Memorial

Eridge Cross

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Source: Copyright Les Featherstone

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Current Location

Holy Trinity Churchyard, Eridge Road, Eridge, Wealden, East Sussex, TN3 9JG, England

TQ 55769 35627

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 17280
Description: Lantern cross on a tall octagonal shaft and square plinth. On a square three-step base. Plinth faces bear the incised inscription and names.
Inscription: 6 o'clock plinth face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO GAVE / + THEIR LIVES + / A WILLING SACRIFICE / THAT TRUTH FREEDOM / AND RIGHTEOUSNESS / 1914 . MIGHT PREVAIL . 1919 // Other plinth faces: (23 NAMES)

Cross

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good

Family Roots F.H.S. (Eastbourne & District), 'Rolls of Honour and War Memorials in Some East Sussex Villages', Vol 5, compiled by L. Medhurst & E. Pitcher (1992), p 10.