Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- East Staffordshire
- Town
- Yoxall
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 80792
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- Previous locations
- St Peters Churchyard
King St
Yoxall
East Staffordshire
Staffordshire
DE13 8NE
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 14173 19081
Denomination: Church of England
- St Peters Churchyard
- Description
- Private stone Calvary Cross on two steps. Front face a bears a brass roundel with the Royal Arms Helmet Plate style Badge of the Royal Artillery.
- Inscription
- IN THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD / FOR THE / BEAUTIFUL LIFE AND GLORIOUS DEATH / OF HUMPHREY WARWICK ARDEN BA OD OR / KILLED AT MESSINES 6TH JUNE 1917, AGED 25 / LAID TO REST AT BAILLEUL ??).... (Illegible)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arden, Humphrey Warwick
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forenames, surname, place of death, date of death, age at death, place of burial
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Calvary
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Calvary
- Condition
- Humphrey Warwick Arden
- WMO ID: 201069
- Condition: Good [last updated on 29-09-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: Father had been the parish Rector for Yoxall. Parents’ and sister’s ashes lie beneath the Calvary.
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