Memorial
Thornhaugh with Wansford - WW1 Cross
Main Memorial
Source: Copyright Jane Sleightholme
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Current Location
Adjacent to Churchyard entrance from roadside,, St. Andrew's Churchyard, Russell Hill, Thornhaugh, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE8 6HL, England
OS Grid Reference
TF 06977 00562
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 18854
- Description
- Two-stepped, platform-topped hexagonal base surmounted by a square sectioned plinth followed by a substantial hexagonal shafted base with a tapering shaft, boss and floriate armed wheel cross. Incised inscription.
- Inscription
- East face : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / WHO SAVED OUR COUNTRY / IN HER TIME OF PERIL / 1914 - 1918. West face : IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 /
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Costs
- £77.6s 0d. (£77.30)
- Sponsor Type
- public
- Maintenance History
- Lettering worn.
Ceremonies
Unveiled
30th May 1920
Bishop of Peterborough
Components
- Cross
Height: 3600 mm
Width: 1800 mm
Depth: 1800 mm
Made from: Stone
Condition: At Risk
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 194100
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