Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- New Forest
- Town
- East Boldre
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 49780
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Current location
St Paul's church
Main Road
East Boldre
New Forest
Hampshire
SO42 7WS
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 37493 00318
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- THREE STEPPED OCTAGONAL BASE SURMOUNTED BY SQUARE PLINTH, SHAFT AND GADBLED CRUCIFIX CROSS. INSCRIPTION ON PLAQUES ATTACHED TO THE SIDES OF THE PLINTH. FIGURE OF CHRIST CARVED IN RELIEF ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE CROSS
- Inscription
- 6 OCLOCK FACE: TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES DURING THE/ 1914-1918 AND 1939-1945 WARS 3 AND 9 OCLOCK FACE: 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES) 12 OCLOCK FACE: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Archer, William Frederick
Beard, Alfred Henry
Bowyer, Joseph Angus
Broomfield, Reginald Frederick
Crouch, Norman Leonard
Crouch, Sydney
Doe, Bert
Duffin, Donald Anthony
Dunkason, Robert
Etheridge, George
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- 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
- History
- DATE UNKNOWN: NEW NAME PLAQUES ADDED TO THE MEMORIAL AS THE OLD WORDING WAS ILLEGIBLE
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- New Forest Military Archive www.newforestmilitaryarchive.org.uk/Site/East_Boldre_War_Memorial.html
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