WW1 War Memorial - St.James, Church Street, Brassington, Derbyshire. DE4 4HJ - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

This Grade II* listed church is of late C12th build, altered in the C14th and a north aisle added in c1895. It has the standard west tower to the central aisle, and partial aisles to the chancel built of squared coursed limestone with gritstone dressings. The roofs are slate with decorative ridge tiles.

This War Memorial has been placed on the west wall of the chancel immediately adjacent to the tower arch on its south side. It is an inscribed white marble slab with black marble surround on a shelf of white marble. The top of the memorial has a stepped pediment where the initial words of the dedication have been placed.

The inscription reads:-

                               T O
                        THE GLORY  OF GOD
                               AND
                     SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
               
                           James Banks
                        Joseph Henry Ellis
                           Frank Gould
                          William Gould
                          Frederick Hall
                           William Hall
                Joseph Henry Heathcote, Griff Walk
                      Samuel Robert Johnson
                      Clifford William Mellor
                           Samuel Mellor
                           Alfred Repton
                       James Richard Slater
                      James Richard Spencer
                    Thomas Spencer, Griff Walk
                         George Stevenson
               
               Who Gave Their Lives in the Great War
                            1914 . 1919
               For the Cause of Freedom and Justice.

Immediately below this memorial is a much simpler memorial to the one soldier who died in WWII. See separate waymark.

For more information on the church see: St.James

The given co-ordinates are for the south porch.

Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: St.James Parochial Church Council Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Physical Address of Monument: St.James' Church Church Street Brassington, Derbyshire UK DE4 4HJ Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed Website for this Monument: Not listed

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