Memorial

Cressage

Cross

Source: Copyright S J Clark

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Current Location

ROAD JUNCTION IN VILLAGE SQUARE, Village Square, Cressage, Shrewsbury And Atcham, Shropshire, England

SJ 590 040

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 14023
Description: A rough-hewn Celtic-style wheel cross on a tapering shaft and square plinth.
Inscription: (6 O CLOCK) TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE FOLLOWING MEN/ WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ (12 O CLOCK) 1939 - 1945/ IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)

Maintenance History: STONE PITTED AND QUITE WORN. SOME BIOLOGICAL GROWTH (2000)

Unveiled

1920

Unknown

Cross

Height: 15FT

Made from: Granite

Condition: Poor

'Cressage War Memorial', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 8 May 1920, p. 11.