Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- North Wiltshire
- Town
- Box
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 55680
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Current location
Cemetery Chapel
A4 Bath Road
Box
North Wiltshire
Wiltshire
SN13 8AA
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 821 684
Denomination: Non-Denominational
- Description
- A framed notice above a wooden cross, depicting Heinkel III aircraft, and with Luftwaffe crosses at the corners. Beneath the notice is the original wooden cross which marked plot number C1, which contined the remains of five German Luftwaffe crewmen.
- Inscription
- (Exact inscription unknown) Beneath this memorial is the original wooden cross which marked plot C1, which contained the remains of the five German Luftwaffe crewman
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Beck, Rudolf
Kirchoff, Rudolf
Merz, Hans Fritz
Schmidt, Johann
Wittkamp, Gunter
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Print
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper - Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: height 1200mm
Materials: Wood
- Print
- 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 - Reference
- Somerset at War 1939 - 1945 by Mac Hawkins p 29-31, 36-37 Published:Dovecot Press 1988 Wimbourne
- Box Cemetery-Box People and Places
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