Memorial Cross - St Peter & St Paul - Preston, Rutland
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N 52° 36.731 W 000° 42.967
30U E 654631 N 5831580
A combined WWI / WWII memorial cross in the churchyard of St Peter & St Paul's church, Preston.
Waymark Code: WM11HYQ
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/29/2019
Views: 1
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." SOURCE - ( visit link) 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
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