The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Bracebridge Heath (Lincs)

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The Bracebridge Heath War Memorial
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The War Memorial at Bracebridge Heath is tucked away beneath the trees at the junction of the Grantham & Sleaford Roads opposite the The Blacksmiths and The John Bull public houses. The memorial commemorates 15 men who lost their lives in the First World War, and 9 from the Second World War.

One Yorkshire Regiment soldier is commemorated on the memorial.

We are extremely grateful to Geoff Tann, of Geoff Tann Heritage Research, for the photographs of the commemorations on this memorial and for informing us of the Yorkshire Regiment soldier named on the memorial.

Private Charles Alfred Simmonds. 48282. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly TR/5/110487 87th T R Battn. Killed 22 August 1918.
Born Chigwell (Essex), Enlisted Lincoln, Resided Bracebridge Heath (Near Lincoln).
Buried GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Geoff Tann, of Geoff Tann Heritage Research, provides the information that "under the recorded name of Charles Simmonds, he lived at Metheringham with his grandmother, then with his parents at Blankney Barff in 1911.

Commemorations on the Bracebridge Heath War Memorial (1), - WW2 upper rows, WW1 lower rows. Commemorations on the Bracebridge Heath War Memorial (1), - WW2 upper rows, WW1 lower rows.
Photo : Geoff Tann Heritage Research

Commemorations on the Bracebridge Heath War Memorial (1), - WW2 upper rows, WW1 lower rows. Commemorations on the Bracebridge Heath War Memorial (2), - WW2 upper rows, WW1 lower rows.
Photo : Geoff Tann Heritage Research

The Dedication on the Bracebridge Heath War Memorial The Dedication on the Bracebridge Heath War Memorial
Photo : Geoff Tann Heritage Research

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