by Ali | Oct 7, 2017 | 1916, Crosses, Oddities, Yorkshire
Capt Robert Salter Location address: Pudsey Cemetery, Cemetery Road Pudsey Metropolitan Borough of Leeds West Yorkshire England LS28 7HH Details on cross : Not possible to see as protected by granite case. Cross dimensions (millimetres please) N/A Other information...
by Ali | Oct 7, 2017 | 1916, Crosses, Yorkshire
Edward Boynton Pedder Location address: All Saints Sands Lane, Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, YO25 8PR Details on cross : In memory of 2nd L’ E Pedder QMO. 18th Hussars RIP Killed in Action January 19th 1916 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved):...
by Ali | Sep 20, 2017 | 1915, 1916, Crosses, Hampshire, Multiple crosses
LIEUT E G C CLOWES Location: Hospital of St Cross, Winchester, SO23 9SD Details on cross (Text content of cross): G.R.U LIEUT E G C CLOWES 18.2.15 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU TAGS Other information Mounting to wall: Mounted to wooden door...
by Ali | Sep 20, 2017 | 1916, Crosses, Derbyshire
GNR EDWARD SHREEVE Location: St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Drive, Weston on Trent, Derbyshire DE72 2DR Details on cross: IN LOVING MEMORY OF GNR EDWARD SHREEVE 67659 105. SEIGE BATTERY R.G.A. KILLED IN ACTION JULY 23RD 1916 Text type: characters needle...
by Ali | Sep 20, 2017 | 1916, Crosses, Essex, Museums
SGT. W RADFORD Location: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council – Central Museum stores Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6EW Website Details on cross: 59510 SGT. W RADFORD 103 FIELD COY R.E 14/5/16 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU TAGS Cross...
by Ali | Aug 15, 2017 | 1916, County Armagh, Crosses, Duplicates
J.S.M. LENOX CONYNGHAM Location: Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum, Regimental Museum, Sovereign House, The Mall, Armagh, BT61 9DL Details on cross: On the upper shaft: RIP On the cross beam: Lieut Col J.S.M. LENOX CONYNGHAM On lower shaft in a stylised ribbon Sept 3rd...
by Ali | Aug 15, 2017 | 1916, County Armagh, Crosses, Duplicates
LIEUT COL J S M LENOX CONYNGHAM Location: St Patrick’s Anglican Cathedral, Castle Street, Armagh, BT61 7EE Northern Ireland Details on cross: On the upper shaft: 6th BATT CONN. RANGERS On the cross beam: LIEUT COL J S M LENOX CONYNGHAM KILLED AT THE CAPTURE OF...
by Ali | Aug 14, 2017 | 1916, Cornwall, Crosses, Museums
2/Lieut W.T. Hichens 1/Bn DCLI Location: Cornwall Regimental Museum, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 1EG Museum Website Details on cross: Believed to be 2/Lieut W.T. Hichens 1/Bn D.C.L.I. 3 September 1916 Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU tags Cross...
by Ali | Aug 14, 2017 | 1916, Crosses, Moray, Other material
Lieut. W.E.Hamblin – Very unusual stone cross Location: Forres Cemetery, Cluny Hill, Canmore, Moray Details on cross: The wording at the base of the original cross is ‘KILLED IN ACTION MAY 24th 1916’ Inscription on the 1925 base ‘ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICER...
by admin | Aug 14, 2017 | 1916, 1918, Crosses, Multiple crosses, Museums, Perthshire
William Debnam McLaren Stewart Location: The Black Watch Museum, Balhousie Castle Perth, Perthshire PH1 5HR Details on cross: At the top of the cross shaft, indistinct may be the mark of a GRU plate On the shaft within a painted scroll: IN MEMORY OF On the...
by Ali | Aug 12, 2017 | 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, Berkshire, Crosses, Multiple crosses, Schools & Colleges
Bradfield College Chapel Archive Location: Bradfield College Chapel Archive, West Berks, RG7 6AU A remarkable set of survivals all ex-Bradfield students, mostly in remarkable condition. Special thanks to Karen Ward for going to a huge amount of trouble sorting these...
by Ali | Aug 10, 2017 | 1916, Crosses, Cumbria
Major H.Podmore Location: St Paul’s, Crown Hill, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6DD Details on cross: In memory of Major H.Podmore, D.S.O, 6th Battn Northamptonshire regiment. Attached: 12th Battn Middlesex regiment. Accidentally killed December 31st 1917....
