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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- East Staffordshire
- Town
- Hoar Cross
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13396
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Current location
HOLY ANGELS CHURCH
Hoar Cross
East Staffordshire
Staffordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 125 231
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED BRONZE PLAQUE. IN CENTRE; RELIEF OF CHRIST'S CRUCIFICTION. SCROLL-LIKE BORDER. NAMES EITHER SIDE OF CRUCIFIX ENCIRCLED WITH LAUREL WREATHS AND SURMOUNTED BY CROWNS.
- Inscription
- JESU MERCY/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF HOAR CROSS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN /THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS/ LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ REST ETERNAL GRANT UNTO THEM/ O LORD AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL/ SHINE UPON THEM/ (NAMES)/ REQUIESCANT IN PACE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bentley, John
Dobson, Arthur
Dukes, Everard
Elstone, William
Eyre, Arthur
Fox, Gladstone
Harmer, Henry
Harvey, Michael
Hitchcox, Albert
Hodgkinson, Oliver
See details for all 21 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 21
Exact count: no
Information shown: forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 15MM, height 800MM, width 1070MM
Materials: Bronze
- 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
- Hoar Coss WW1
- WMO ID: 270243
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 13-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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