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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Bray (Windsor & Maidenhead) |
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The War Memorial for Bray
Photo : Jeremy Roberts
The War Memorial for Bray is a Pectoral cross of Cuthbert on
an octagonal pillar that surmounts a pedestal on a two step base.
The memorial is located at the junction of Ferry Road and the High Street.
The First World War commemorations (72) are on tablets on the
four sides of the base.
The tablet at the front bears the Second World War commemorations.
The memorial is surrounded on all four sides by granite cobbles and enclosed
by a metal chain fence suspended on wooden posts.
A transcription of the names on the memorial is on the Imperial War Museum's
Register
of War Memorials website.
1 soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on this memorial.
Private Walter Frank Smith. 35600. 4th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3900 Berks Yeo. Son of Frederick Albert and Gertrude
Smith, of 2, Ivy Terrace, Money Row Green, Holyport, Maidenhead, Berks. Died
12 October 1918. Aged 19.
Born Islington (London), Enlisted Maidenhead, Resided Holyport.
Buried NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL.
The
Face on the Bray War Memorial on which Private Smith's Name is Commemorated.
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Photo : Jeremy Roberts
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