Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Tewkesbury
- Town
- Bishops Cleeve
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 20785
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Current location
ON THE CORNER OF A NINETY DEGREE BEND IN THE ROAD
Church Road
Bishops Cleeve
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 9606127632
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Church Rd And Evesham Rd
Bishops Cleeve
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Church Rd And Evesham Rd
- Description
- FLORIATED CROSS ON OCTAGONAL THREE STEPPED BASE SWORD OF SACRIFICE IN RELIEF ON FRONT FACE. CROSSED PALMS IN STONE WITH DATES 1914 - 1918 IN RELIEF AT BASE OF CROSS
- Inscription
- TO THE GREATER/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF THOSE MEN/ BELONGING TO/ THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ MAY THEY REST/ IN PEACE/ (NAMES)/ AND IN/ GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE 1939 - 1945 WAR/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aldridge, George
Aston, Ernest
Bailey, Donald
Barnes, Henry
Barnes, Raymond
Barnett, Lionel
Bridges, George
Burnett, Charles
Chandler, Ralph
Church, William
See details for all 55 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 55
Served and returned: 0
Died: 55
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 250MM, height 3350MM, width 900MM
Materials: Stone - Base
Measurements: height 950MM
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
- Bishop's Cleeve
- WMO ID: 131254
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- SOME WEATHERING
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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