Memorials Hospital of St Cross

The Hospital of St Cross is said to be England's oldest charitable institution having been founded between 1132-1136 by Henry of Blois. Plaque in the Hospital Church reads

"To the Glory of God
and in remembrance of those
parishioners of St Faith who
fell gallantly in defence of
their King and Country in
the Great War of 1914-1918
this Chapel was restored for
the purpose of Divine Worship
and was dedicated by the
Lord Bishop of Winchester
in October 14 1918"

Within the Chapel are memorial plaques to those who fell in the Two World Wars, two original wooden grave marker crosses and a memorial window
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Plaque in Chapel

"All these were honoured in their generation and were a glory in their days

Barrington, W
Bates, A
Berry, F.J.
Bligh, E.H.S.
Broad, C.G.
Causton, J.P.
Chatfield, W.L.
Clowes, C.G.E
Drewe, F
Freemantle, G.W.
Gifford, N.E.
Hunt, F.E.
Jeffert, C.
Maident, H.W.
Moore, A.
Newton, A.H.
Russell, C.B.
Simmonds, A.W.
Vacher, G.H."
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"Pro Patria

L.G. Butt
W.S. Cowland
P.F. Croft
J.H. Grayburn
J. Hammond
A.E. Hillier
T.L. MacCabe
J.L. May
D.A. Newberry
W.J. Newman
E.R.D. Piper
B. Ray
R.O. Scott
T.R. Scott
C.H. Scott Montcrieff
C.J. Scott Moncrieff
H.W. Spencer
A.W.H, Stainer
G.A.L. Vawdrey
W.G.P, Wylie

1939-1945"

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Cross
"In memory of
Capt Russell L.C.B.
Rifle Brigade
Killed in Action
7 10 16"

Leonard Cosmo Bolles Russell. Captain 12th Bn Rifle Brigade . 7 October 1916.Age 21. Bancroft British Cemetery France
Only son of Maj. and Mrs Leonard Russell of St Cross Mede, Winchester
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Memorial Cross
"Lieut E.G.C Clowes
3rd K.R.R.C
18-2-15"

Charles George Edric Clowes. Lieutenant. !st Bn attd 3rd Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died 18 February 1915. Age 22. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Nord, France.
Son of Maj, Charles Edward Clowes (late 4th and 2nd Bns 60th Rifles and 10th (S) Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps): husband of Isa Clowes, of Milnthorpe, Winchester.

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Memorial Window
"Lt Colonel Thomas Herbert Picton Morris, The Rifle Brigade
Died of wounds received in action on the Somme 18th Sept 1916"

Thomas Herbert Morris. Lieutenant Colonel 9th Bn Rifle Brigade. Died 18 September 1916. Age 33. Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France

Son of Herbert Picton Morris and Alice Sarah Morris, of 61, Pont St, Belgrave Sq., London, Educated at Eton and Sandhurst. Served in the South Africa Campaign.

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Source

• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward