Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- Ealing
- Town
- Acton
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 11931
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- Previous locations
- ACTON GREEN CHAPEL OF THE ASCENSION
St Alban's Church
Acton Lane
Acton
Ealing
Greater London
W4 5JU
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 20773 79457
Denomination: Church of England
- ACTON GREEN CHAPEL OF THE ASCENSION
- Description
- Wooden battlefield cross on a shelf, adorned with poppies and surrounded by flags of The British Legion. Inscription on parchment mounted on wooden panel below shelf.
- Inscription
- THIS / CROSS OF AN UNKNOWN WARRIOR / WAS DELIVERED INTO THE CHARGE OF THE / YOUTH OF ST ALBANS / BY THE MEMBERS OF THE / BRITISH LEGION (ACTON BRANCH) / SUNDAY FEBRUARY 9TH 1930 / "SO HE PASSED ON - AND ALL THE / TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: height C 60IN, width 21IN
Materials: Wood
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
- Condition
- Battlefield cross of an unknow warrior.
- WMO ID: 254852
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 11-12-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2006: Church closed. Whereabouts of cross unknown.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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