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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- East Staffordshire
- Town
- Abbots Bromley
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 24th June 1920
Attended by: Bishop of Lichfield
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26918
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Current location
MARKET PLACE
Market Place
Abbots Bromley
East Staffordshire
Staffordshire
WS15 3BS
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 08063 24548
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- CROSS ON TOP OF SLENDER COLUMN ON OCTAGONAL BASE. SLATE INSCRIPTION PANELS AROUND BASE. WW2 PLAQUE AT THE BASE OF THE 6 O'CLOCK FACE OF THE SHAFT. WHOLE IS SURROUNDED BY EIGHT OAK POSTS LINKED BY CHAIN
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ TO THE ETERNAL / MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF ABBOTS BROMLEY / WHOSE NAMES ARE / INSCRIBED HEREON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR ENGLAND / IN THE GREAT WAR AND / OF ALL THOSE OTHERS / FROM THIS PARISH WHO / FOUGHT UNDER THE / FLAG DURING THE / SAME PERIOD 1914 - 1919. OTHER FACES: (29 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, H
Arnold, G
Benson, G A T
Bentley, J W
Berkeley, C
Brown, W R
Fowell, D
Fowler, A
Gilbert, E C
Grimley, J
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 18FT
Materials: Stone - Hornton
- Cross
- Listing information
- 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
- Abbots Bromley Cross
- WMO ID: 97274
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 04-05-2017]
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- Costs
Site: £120
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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