Devon
John Gibbons Location: St Winifreds Church Town/village: Manaton County: Devon Postcode: TQ13 9UJ Details on cross: 2nd Lieut J Gibbons 6th Battn Dorsets 6th June 1917 Text type: Stamped G.R.U tag fixed with small nails. Cross dimensions Shaft Height: 930mm Cross beam...
by admin | Aug 4, 2016 | Crosses, Lincolnshire
Charles Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley British Cross Location: All Saints Town/village: Brocklesby County: North Lincolnshire Postcode: DN41 8PN Details on cross: R.I.P Lord Worsley R.H.G Oct 30th 1914 Text type: Stamped G.R.U tag fixed with two small nails, Incised...
by admin | Aug 4, 2016 | Blog
In St Finan’s Church, Kinlochmoidart is a WW1 wooden grave marker bearing the name of ‘Captain Kenneth Forbes Meiklejohn, of the 1st Cameron Highlanders and the date of his death as 26th September 1914. It also bears the initials G.R.U., which stand for...
by admin | Aug 3, 2016 | Crosses, Somerset, Unknown soldier
Unknown Soldier Location: Church of St Mary the Virgin Town/village: Norton Sub Hamdon County: Somerset Postcode: TA14 6SU Details on cross: A – 15 (printed on diagonal tag top of the main shaft.) Unknown British Soldier (on metal GRU tag) Cross dimensions Unable to...
by admin | Aug 3, 2016 | Blog, German
Johannes Schutz, 9. Kompanie Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment 383. was Killed in action on the 9th April 1917. He is buried in the concentration graves at Langemark, in the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge Cemetery in an area that would have been very familiar to...
