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
- 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
See details - 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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