Memorial Cross - Belstead, Suffolk
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N 52° 01.603 E 001° 06.324
31U E 370018 N 5765703
WWI memorial cross on Chapel Lane / Grove Hill, Belstead.
Waymark Code: WMWCGP
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/13/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
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A celtic wheel cross at the southern end of Chapel Lane, near the old school. The memorial comprises of a rough-hewn wheel cross of cornish granite on a tapered shaft, surmounted on a tapered plinth with inscriptions and base.

Inscription -

In honoured momory of / the men of this parish / who fell in the great war 1914 - 1918 / (names) / "Their name liveth for evermore"

Names on memorial -

Baker, Ernest
Brooks, George
Burton, George
Creasey, Charles
Creasey, Ernest
Death, Henry
Gill, Albert
Gill, Henry
Hazelton, Alfred
Johnson, Ernest
Knock, George
Martin, Arthur
Pilbrow, Frank
Southgate, Albert
Southgate, William
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 11/01/1920

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:
Main St
Belstead, Suffolk England


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