Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Stroud
Town
Standish
County
Gloucestershire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
32146

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Current location

St Nicholas Church
Standish Lane
Standish
Stroud
Gloucestershire
GL10 3DW
England

OS Grid Ref: SO 80072 08429
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
CELTIC CROSS ATOP A TAPERING COLUMN, STANDING ON A PLINTH AND 3 STEP BASE
Inscription
NORTH SIDE OF COLUMN: ERECTED/ BY THE / PARISHONERS / OF / STANDISH / PAST AND / PRESENT / IN GRATEFUL / MEMORY / OF THE MEN / WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES / FOR THE / FREEDOM / OF THEIR / COUNTRY / DURING THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 NORTH SIDE ON PLINTH - [9 NAMES] NORTH SIDE ON TOP STEP - THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE SOUTH SIDE OF PLINTH: A LATER GENERATION OF / PARISHIONERS HERE PAYS / GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO / GRANVILLE WILLIAM STOPFORD / FLIGHT SERGEANT ROYAL / AIR FORCE WHO GAVE HIS / LIFE IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939-1945
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Carpenter, James
Durrant, Arthur
Gardner, William C
Griffiths, Albert
Hogg, Frederick
Leach, Edward
Screen, Albert D
Stopford, Granville William
Whiteman, Charley
Woolley, Edward
See details for all 10 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 9
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 9
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname, regiment, rank, forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank, regiment, forename, surname
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
  • Standish War Memorial
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Parish Council

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