Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Eastleigh
- Town
- Botley
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21095
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Current location
All Saints Church
High Street
Botley
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO30 2EA
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 51167 13025
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Set in front of the parish church. Plain light grey stone cross on a rectangular plinth , the upper part with a laurel wreath on all four faces , the lower part with the dedication and names in cast lead letters on all four faces . The plinth stands on a three stepped rectangular base .
- Inscription
- SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ OF ALL RANKS AND/ BRANCHES OF THE SERVICES/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS, THAT HE GAVE HIS/ LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"/ AND IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aslett, Ernest E
Aslett, George H
Baker, Robert J
Boggust, Alfred H
Bone, Gordon R
Cannaway, William D
Cheater, Harry J
Clarke, John C A
Clements, Walter C
Dollery, Leonard
See details for all 45 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 33
Served and returned: 0
Died: 33
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 1040MM, height 4000MM, width 1040MM
Materials: Stone - Limestone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Botley War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Botley Cross
- WMO ID: 209393
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 29-08-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/meorial/209393 has photos
- hampshirewarmemorials.com has photos and list of names with links to service and death details of each casualty.
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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