Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Coventry
- Town
- Baginton
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72949
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Current location
St. John the Baptist Churchyard
Church Road
Baginton
Coventry
West Midlands
CV8 3AR
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 34357 74757
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Single-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned tapering plinth & large Latin cross. The whole memorial stands within a circular brick-kerbed area, infilled with gravel. Incised writing picked out in black on the front and rear faces of both the base and plinth commemorating the dead of WW1 and WW2.
- Inscription
- Face 1 plinth: 1914-1918/ (names) Face 1 base: LEST WE FORGET Face 3 plinth: 1939-1945/ (names) Face 3 base: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Hicks, G. W. James
Mills, W. H.
Owen, Isaac
Thorpe, Fred
Warren, Ernie
Woolaston, Frank
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, forename, surname
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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