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Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Milton Keynes
Town
Woburn Sands
County
Buckinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
20011

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Current location

St Mary's Catholic Church
Aspley Hill
Woburn Sands
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK17 8NN
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 93321 35548
Denomination: Roman Catholic

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Previous locations
  • England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
CALVARY CROSS THE CROSS WAS CARVED IN AUTUMN, 1945 (IN SPITE OF REPORTED DATE ON INSCRIPTION) BY STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL OF ECCLESIASTICAL ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MUNSTER, WESTPHALIA. THE OAK USED FOR THE FIGURE WAS FROM THE DESTROYED CATHEDRAL OF MUNSTER. THE CROSS WAS FROM RUINS FROM THE RUHR AND WAS MADE BY A GERMAN CABINET MAKER.
Inscription
LT. PETER C. FEARNLEY-SANDER, 141ST REGT. RAC (THE BUFFS). BORN IN BRUGES 13.8.14. KILLED IN ACTION, HEINSBURG, 24.1.1945. "TANTUS LABOR NON SIT CASSUS" (LET NOT THY LABOUR BE IN VAIN).
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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