Memorial Cross - St John's church - Slimbridge, Gloucestershire - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

A combined WWI / WWII memorial cross at the entrance to St John the Evangelist churchyard, Slimbridge.

A latin cross with wreath on a tapering stem set on an octagonal plinth, with rough stoned cap and slate panels containing inscription & names. The cross stands on a three stepped base in a garden, part of the churchyard of St John's Church. The memorial was dedicated in May 1921.

Inscription -
IN LOVING
MEMORY OF
THE MEN FROM
THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR
COUNTRY
IN THE
GREAT WAR,
1914-1918

GREATER
LOVE
HATH
NO MAN
THAN THIS,
THAT
A MAN
LAY DOWN
HIS LIFE
FOR HIS
FRIENDS

TRUE LOVE
BY LIFE,
TRUE LOVE
BY DEATH
IS TRIED
LIVE THOU
FOR
ENGLAND,
WE FOR
ENGLAND
DIED

23 WWI NAMES / 5 WWII NAMES

Names on memorial -
Albert Charles Brading,
Richard William Charles Brindle,
Walter George Browning,
William Josiah Burnett,
Bernard Robert Hadow Carter,
Percy Charles Cuff,
Charles William Fryer,
Frederick Charles Hobbs,
Frederick Medcroft,
Edward Stanley Morgan,
Arthur Noad,
Sam Redding,
Joseph William Robins,
Charles John Savage,
George Shipway,
Frederick Mahone Simmons,
William Smart,
Frederick Henry Tudor,
Alfred Maurice Savage Underwood,
George Edward French Watts,
Frederick Arthur Wherrett,
Joseph Wherrett,
James Williams,
Ronald Brown,
Henry Granger,
John Keedwell Walter Renwick David Porter,
Arthur Wall,
William James Workman

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 Evangelist St. John's Road Slimbridge, Gloucestershire England GL2 7BJ Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed

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