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Memorial details

Memorial type
Battlefield cross or marker
District
Salisbury
Town
Salisbury
County
Wiltshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
43615

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Current location

Salisbury Cathedral
West Walk
Salisbury
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 2EN
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 14237 29484
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Cruciform shape of untreated wood , the crosspiece supported by diagonal struts forming a lozenge shape and with decorative notches in the ends of the crosspiece and top of the upright , all of which are cut to a point .At bottom a small modern cross with an artificial poppy and below that the commemorative wood tablet . Supported on a metal rod which may be a security device as one cross was reported stolen from this location in 2015 .
Inscription
ON THE COMMEMORATIVE WOOD TABLET /THIS CROSS MARKED THE GRAVE IN THE /MILITARY CEMETERY CAUDRY FRANCE OF/CAPT GUY DODGSON HERTS REGT WHO DIED /OF WOUNDS IN CASUALTY STATION NOV 14TH 1918/YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE HENLEY F DODGSON/AND MRS HAMILTON FULTON/ ON THE CROSS/C OF E /CAPT G DODGSON/1ST HERTS REGT/ DIED OF WOUNDS/14/11/18/
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Dodgson, Guy
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename,manner of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Battlefield Cross or Marker
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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