Memorial

Bockleton and Hampton Charles - WW1, Cross

Cross

Source: Copyright Ynyr Owen

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Current Location

Bockleton Road, Bockleton, Malvern Hills, Herefordshire, WR15 8PP, England

SO 59514 61499

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 88300
Description: Stone wheel, Celtic cross set on a square section shaft and on a three step base with a downward facing sword carved into the shaft of the cross. The inscription is on the top two, front faces of the base. The whole is set in a small area, atop a mound and approached by a flight of stone steps, the memorial being surrounded by iron railings
Inscription: IN EVER THANKFUL MEMORY/ OF MERCIES VOUCHSAFED BY ALMIGHTY GOD/ WHEREBY OF THE FORTY FOUR MEN/ FROM THE PARISHES OF/ BOCKLETON AND HAMPTON CHARLES/ WHO SERVED IN THE IMPERIAL FORCES IN 1914-1918/ THIRTY NINE REMAINED ALIVE/ THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF/ THE TWO PARISHES BY WHOM ALSO A TABLET BEARING THE/ NAMES OF THOSE WHO FELL WAS PLACED IN THE CHURCH.

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1448479