Memorial

1st Lieutenant A Brown USAAF

The Memorial

Source: Copyright Mike Coyle

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Current Location

Memorial field, Shrewbridge Rd/Riverside Way, Nantwich, Crewe And Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 7AA, England

SJ 64889 51770

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Type of Memorial: Garden
WMR Reference Number: 9942
Description: A memorial tablet surrounded by a fence and two flagpoles on a paved area.
Inscription: TABLET: HERE LIES 1ST LIEUTENANT/ ARTHUR L BROWN/ USAAF/ AGED 23 YEARS/ OF NEW YORK/ WHO CRASHED/ IN HIS THUNDERBOLT/ TO AVOID THIS TOWN/ JAN 14TH 1944/ WITH SYMPATHY AND RESPECT IN FRONT OF TABLET: DONATED BY ROGERS MASONRY SERVICES/ MAINTAINED BY CHESHIRE REGT ASSOCIATION NANTWICH ADDITIONAL PLAQUE ERECTED TO THE SIDE: (NOTES THAT GROUND IS CONSECRATED AND ASKS FOR RESPECT FROM VISITORS BUT EXACT WORDING NOT KNOWN)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,service,place of death,forename,manner of death, age of death, other information

Maintenance History: Site was donated in order to remain a memorial field. the original 1944 memorial was replaced in 1985.

Consecrated

C January 1944

Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Rededicated

August 1985

Tablet

Made from: Slate

Condition: Good

Garden

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

Flagpole

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good