• Facebook
  • X
  • RSS
  • Friends
  • Downloads
  • Links
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
Returned from the Front
  • Home
  • About
  • The project
  • Location list
  • The markers
  • Research
  • The Survey
  • MAP
  • Blog
Select Page
Princes Road Synangogue, Broadgreen, Liverpool, Merseyside

Princes Road Synangogue, Broadgreen, Liverpool, Merseyside

by admin | Aug 26, 2016 | Crosses, Merseyside, Star of David, Unknown soldier

Unknown Jewish Soldier Location: Broadgreen Cemetery, Thomas Drive, Liverpool Merseyside L14 3LF Location: As you go through the gate of the cemetery, there is a small red brick building on the left hand side (An Ohel – Prayer House). The cross is mounted on the...
Alfrick – Mary Magdalene, Worcestershire

Alfrick – Mary Magdalene, Worcestershire

by admin | Aug 25, 2016 | Crosses, Unknown soldier, Worcestershire

Location Church of Mary Magdalene Alfrick Worcestershire WR6 5HH Details on cross: Unknown British Soldier Text type (tags, carved) Tag is pressed tin 130mm long – lettering similar to old Dymo machines Cross dimensions in mm Shaft Height 1140 (approximate...
Walton – St Lukes Church, Merseyside

Walton – St Lukes Church, Merseyside

by admin | Aug 23, 2016 | Crosses, Merseyside, Unknown soldier

Unknown British Soldier Location: St.Lukes Church, 16 Goodison Road Walton, Liverpool Merseyside L4 4EL Details on cross: The cross is dedicated to an Unknown British Soldier WGC UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Location: It is positioned near the altar on the right side of...
Chedworth – St Andrew’s, Gloucestershire

Chedworth – St Andrew’s, Gloucestershire

by admin | Aug 23, 2016 | Crosses, Gloucestershire, Unknown soldier

UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Location: St Andrew’s Church Chedworth Gloucestershire GL54 4AD Details on cross: Two GRU tags on the top of the shaft. GRU 55D9 One GRU tag on the cross beam which reads: UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Cross Dimensions: Shaft Height: 740mm...
Wirral – Christchurch, Moreton, Cheshire

Wirral – Christchurch, Moreton, Cheshire

by admin | Aug 22, 2016 | Cheshire, Crosses, Unknown soldier

Unknown British Soldier Location: Christchurch Moreton Wirral Cheshire CH46 0SG Details on cross: small piece of metal near top of shaft slanting upwards left to right with initials: IWGC. Large metal strip on cross member states UNKNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Text type: GRU...
Liverpool – St Barnabus, Penny Lane

Liverpool – St Barnabus, Penny Lane

by admin | Aug 22, 2016 | Crosses, Merseyside, Unknown soldier

Unknown soldier Location: St Barnabus Church Town/village: Penny Lane, Liverpool County: Merseyside Postcode: L18 1 EL Details on cross: 1 long metal GRU strip on cross member stating: Unknown British soldier Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU tag...
Garston, St Michael’s, Merseyside

Garston, St Michael’s, Merseyside

by admin | Aug 9, 2016 | Crosses, Merseyside, Pilgrimage return, Unknown soldier

Unknown Location: St Michael’s church Town/village: Garston County: Merseyside Postcode: L19 8EA Details on cross: Metal strips on top and cross member; illegible from ground level, woman from church said they did not know who it commemorated but thought the...
Norton sub Hamdon – St Mary the Virgin, Somerset

Norton sub Hamdon – St Mary the Virgin, Somerset

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...
Long Sutton, St Marys, Lincolnshire

Long Sutton, St Marys, Lincolnshire

by admin | Aug 1, 2016 | Crosses, Lincolnshire, Unknown soldier

Unknown Soldier Location: St Mary’s Church Town/village: Long Sutton County: Lincs Postcode: PE12 9JJ Details on cross: Unknown British Soldier Text type: GRU tag (or imitation of one) Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Shaft Height: 1003 Cross beam width: 400...
Next Entries »

