Memorial Cross - Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire
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N 52° 19.693 W 001° 21.703
30U E 611641 N 5798807
WWI memorial cross at the junction of Draycote Road and Birdingbury Road, near St Peter's church, Bourton-on-Dunsmore.
Waymark Code: WM126P0
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/13/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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WWI memorial cross at the junction of Draycote Road and Birdingbury Road, near St Peter's church, Bourton-on-Dunsmore. It consists of a three-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned plinth, sloping capstone & square sectioned shaft with cross. There is an incised inscription on two sides of the plinth.

Inscription -
IN MEMORY OF THE
MEN OF BORTON
AND DRAYCOTE WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918


Names on memorial -
Cough, James C.
Doyle, Tom
Hawkes, Joseph
Knight, Fred
Palmer, Wilfrid
Seeney, William G.
Ward, Frederick
Whitehead, Arthur
Willets, James
Wilson, Thomas
Private or Public Monument?: Private

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:
Tee Junction with Draycote Road
Birdingbury Road
Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire England
CV23 9RA


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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed

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