Memorial Details
Memorial
Window Baker-Cresswell 1854 St. Bartholomew
Reference
C64.03
Place
CRESSWELL
Map ref
NZ 291935
Original Location
Church of St. Bartholomew, Apostle and Martyr, Cresswell Road. On south wall of chancel.
Which war
Crimea
Memorial Description
Window of a single light bearing at centre a shield bearing the family crest in full colour. The dedication is carried at the foot in clear lettering through a black background using elaborate capitals throughout.
Inscription
Crimea when on the march with his regiment to the Alma Sept.19th 1854 aged 29.
Names
See above
Notes
1. Also in the church is a plaque dedicated to the Cresswell-Baker family which includes William Gilfrid at the bottom. It reads:
To the memory also of William Gilfrid son of A.J.B. Cresswell and Elizabeth Mary his wife, Captain in the XI (P.A.O.) Hussars, who was cut off by the cholera in the Crimea, when on the march to the Alma Sept. 19th 1854, aged 29, and was buried in a Soldier’s Grave with the rites of the Church of England, on the morning of the 20th before the Battle of the Alma.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tony Harding
The Church of St Bartholomew, Apostle and Martyr - Cresswell 1836-1986 by David Henderson Price.
The Church of St Bartholomew, Apostle and Martyr - Cresswell 1836-1986 by David Henderson Price.
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Research acknowledgements
Tony Harding
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