WWII War Memorial - St.James, Church Street, Brassington, Derbyshire. DE4 4HJ - World War II Memorials / 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, polished, grey marble slab placed immediately below the parish's WWI memorial.

The inscription reads:-

                          IN MEMORY OF
                 ARTHUR HENSON RUSSELL
               WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE WORLD WAR
                        1939 - 1945.

For more information on the church see: St.James

The given co-ordinates are for the south porch.

Property Permission: Public Access times: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM Location of waymark: St.James Church Street Brassington, Derbyshire UK DE4 4HJ Commemoration: A single soldier who died fighting. Date of Dedication: Not listed Access instructions: Not listed Website for Waymark: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   12/07/2019 SMacB visited it