Mounting to wall: Attached to the wall with a small plate.
Detailing: Untreated timber black lettering.
Evidence of use in field: The cross has clearly been shortened at one time, but marks of being in the ground are still evident, as is some soil.
Condition: Good overall, with original marks and some paint fading.
1) Somerled, this officer's middle name, is the ancient name of the Lord of the Isles, the Viking king of Argyll and the Islands.
2) NB CWGC records this officer as a Major.
4) Additionally he is commemorated in Coddington Parish Church in Nottingham-shire where the family had an estate.
Additional Information: Husband of Elizabeth Cecilia Thorpe, of "Coombelands," Pullborough, Sussex.