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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- East Staffordshire
- Town
- Croxden
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 38283
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Current location
ST GILES CHURCH
Croxden
East Staffordshire
Staffordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 065 399
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SQUARE BASE SURMOUNTED BY TAPERING SHAFT AND CALVARY CROSS. INSCRIPTION ON A TABLET INSET INTO THE FRONT FACE OF THE BASE
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THIER LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Amos, J W
Belfield, A R
Burton, H
Deacon, E C W
Guntripp, W F
Heaton, J C
Hodkinson, J E
Johnson, R
Peach, J
Rushton, A
See details for all 12 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died
Order of information: year died,rank
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 1300MM, height C 8000MM, width 1300MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- Croxden Cross
- WMO ID: 200573
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 06-11-2018]
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- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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