Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Basingstoke
- Town
- Headley
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21176
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Current location
just south of turn for Ashford Hill Rd
St Peter's churchyard
A339 Newbury Rd
Headley
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG19 8AB
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 51466 62583
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- ROUGH HEWN STONE CROSS ON SQUARE PLINTH SET ON ONE STEP BASE. WW1 NAMES INCISED ON FRONT FACE OF PLINTH. WW2 INSCRIPTION AND NAMES ON SLOPING PLAQUE FIXED BELOW WW1 INSCRIPTION.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE AND BE HONOURED FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bastaple, Phillip
Bennet, George
Brown, Victor
Cummins, Fred
Evans, Arthur
Foster, Jesse
Girdler, John
Haines, George
Hiscock, Frederick
Lawrence, John
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: depth 1230 MM, height 3000 MM, width 1360 MM
Materials: Stone
- Memorial
- 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
- ST PETER'S CROSS
- WMO ID: 102892
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 12-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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