Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
North Warwickshire
Town
Fillongley
County
Warwickshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
19053

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Current location

Set onto roadside wall
alongside Churchyard,
St. Mary & All Saints' Churchyard
Coventry Road
Fillongley
North Warwickshire
Warwickshire
CV7 8ET
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 28066 87148
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Brick and stone built base integrated with a boundary wall, supports an octagonal stone platform surmounted by a square sectioned plinth with heavily concave-chamfered top edges. Rising from the plinth is a short, slightly tapering round pillar topped with a socket base-clamped ornate, open-framed wrought iron cross. Metallic sun-burst effect around cross. Inscription & names on tablets or plaques within recesses on sides of plinth.
Inscription
THEIR GLORY /SHALL NOT BE/ BLOTTED OUT/ MCMXIV MCMXVIII/ (NAMES)/ MCMXXXVIIII MCMXLV/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Atkins, Edwin
Barker, George
Barker, Henry
Barnwell, Arthur
Bishop, William
Bishop, William E
Collins, Alfred
Colver, Frank
Craner, Edward
Dale, Walter
See details for all 30 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 30
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 30
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 9
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 9
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wrought Iron
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
Listing information
Condition
History
2010: Advised some names are becoming difficult to read, Parish Council looking to have it refurbished.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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