Memorial

Brackley

Brackley War Memorial Second World War fatalities on left hand tablet.

Source: Copyright Simon Armstrong

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Current Location

Market Square, Brackley, South Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, NN13 7DP, England

SP 58460 36851

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 15004
Description: A three-stepped base surmounted by a three-tiered octagonal column and cross. The lower tier has the incised names of the theatres of war and the great battles, using Cheltenham Old Style lettering. The names of the fallen are incised on the middle tier, using Cheltenham Old Style lettering. A brick wall surrounds the whole with tablets commemorating the fallen of the Second World War on either side of the entrance. The arms of the borough of Brackley are on the lower part of the front face of the upper tier.
Inscription: Face 1 : TO THE MEN OF / BRACKLEY / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES FOR KING / AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 / 1914 / (3 NAMES) / MARNE / YPRES Face 2 : (3 NAMES) / 1918 / (6 NAMES) / MESO- / -POTAMIA / PALESTINE Face 3 : (10 NAMES) / JVTLAND / ZEEBRVGGE Face 4 : (6 NAMES) / 1918 / (3 NAMES) / ITALY / RVSSIA Face 5 : (10 NAMES) / FRANCE / BELGIUM Face 6 : (7 NAMES) / 1917 / (2 NAMES) / EGYPT / EAST AFRICA Face 7 : (5 NAMES) / 1916 / (4 NAMES) / DARDAN- / -ELLES / FALKLANDS Face 8 : 1915 / (9 NAMES) / GALLIPOLI / SALONICA Block : 2009 / Corporal N. WEBSTER-SMITH R.M.P. / Afghanistan Block: 1916 / Pte. J. DOHERTY / North'n / Somme Left hand tablet 1 : 1939 / "They shall grow not old / As we that are left grow old." / (7 NAMES) Right hand tablet 2 : 1945 / (8 NAMES)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 69
Died: 69
Information shown: Year died, rank, forename initials, surname, regiment, decorations.
Order of names: By year died, then by surname.
Additional Information: Pte. J Doherty added to the memorial in August 2022

War: Afghanistan (2001-2014)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Year died, rank, forename initials, surname, regiment, place of death.