Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel: Dedicated within church building
- District
- North Dorset
- Town
- Gillingham
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26470
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Current location
ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH
Gillingham
North Dorset
Dorset
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 806 265
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH ASSOCIATED TABLET.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD THIS CHAPEL IS /GIVEN BY CHARLTON AND EMILY CROSS/ OF WYKE HALL IN THIS PARISH IN PROUD/ AND UNFADING MEMORY OF THEIR/ DEARLY LOVED SON/ REGINALD CHARLTON CROSS/ LIEUT. DORSET YEOMANRY ATTACHED/ TO THE 2/4 SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGT./ WHO FOUGHT IN THE GREAT WAR AND/ WAS KILLED IN FRANCE ON 7 JUNE 1918/ ON RECONNAISANCE DUTY WHILST/ CARRYING IN HIS WOUNDED MEN/ AGED 26 YEARS/ LAID TO REST IN THE BRITISH CEMETERY/ AT COUIN NEAR ARRAS FRANCE/ GOD DIED FOR ALL MEN/ HE FOR OUR COUNTRY/ GRANT UNTO HIM O LORD THY/ MERCY & EVERLASTING PEACE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cross, Reginald Charlton
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
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 burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 65MM, height 840MM, width 650MM
Materials: Stone - Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
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