Multiple crosses – Gunnis and Streatfield
CAPT. G. GUNNIS
Location address: St Marys Church, Eden View, Chiddingstone, Kent, England, TN8 7AH
TQ 50089 45189
Details on cross:
Tag on top arm –
G R U
3 tags on cross center –
CAPT. G. GUNNIS, M. C. // 3RD GRENADIER. GDS // DIED. OF. WOUNDS. OCT. 13TH. 1916
Tag at top of lower arm –
4779
Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU tags and separate brass plaque.
Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Not measured
Other information
Mounting to wall: Not apparent.
Detailing: None.
Evidence of use in field (earth marking, cracking, staining, shrinkage): Earth marking
Surface insertion depth (into ground if apparent): Not measured.
Finish (varnish, paint, oiled, unfinished etc): Unfinished
Condition (cracked, paint peeling, woodwork, damage etc):
Notes and observations: (optional)
Brass plaque on wall beneath cross – This cross stood at the head of the grave of / CAPTAIN GEOFFREY GUNNIS. MC / Grenadier Guards, in the cemetery of / St Sever. Rouen, from October 1916 until / June 1923 when it was replaced by a headstone.
Base of lower arm cut to a point.
Mounted on east rebate of the south nave window dedicated to G. G. Gunnis. The window has an informative plaque underneath.
IWM WMR – 16153
WMOL – 107761
2ND LT THOMAS BASIL MARYON STREATFIELD
Details on cross:
Tag on top arm –
G R U
Brass plaque middle of horizontal arm –
2ND LT THOMAS BASIL MARYON STREATFIELD, / ROYAL WEST KENT REGT / MORTALLY WOUNDED NOV 6TH 1917. AGED 19 / (HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, NR YPRES.)
Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU tag and brass plaque
Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Not measured
Other information
Mounting to wall: Not apparent
Detailing: None
Evidence of use in field (earth marking, cracking, staining, shrinkage): Earth marking and rot at lower end of lower arm
Surface insertion depth (into ground if apparent): Not measured
Finish (varnish, paint, oiled, unfinished etc): Unfinished
Condition (cracked, paint peeling, woodwork, damage etc): Damage at top of upper arm
Notes and observations: (optional)
Mounted on east rebate of a south nave window.
Shadow of small cross at the top of the lower arm
Green mark around brass plaque probably due to brass cleaning polish.
IWM WMR – 16152
WMOL – 107762
Other information: (From David Milborrow)
GRU tag to top, other tags appear to have been either covered or replaced with an engraved brass plate. Some signs of worm and rot to base, also the shadow of a smaller cross light etched into the wood.
From CWGC
Thomas Basil Maryon Streatfeild
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Date of Death: 07/11/1917
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: VIII. C. 3.
Cemetery:HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Florence Ethel Streatfeild (nee Maryon Wilson), of 2, Manor Rd., Folkestone. Educated at Horris Hill, Newbury, Sherborne School and R.M.C. Sandhurst.
He was subject to a reburial at Hooge previous burial located at J21 b62 (cannot ascertain location)
Thomas Streatfeild on Folkestone local history website
Survey courtesy of: Susan Featherstone
Original single cross survey courtesy of David Milborrow.
Photographs courtesy of: Les Featherstone
Date of survey: 22 April 2008 (window 8 January 2009)
