Memorial

Lubbock Family cross

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Current Location

In churchyard, St Giles the Abbot Church, Church Road, Farnborough, Bromley, Greater London, BR6 7DB, England

TQ 44390 64120

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 12765
Description: TAPERED SQUARE BASE SURMOUNTED BY TAPERED SHAFT AND CELTIC CROSS. INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDES OF THE BASE AND SHAFT OF THE CROSS. SCROLLING DESIGN CARVED ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE SHAFT OF THE CROSS
Inscription: 3 O'CLOCK FACE: IN/ LOVING/ MEMORY OF/ ERIC/ FOX-PITT/ LUBBOCK/ R.F.C. M.C./ 1893-1917/ KILLED IN ACTION/ ALSO MAURICE/ FOX-PITT/ LUBBOCK/ 1900-1957/ SONS OF 1ST BARON/ AVEBURY/ AND ALICE/ HIS WIFE/ JOHN BIRBECK LUBBOCK/ 2ND BARON AVEBURY 1858-1929/ SON OF 1ST BARON AVEBURY/ ALSO HAROLD FOX-PITT LUBBOCK/ KILLED IN ACTION 1915/ SON OF 1ST BARON AVEBURY/ AND ALICE HIS WIFE/ ALSO HIS SON JOHN LUBBOCK/ 3RD BARON AVEBURY 1915-1971/ URSULA MOYRA WILLIAMS 1917-1992 12 O'CLOCK FACE: "THERE IS NOTHING TO BE AFRAID/ OF EXCEPT DOING WRONG"/ LT. COLONEL/ ADRAIN GRANT DUFF C.B./ 1ST BT. THE BLACK WATCH/ THIRD SON OF RT HON/ SIR MOUNT STUART/ ELPHINSTONE GRANT DUFF AND/ HUSBAND OF URUSULA DAUGHTER OF/ THE FIRST LORD AVEBURY/ BORN 29 SEPTEMER 1869/ KILLED IN ACTION AT THE/ BATTLE OF AISNE/ 11 SPTEMBER 1914/ BURIED AT MOULINS/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"/ CAPTAIN NEIL ADRIAN MOUNT STUART GRANT DUFF 1ST BLACK WATCH/ DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF BARBARA ONLY SON OF ADRIAN AND URSULA/ BORN 19 OCT KILLED IN ACTION NEAR ST VALERY 12 JUNE 1940/ THE BRAVE AMONGST THEM ENDURE DEATH TO PREVENT GREATER EVILS/ AND THE SPIRIT SHALL RETURN TO GOD WHO GAVE IT.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional,decorations

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,relationships,additional

Cross

Height: C 15000MM

Made from: Stone