VIDEO: Re-dedication of a WWI memorial

One of the earliest war memorials erected to the fallen in the Great War has been saved for posterity and re-dedicated after a remarkable campaign by Daniel Kington.

The seven foot high marble crucifix in Haywards Heath’s Western Road Cemetery is believed to be one of the first memorials to be erected in the UK after the guns fell silent in 1918.

But over the years weeds forced their way through the cracks in the plinth and the poignant reminder of so much heartache and sacrifice was in danger of collapsing.