Memorial

Kempsey Parish Memorial Cross - WW1 and WW2

Cross - Black and White Image

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Current Location

ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH, Church Street, Kempsey, Malvern Hills, Herefordshire, WR5 3JH, England

SO 84825 49064

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 32928
Description: STONE LATIN CROSS ATOP A TALL, HEXAGONAL SHAFT AND PLINTH, ALL SET ON A 3 AND 5 STEP, SQUARE BASE (5 ON ONE SIDE AS THE GROUND SLOPES AWAY). INSCRIPTIONS ON THE 6 PANELS OF THE PLINTH.
Inscription: Panel 1 (at 6 o'clock): THE/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD/ 1914-1919 Panel 2 (at 10 o'clock): (9 WW1 Names, Surnames B-G) Panel 3 (at 8 o'clock): (9 WW1 Names, Surnames H-Le) Panel 4 (at 4 o' clock): (9 WW1 Names, Surnames Li-Rea) Panel 5 (at 2 o'clock): (9 WW1 Names, Surnames Rey-Y) Panel 6 (at 12 o'clock): 1939-1945/ (7 WW2 Names)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 36
Died: 36
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of names: surname, forename
Additional Information: George Clifford and the 3rd casualty with the surname Rea, George, appear out of alphabetic order, the later after William Rea

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 7
Died: 7
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: Joseph G Hill appears last, out of alphabetic order: one casualty, Dorothy Sugden, is female

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Unknown