Memorial
St Marys Church - Cross
Memorial adjacent to church wall
Source: Brian Robert Marshall - WMO/301829
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Current Location
The memorial is located adjacent to the wall surrounding the church, but not within the church grounds, and just north of an area of off-road parking., St Marys Church, Church Lane, Driffield, Cotswold, Gloucestershire, GL7 5PX, England
OS Grid Reference
SU 07420 99770
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 20832
- Description
- STONE WHEEL CROSS WITH TAPERING SHAFT SET ON SQUARE PLINTH. THE PLINTH SURMOUNTS THREE-STEPPED SQUARE STONE BASE. SWORD IN RELIEF ON SHAFT OF CROSS. ALL INSCRIPTION IS FORMED IN BLACK UPPER-CASE LETTERING.
- Inscription
- Main face - THIS CROSS/ IS SET UP TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF HARNHILL AND DRIFFIELD WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-/ 1918, THAT/ THOSE WHO PASS BY MAY BEAR THEM/ IN REMEMBRANCE Left Side -[4 names - Day to Tugwell] Right Side-[3 names - Wellavise to Williams]
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 7
- Died
- 7
- Information shown
- rank, initials of forenames, surname, regiment, decorations
- Order of names
- alphabetical by surname
- Custodian
- Driffield Town Council or the Church Authorities
Components
- Cross
Height: c 3200mm
Width: c 1520mm
Depth: c 1520mm
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 301829
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- Transcript of names- http://www.glosgen.co.uk/warmem/driffieldwm.htm