Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Malvern Hills
Town
Cradley
County
Hereford And Worcester
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 21st April 1920
    Attended by: Mrs Frances Maclean (mother)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
33304

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Current location

MacLean Memorial Cross
Rectory Road
Cradley
Malvern Hills
Hereford And Worcester
WR13 5NF
England

OS Grid Ref: SO 73501 47094
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
THREE STEPPED SQUARE BASE SURMOUNTED BY SQUARE PLINTH AND LATIN CROSS
Inscription
6 o'clock face: TO THE PRAISE OF GOD/ AND IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ (4 Names)/ 1914-1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 12 o'clock face: IN MEMORY OF ALL THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FROM THIS PARISH AND/ WHOSE NAMES ARE ON THE/ TABLET IN THE CHURCH/ ALSO OF/ (2 Names) 3 o'clock face: THIS MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED IN APRIL 1920/ BY MRS FRANCES MACLEAN, WIDOW OF/ GENERAL HENRY MACLEAN OF THE HALESEND,/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR SONS IVAN AND ALEC/ AND GRANDSONS FRANK ABBOTT/ AND HECTOR MACLEAN, WHOSE PARENTS WERE MARRIED IN CRADLEY CHURCH./ LIEUT PEEL CORBIN WAS A FAMILY FRIEND AND/ CPL. HARRY LANE ASSISTED CAPT. IVAN MACLEAN/ (REGIMENTAL MEDICAL OFFICER TO THE 2ND/ BN. RIFLE BRIGADE) TO RESCUE AND TEND/ WOUNDED MEN WHO HAD FALLEN/ AHEAD OF THE FRONT LINE.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Lane, H
Maclean, Alec
Maclean, Hector
Maclean, Ivan
Maclean-abbott, Frank
Peel-corbin, R
See details for all 6 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 6
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 6
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, first name, surname, medals, regiment
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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