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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
43618

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Current location

Salisbury Cathedral
W Walk
Salisbury
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 2EN
England

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

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Description
Simple cruciform shape , the cross member wider than the upright . The cross member painted grey/white with bottom left corner chipped , the upright unpainted , suggesting that the cross member may have been mounted on a replacement upright . At bottom a small modern cross and artificial poppies below that the commemorative wood tablet , The cross is supported by a metal rod which may be a security device as one cross was reported stolen from this location in 2015.
Inscription
ON THE COMMEMORATIVE WOODEN TABLET -/THIS CROSS MARKED THE GRAVE IN CAIRO CEMETERY OF/CAPT CHARLES BASIL MORTIMER HODGSON/3RD QUEENS ROYAL WEST SURREY REGT/ DIED IN HOSPITAL IN CAIRO APRIL 1ST 1918/ OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN PALESTINE/HUSBAND OF MARY ALICE CARPENTER /DAUGHTER OF THE ARCHDEACON OF SARUM/ ON THE CROSS /CAPT C B M HODGSON /2/24th BN LONDON attd FROM 3RD R W SURREY REGT /1/4/18/
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Hodgson, C B M
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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,place of death,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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