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    Memorial

    Sheepscombe

    Sheepscombe War Memorial

    Source: Copyright Steve Pitman

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    Current Location

    On the village green just below the church., St John the Apostle Church, Jack's Green, Sheepscombe, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 7RFH, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SO 89212 10151

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Composite
    WMR Reference Number
    20731
    Description
    Preachers cross, with a cubical style sundial at the top, being on a four step base with hexagonal column. Also described as in the features the old Gloucestershire type of Wayside Cross - modelled on Calmsden, near Cirencester.
    Inscription
    Sundial at top of column below cross: W FACE: DULCE ET S FACE: DECORUM E FACE: PRO PATRIA N FACE: MORI Base: ??/1914/NOV/11/?? SEPT/ 1939/ AUG/ 1945/ (NAMES) around steps Reported to be "in memory of the men of the village who did not return from the Great War" but can't see on the photograph.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    11
    Died
    11
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    4
    Died
    4
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • Mr. Welbere St. Claire Baddeley, J.P., of Castle Hale, Painswick, archaeologist., Designer

    Maintenance History
    Looks very weathered on photograph

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    22nd May 1921

    Major-General Sir Leopold Victor Swaine, K.C.B., C.M.G. (Former Colnel-in-Command of the Rifle Brigade).

    Dedicated

    22nd May 192

    The Vicar, the Rev. K. K. E. Richard

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 3600MM

    Width: 1800MM

    Depth: 1800MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Sundial

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    234199

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    • Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 28 May 1921 STROUD AND DISTRICT. THE FALLEN OF SHEEPCOMBE. Unveiling of the Wayside Cross.