Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Wyre Forest
Town
Chaddesley Corbett
County
Hereford And Worcester
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1903
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
32303

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Current location

St Cassians Churchyard
The Village
Chaddesley Corbett
Wyre Forest
Hereford And Worcester
DY10 4SD
England

OS Grid Ref: SO 89133 73575
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Ancient churchyard cross with three-stepped base and square plinth surmounted by pedestal, shaft and market-style cross. Carved inscription on the front face of the pedestal. Crucifix on the 9 o'clock face of the cross; angel carved on the 3 o'clock face.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HENRY CAIRNS OLDNALL CAPTAIN R.F.A./ WHO WAS KILLED AT JAKOBSBERG SOUTH AFRICA JANUARY 29 1901/ THIS MEMORIAL CROSS WAS RESTORED 1903
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Oldnall, Henry Cairns
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Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: height C 7000MM
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
Listing information
Condition
History
1903: AS PART OF THE RESTORATION, THE SHAFT AND CROSS REPLACED THE SUNDIAL PILLAR WHICH HAD STOOD ON THE BASE OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY A CROSS. THE ORIGINAL CROSS HAD DISAPPEARED AT SOME POINT 2000: INSCRIPTION IS BADLY ERODED IN SOME PARTS
Costs

Comments: 1903 restoration was paid for by the family of Lady Crease according to the history of the church by John Roper referenced below, although, at odds with the inscription on the memorial, this book cites the year as 1904

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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