Memorial Cross - All Saints - Great Bourton, Oxfordshire, UK
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N 52° 06.370 W 001° 20.096
30U E 614033 N 5774153
A WWI memorial cross in All Saints' churchyard, Great Bourton.
Waymark Code: WM12FEC
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/16/2020
Views: 1
A WWI memorial cross in All Saints' churchyard, Great Bourton, consisting of a single-stepped square base surmounted by a rectangular sectioned tapering plinth and a rectangular sectioned shaft with integral cross. The rough-hewn plinth has a smoothened front face bearing pinned lead lettering forming the inscription and names.
The inscription reads -
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN
OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
Names on memorial -
Name |
Regiment |
Age |
Died |
Buried/Commemorated |
Edwin Quinney |
Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry |
23 |
3rd Sept 1916 |
Thiepval Memorial |
Horace Hector Prestidge |
Middlesex Regiment |
23 |
7th July 1916 |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery |
Herbert Raymond Standage |
Royal Fusiliers |
22 |
17th May 1916 |
Cambrin Churchyard |
Ralph Redvers Pratt |
Lancashire Fusiliers |
18 |
22nd July 1918 |
Bertrancourt Military Cemetery |
Maurice John Pratt |
Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry |
19 |
7th Sept 1916 |
Serre Road Cemetery |
William Bernard Kitely |
Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
19 |
3rd Sept 1916 |
Delville Wood Cemetery |
Harry Percy Perryman |
Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry |
32 |
20th Nov 1917 |
Cambrai Memorial |
William Watts |
Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
31 |
11th April 1917 |
Arras Memorial |
James Neville |
Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry |
29 |
25th Sept 1915 |
Loos Memorial |
Frederick Watts |
Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry |
27 |
25th Sept 1915 |
Meningate Memorial |
Frederick Hawtin |
Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry |
20 |
25th Sept 1915 |
Loos Memorial |
George Henry Quinney |
Alberta Regiment |
33 |
7th May 1917 |
Vimy Memorial |
Percy Ward |
Quebec Regiment |
25 |
5th Sept 1916 |
Coucelette British Cemetery, Somme |
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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: All Saints Church Manor Road Great Bourton, Oxfordshire England OX17 1QW
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed
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