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

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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
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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
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 65MM, height 840MM, width 650MM
    Materials: Stone
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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