MILSTEAD & KINGSDOWN CROSS

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Reference WMO/161483

Address:

St Mary and the Holy Cross Church

Frinsted Road

Milstead

ME9 0SA

England

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Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A rough surfaced, granite, wheel cross on a tapering plinth with dedication & names in blaxck lettering on its sides. This stands on a square, two stepped base in the churchyard.
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THIS CROSS IS ERECTED/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ OF THE PARISHES OF MILSTEAD AND KINGSDOWN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/

Charles A Lamkin Royal Navy HMS Aboukir Died 24/09/16 Age 27 Blue Town Milstead.Leonard Gregory 6th The Buffs Died 08/03/16 Age 19 Abbeville Communal Cemetery France Son of James & Sarah James R Sage 1st The Buffs Died 24/09/16 Age 20 Gussy Hill Milstead. Percy G Sedge 1st Irish Guards Died 20/10/18 Age 23 Gussy Hill Milstead. Percy Tolhurst Royal Garrison Artillery Died 13/04/17 La Clytte Cemetery Belgium. Morgan Fishbourne. Thomas V Bushell 11th Royal West Kents Died 07/06/17 Age 21 Bottom Pond Farm. William J Gardener Army Service Corps Died 20/07/18 Age 36 Blue Town. He was the son of W Gardener of Rawling Street. William died of disentery after a bout of malaria.

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