Recent reports

  • A cross in Canada
  • St Mary’s – Byfleet, Surrey
  • Great War Huts – Suffolk
  • Milton Keynes – All Saints, Buckinghamshire
  • Hexham – Private marker
  • St Mark’s Church – Worcester
  • All Souls – Twickenham
  • St Edmund, King and Martyr – City of London

Markers by county

  • 1914 (5)
  • 1915 (12)
  • 1916 (27)
  • 1917 (37)
  • 1918 (25)
  • 1919 (2)
  • Aberdeenshire (3)
  • Angus (1)
  • Argyll and Bute (2)
  • Ayrshire (2)
  • Battalion or division (8)
  • bedfordshire (4)
  • Berkshire (6)
  • Blog (17)
  • Boer War (3)
  • Borders (2)
  • Bristol (1)
  • British Legion presented (2)
  • Buckinghamshire (16)
  • Caernarfonshire (2)
  • Cambridgeshire (6)
  • Cardiff (1)
  • Ceredigion (1)
  • Cheshire (15)
  • Clackmannanshire (1)
  • Cornwall (8)
  • County Armagh (2)
  • County Down (1)
  • County Durham (1)
  • County Meath (1)
  • Crosses (439)
  • Cumbria (9)
  • Derbyshire (7)
  • Devon (10)
  • Dorset (9)
  • Dumfries & Galloway (4)
  • Duplicates (9)
  • East Lothian (1)
  • East Sussex (5)
  • Edinburgh (4)
  • Essex (9)
  • External (6)
  • Fabian Ware presented (2)
  • Fife (1)
  • Found (1)
  • French Cross (1)
  • German (10)
  • Glamorgan (1)
  • Gloucestershire (18)
  • Guernsey (1)
  • Gwent (1)
  • Gwynedd (2)
  • Hampshire (13)
  • Herefordshire (4)
  • Hertfordshire (2)
  • Highlands (2)
  • incomplete survey (47)
  • Inverness shire (1)
  • Ireland (1)
  • Isle of Man (1)
  • Isle of Skye (1)
  • Isle of Wight (1)
  • IWGC plaque (4)
  • Kent (24)
  • Lancashire (2)
  • Leicestershire (7)
  • Lincolnshire (4)
  • London (17)
  • lost markers (6)
  • Manchester (5)
  • Memorial Hall (1)
  • Merseyside (12)
  • Midlothian (6)
  • Moray (2)
  • Multiple crosses (58)
  • Multiple names (11)
  • Museums (33)
  • Native cross (7)
  • Needs confirmation (1)
  • No known grave (1)
  • No survey (16)
  • Non-Great War (5)
  • Norfolk (17)
  • Northamptonshire (8)
  • Northumberland (5)
  • Nottinghamshire (13)
  • Oddities (2)
  • Other material (3)
  • Outside UK (1)
  • Oxforshire (10)
  • Pembrokeshire (2)
  • Perthshire (2)
  • Pilgrimage return (2)
  • Powys (1)
  • Private collection (5)
  • propellor (11)
  • Related (2)
  • Replica (3)
  • Ross and Cromarty (2)
  • Rutland (1)
  • Schools & Colleges (5)
  • Second World War (3)
  • Shetland (1)
  • Shropshire (13)
  • Sir Y Flint (Flintshire) (2)
  • Somerset (6)
  • South Yorkshire (1)
  • Staffordshire (5)
  • Star of David (3)
  • Stirling (1)
  • Suffolk (20)
  • Surrey (17)
  • Temporarily removed (1)
  • Toc H presented (3)
  • Uncertain provenance (8)
  • Unknown soldier (45)
  • Unknown soldier located grave (1)
  • Unnamed (2)
  • Updated (1)
  • Victoria Cross (7)
  • Warwickshire (5)
  • West Midlands (2)
  • West Sussex (5)
  • Wiltshire (8)
  • Worcestershire (7)
  • Wrexham (Clwyd) (2)
  • Yorkshire (28)

Archives

  • December 2019
  • May 2019
  • December 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • April 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016

Supported by:

support logos

The Returned from the Front project gratefully received institutional support from the School of History at the University of Kent and financial support from the ‘Gateways to the First World War’ centre, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

  • Facebook
  • X
  • RSS
Designed by Starfish Limited | © Returned From the Front 2016
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.