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    Memorial

    Lower Slaughter

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    Source: Copyright Mark Newton 10 August 2017

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    Current Location

    near the junction with Copse Hill Road and Becky Hill, St Mary's Church, Pike Lane, Lower Slaughter, Cotswold, Gloucestershire, GL54 2HR, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 16574 22624

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    20978
    Description
    TAPERING STONE CROSS MOUNTED ON A SQUARE PLINTH. THE PLINTH BEARS CARVED NAMES AND INSCRIPTION FOR THOSE THAT FELL IN WW1 AND WW2. PLINTHS SURMOUNTS THREE-STEPPED STONE BASE. CARVED SWORD AND LAUREL WREATH ON SHAFT OF CROSS
    Inscription
    (main face) IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE (face to the right of the main face) (15 names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (1 name)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    15
    Died
    15
    Information shown
    forename, surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    rank, forename, surname, service
    Maker(s)
    • H H Martyn and Co, a firm of sculptors, Cheltenham., Designer

    • H H Martyn and Co, a firm of sculptors, Cheltenham., Sculptor

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    1920

    Custodian
    Church authorities / Parochial Church Council (PCC)

    Components

    Cross

    Height: c 2440mm

    Width: c 1850mm

    Depth: c 1850mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1437892

    The full listing can be found at. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1437892?section=official-list-entry

    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    146752

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    • Gloucestershire Archives GDR/F1/1/1920/79: Lower Slaughter – stone cross as war memorial, Photograph and correspondence from H H Martyn & Co, Faculty papers, 29 June 1920.