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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- Fenland
- Town
- Wisbech
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3466
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Current location
On the wall near the World War 1 window
St Peter and St Pauls Church
Church Terrace
Wisbech
Fenland
Cambridgeshire
PE13 1BL
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 46311 09549
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Le Treport Military Cemetery
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Le Treport Military Cemetery
- Description
- Battlefield cross.
- Inscription
- LIEUT. H.A.R. CROOKHAM, / 1ST CAMBRIDGESHIRES, / DIED 3RD AUGUST 1915 / I.W.G.C.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Crookham, H A R
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, initials, surname, Regiment, date of death.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: depth 20MM, height 1250MM, width 500MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
- 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
- Wisbech (Lt H A R Crookham cross)
- WMO ID: 119183
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 07-02-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Letter dated 28 January 2004 states the cross is now inside the Church, on a wall immediately adjacent to the World War 1 memorial. According to a letter dated 8 August 2000, this memorial is undergoing conservation, following which it is to be relocated indoors.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- BAK8. The Times 13/8/1915: obituary of Lieutenant Hugh Anthony Rupert Crookham. (Died in hospital from meningitis on 3/8/1915, following a serious head wound from a rifle grenade sustained 2/7/1915).
- Friends of War Memorials - Report to Margaret A Goodall, Conservation Officer - April 2000 - Auth. Brian A Krill, I.Eng., A.M.I.C.E.
- ''The Unending Vigil'' A history of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission 1917-1984 by Philip Longworth, published by Leo Cooper in association with Secker & Warburg
- ''Before Endeavours Fade '' A guide to the Battlefields of the First World War by Rose B. Coombd, MBE, published by Battle Britain Prints International Ltd
- Wisbech Standard ,August ,1915
- Fenland District Survey - Friday August 4th, 2000
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