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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- Malvern Hills
- Town
- Great Malvern
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 32882
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Current location
St Mary and St Michaels Church (The Priory)
Church Street
Great Malvern
Malvern Hills
Hereford And Worcester
WR14 2AY
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 77606 45906
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- One of a group of eleven battlefield crosses . each set into a rectangular stone plinth outside the church .with casualty details incised on the front face of the plinth . The crosses were put in place in 1922 and by 2001 their condition had deteriorated and they were discarded , with the plinths remaining in place .A rectangular metal plaque was erected on the site with the names of the eleven casualties . The commemoration as recorded is that which was incised on the plinth , details of the battlefield cross and its dedication , together with any GRU/IWGC attached white metal strips have been lost
- Inscription
- Plinth /MAJOR DOUGLAS HARRY ACWORTH/ MC ORDER OF THE NILE/ 55 COKES RIFLES FRONTIER FORCE INDIAN ARMY/ DIED OF PNEUMONIA AT PORT SAID EGYPT/ 6TH FEB 1919 AGED/ 33 YEARS/ GOD HIMSELF SHALL BE WITH THEM AND BE THEIR GOD/ Battlefield cross /UNKNOWN/ Metal plaque /TEMPORARY WOODEN CROSSES /FROM THE FIRST WAR GRAVES/OF THESE SOLDIERS/STOOD HERE FOR MANY YEARS / FROM 1922 /(names) /WE WLLL REMEMBER THEM /November 2001/
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Acworth, Douglas Harry
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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
- History
- Battlefield cross and plinth put in place 1922 . Cross deteriorated and discarded 2001 .
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- see also The Returned from the Front website thereturned.co.uk/crosses/malvern-priory-worcestershire/
- More information may be found here www.malvernremembers.org.uk/ww1-profiles/douglas-harry-acworth
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