Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North Wiltshire
- Town
- Charlton
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23940
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Current location
Charlton Road
Charlton
North Wiltshire
Wiltshire
SN16 9EA
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 9622788911
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Simple octagonal Latin Cross and shaft on octangonal plinth and two-stepped base.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN WHO/ WENT FORTH FROM CHARLTON VILLAGE TO TAKE PART IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 AND WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND THE LIBERTY OF MANKIND THIS MEMORIAL/ IS ERECTED BY THEIR GRATEFUL FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IN THIS PLACE/ (Names)/ AND IN THE WAR OF 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, Ernest
Baker, Frank
Banks, Frederick Barsted
Green, Frederick George
Howard, Charles Henry George
Langley, Norman Isaac
Lewis, Henry James
Molyneux, Henry
Sampson, Graham Mortimer
Wright, Leslie Charles
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 14FT
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Charlton Village
- WMO ID: 100187
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 25-02-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection UL1
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