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War
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The First World War Memorial in the Soldiers' Chapel, St. Martin's Church,
Brampton (Cumbria)
Photo : Stuart Nicholson of the Imperial War Museum's
Register of War Memorials website.
The First World War Memorial in St. Martin's Church, Brampton (Cumbria) is
housed in the Soldiers' Chapel. It is located to the left of a pair of Memorial
Windows.
The memorial is made of three Bronze Plaques set within a wooden frame- the
central plaque is the dedication plaque, and the two side ones are the commemoration
plaques There are also two smaller bronze plaques for individuals missed off
the main plaques.
67 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War.
A transcription of the commemorated names is on the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials website.
One soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is named on this memorial.
Private John Thomson. 203733. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of James and Sarah Thomson, of The Liberal Club, Brampton, Cumberland.
Killed 24 May 1918. Aged 22.
Born Bewcastle (Cumberland), Enlisted Brampton.
Buried JONCHERY-SUR-VESLE BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Shown in SDGW as "John Thompson"; shown in the GH Gazette database
as "G Thomson")
The
Soldiers' Chapel, St. Martin's Church, Brampton (Cumbria)
Photo : Mike
Quinn
St.
Martin's Church, Brampton (Cumbria)
Photo : Google Earth
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