Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Tewkesbury
- Town
- Ashchurch
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 20772
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Current location
Ashchurch Primary School.
A46
Ashchurch
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
GL20 8JY
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 9284033256
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- CROSS WITH 'ROOF' ENDS ON TOP AND EACH ARM. SET ON CAPITAL ON TOP OF SQUARE TAPERED COLUMN, ON THREE-STEP BASE
- Inscription
- THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ THIS CROSS IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Atwood, William
Cartland, J Bertram F
Day, A Charles
Eckersall, Frederick E Nixon
Griffiths, Harold
Halling, William
Hopton, Charles
Hutchings, Charles
Hutchings, Harold
James, Henry
See details for all 24 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of information: rank,surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Cross
Measurements: height 5.5 FT
Materials: Stone
- Plaques / Panels with names
- 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
- Ashchurch
- WMO ID: 154052
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-07-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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