Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- Waveney
- Town
- Sotterley
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 68678
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Current location
St. Margaret's Church
Sotterley Hall
Sotterley
Waveney
Suffolk
NR34 7TX
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 45928 85284
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Typical GRU/IWGC battlefield cross with two white metal strips on cross member. Marks show where a third white metal strip has been attached., this strip is apparently resting on top of the cross member. Marks also indicate there had been a GRU/IWGC tag fixed to the upright above the crossing point, this has been lost .
- Inscription
- CAPT S BARNE MC /20 HUSSARS ATT RFC /22 APRIL 1917 /
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barne, Seymour
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename initial, surname, honours, units, date of death
Order of information: Rank, forename initial, surname, honours, units, date of death
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Tablet
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST MARGARET
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- 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
- Images also appear on The Returned from the Front website thereturned.co.uk/crosses/sotterley-st-margaret/
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