Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- Sheffield
- Town
- Ecclesfield
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8535
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Current location
St. Mary's Church
Church Street
Ecclesfield
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S35 9WE
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 35300 94200
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Typical IWGC battlefield cross with one metal tag on the upright and four white metal strips on the cross member .i Cross is high up on a wall under crossed pikes and bugles of the Ecclesfield Volunteers 1803
- Inscription
- PRIVATE A. J. HARRISON YORK AND LANCS REGIMENT AND LABOUR CORPS KILLED IN ACTION 23RD OCTOBER 1918.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Harrison, A J
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, initials, surname, regiment, manner of death, date of death.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height C 1219 mm
Materials: Wood
- 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: The memorial was lost for a while. It was discovered behind a radiator following an enquiry about it's location from Pte.Harrison's grand daughter.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Responsibility
- Church
- Reference
- Images also appear on The Returned from the Front website thereturned.co.uk/crosses/ecclesfield-sheffield/
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