Beckbury WWI cross

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Reference WMO/182503

Address:

St Milberga's Churchyard

Beckbury

TF11 9DG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Chruch located between school and pubthe memorial is constructed from local pink sandstone. it consists of a latin cross on a tapering octagonal column set on a chamfered square base. this in turn rests on three tiered steps. the names of the fallen in ww1 are carved on the four faces of the base stone. the fallen in ww2 are inscribed on a separate block which appears to be a later addition and sits on the second step. the ww2 inscriptions have been paint
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he glory of god and in memory of all who gave their lives in the great war 1914 - 1919 especially those from this parish

pte thomas james edwards, kings shrop lt infry sept 25 1915, pte henry powles, kings shrop lt infry, april 19 1917, pte nathan brassington, n. staffs regt march 21 1914 l/c andrew homer. 6th batt kings shrop lt infantry march 1918 pte richard turner, e lancs regt march 1915, sergt alfred machine, s.staffs regt aug 9 1915, l/c frederic fleckner. s staffs regt aug 22 1915 and in the second world war 1939 - 1945 f/o william Robert yule guilfoyle, pte george roland unit, norman Thompson,

Grade II (England)

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