Memorial Cross - St Peter & St Paul - Preston, Rutland - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

A combined WWI / WWII memorial cross in the churchyard of St Peter & St Paul's church, Preston.

"A two-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned plinth with inward curved upper corners forming an octagonal sectioned upper face. Rising from the plinth is a square-footed column, transposing into a stop-chamfered, eight-sided tapering column, topped by a capital & cross. Plant holders at corners of lower step, plus another on paving stone border, 9 o'clock position. Incised inscription tablets, set into sides of plinth with WW2 names set into two riser faces of upper step. The whole memorial is bordered by a single band of paving stones."

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The inscription reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE
PRESTON MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919
[NAMES]
THEIR NAMES
LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE
AND THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945
[NAMES]

Names on memorial -
Ambrose, Isaac
Clement, George Alfred
Dumford, Arthur
Green, Ernest
Green, Horace
Naylor, Archibald
Naylor, Frederick William
Naylor, Leonard
Naylor, Raymond
Odell, Oliver Henry Cecil
Smith, Charles
Tyler, Bertie Hugh
Tyler, Frank Raymond
Warrington, John Robert

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 05/01/1920 Private or Public Monument?: Other Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Not known Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: St. Peter & St. Paul Church Lane Preston, Rutland England LE15 9NG Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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