Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Portsmouth
- Town
- Portsea
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21442
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Current location
ST MARYS CHURCH FORMER CHURCHYARD
Portsea
Portsmouth
Hampshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 634 002
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- CROSS OF SACRIFICE ON HEXAGONAL PLINTH AND THREE STEPPED HEXAGONAL BASE BRONZE SWORD OF SACRIFICE ON FRONT FACE. NB THIS IS A PARISH MEMORIAL, NOT A CWGC MEMORIAL
- Inscription
- A TOKEN OF GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE PARISH OF PORTSEA (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Cross
- 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
- PORTSEA PARISHIONERS
- WMO ID: 102631
- Condition: Good [last updated on 23-10-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- SURVEYED OCTOBER 1984: STAINING FROM BRONZE SWORD. SURFACE EROSION OF STONE. SOME OPEN JOINTS. SEVERLEY STAINED WITH LICHEN PARTICULARLY TO BASE STONE. INFORMATION TAKEN FROM SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY PORTSMOUTH CITY MUSEUMS DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIC DESIGN IN 1984. SEE FILE FOR COMPLETE INDEXED DOCUMENT WITH 59 ENTRIES, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO NON-MILITARY MEMORIALS IN THE CITY. CONDITION ASSESSMENTS TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY: A = URGENT = POOR. B = LIMITED REQUIREMENT = AT RISK. C = SOUND = GOOD
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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