Memorial Cross - St Andrew - Eakring, Nottinghamshire
Posted by: SMacB
N 53° 09.148 W 000° 59.514
30U E 634281 N 5891114
A Celtic Cross on a ‘rough-hewn’ inscribed stone base in the north west corner of St Andrew's churchyard, Eakring.
Waymark Code: WM111XG
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/31/2019
Views: 2
"The War Memorial, in the form of a Celtic Cross on a ‘rough-hewn’ inscribed stone base stands by the north west corner of the church and by the roadside. It commemorates only the men of the First World War, there having been no Eakring losses in World War II. The western face is inscribed as follows:
ERECTED IN TOKEN OF GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR VICTORY
AND TO THE HONOUR OF THE MEN OF EAKRING
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
KILLED
A BETTS |
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H MOODY |
W H CHERRY |
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E J MORRIS |
H JARVIS |
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J OSBORNE |
J KEYWORTH |
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L V PACKFORD |
J LAUGHTON |
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J H ROWLAND |
J A LITTLE |
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W WYKES |
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On the northern face appears the following:
SERVED |
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WOUNDED |
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W PACEY |
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G COBB |
W PALIN |
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G DOBB |
A W RAGSDALE |
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W FROST |
G ROBINSON |
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A F GILBERT |
A ROWLAND |
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J G ROBINSON |
W ROWLAND |
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J SEATON |
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T W THORNHILL |
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The southern face displays:
SERVED
W L BOND |
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G H GILBERT |
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P LITTLE |
W BROOME |
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L GLEW |
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H MARSHALL |
M CAVE |
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C GRESSWELL |
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J MARSHALL |
W COBB |
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J W HURST |
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J MOODY |
H ELLIS |
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F HURT |
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T OSBORNE |
A GILBERT |
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G W HURT |
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E GILBERT |
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O KIRK |
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