Cropthorne

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Reference WMO/91535

Address:

St Michael's Church

Main Street

Cropthorne

WR10 3LT

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other cross
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial was created following the First World War by using a discarded and broken cross in the churchyard. This was used to symbolise the destruction of war, thus its nature is integral to its design.
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THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 . CROPTHORNE ROLL OF HONOUR ERECTED BY THIS GRATEFUL VILLAGE TO COMMEMORATE THE NAMES OF ITS FAITHFUL SONS WHO FOUGHT FOR ENGLAND AND LIBERTY THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

SIGNLR. W.CAPENER. 1ST. GLOS. REGT. 1914; GNR. G.MOLE. R.F.A. 1914; PTE. J.E.CORBETT. 1ST. GRENADIER GDS. 1915; (ditto) W.IRELAND. 1ST. WORC. REGT. 1915; (ditto) W.J.BOTT. 9TH. (ditto) 1915; CPL. H.LEWIS. 3RD. (ditto) 1916; PTE. F.R.HARRIS. 3RD. WORC. REGT. 1916; SERGT. E.H.HYDE. 9TH. (ditto) 1916; PTE. A.W.TAYLOR. 3RD. (ditto) 1916; GUNR. W.G.HYDE. R.G.A. 1917; PTE. G.W.FORRESTER. 1/8TH. WORC. REGT. 1917; COY. SERGT. MAJ. F.E.FORRESTER. 1ST. (ditto) 1918 1939-1945 I.R.W.PARTLOW, L.A.C. ROYAL AIR FORCE; S.C.RAY, FLIGHT SERGEANT ROYAL AIR FORCE; G.A.J.TAYLOR, SERGEANT ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS.; H.WATSON, MARINE ROYAL NAVY

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