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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Mid Sussex
- Town
- Horsted Keynes
- County
- West Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16833
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Current location
St Giles' Church
Church Lane
Horsted Keynes
Mid Sussex
West Sussex
RH17 7AY
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 38380 28569
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- CELTIC STYLE WHEEL CROSS ON TAPERING BASE TRACERY ON FRONT FACE OF CROSS.
- Inscription
- SACRED/ TO THE IMPERISHABLE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ THESE DIED THAT WE AT PEACE MIGHT LIVE/ THESE GAVE THEIR BEST, THAT WE OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE/ NOT FOR THEMSELVES FOR JUSTICE FREEDOM RIGHT/ THEY FOUGHT AND BID US FORWARD TO THE FIGHT/ (NAMES ON SIDES) AND OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Avis, Charles
Browning, Charles
Cole, George
Cook, Albert
Cox, Briton
Curd, Arthur
Deacon, George
Deacon, Jack
Francis, Frederick G
Hollands, Clement A
See details for all 25 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 25
Served and returned: 0
Died: 25
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Horsted Keynes Parish Memorial
- WMO ID: 143080
- Condition: Good [last updated on 24-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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