Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross - St John the Baptist - Charlton, Wiltshire
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N 51° 00.165 W 002° 08.520
30U E 560201 N 5650481
Combined WWI / WWI memorial cross in St John the Baptist churchyard, Charlton (Donhead St Mary).
Waymark Code: WMWNKN
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/22/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
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Combined WWI / WWI memorial cross in St John the Baptist churchyard, Charlton (Donhead St Mary).

A wheel cross set on a square plinth with inset inscription panels above a three-stepped stone base.

Inscription -

At 6 o'clock: LEST WE FORGET/ TO THE MEMORY OF / THOSE IN THIS PLACE WHO/ DIED FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (...) At 12 o'clock: (Names...) At 3 o'clock: (Names...) At 9 o'clock: Unknown Stone at base: 1939-1945/ (Names...)

Names on memorial -

Aish, Percy
Biddlescombe, Arthur
Broomfield, Edward
Broomfield, Frederick
Fletcher, Frank
Gillingham, Harry
Hall, Claude
Hayter, Albert
King, Charles
Lucas, Harry
Snelgrove, Frederick
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:
St John the Baptist
Coronation Close
Charlton, Wiltshire England
SP7 9LZ


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

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