Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- Lichfield
- Town
- Kings Bromley
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13579
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Current location
All Saints Church
Church Lane
Kings Bromley
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7JL
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 12205 17031
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A wooden battlefield cross , one GRU tag on the upper part of the upright and the dedication painted in black and extending over the cross member and upright . The cross is fixed to the wall and just below the base of the upright is a rectangular white marble tablet with the dedication incised and coloured black , the dedication wording associates the cross and tablet .
- Inscription
- Cross /RIP/IN/MEMORY/OF/CAPT & ADJT G R LANE/2ND BATTN COLDM GD/KILLED/IN/ACTION/ Tablet /This wooden Cross was placed on the / Grave of CAPT. G.R. LANE by the 2ND/ Battn Coldstream Guards after the action/ of 15th Sept 1916 .It was brought home on / the termination of the Great War by his/ father and mother who had it placed over/ the memorial tablet below/
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Lane, G R
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank , appointment , initials .surname , unit , manner of death , date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Tablet
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- see also The Returned From the Front website /thereturned.co.uk/crosses/kings-bromley/
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