The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials, - Elsewhere
Brington (Cambs),
- All Saints' Church

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The War Memorial Cross in All Saints' Churchyard, Brington (Cambs)
Photo : Wayne Bywater (<wayne tyke123@aol.com>)

The Brington (Cambs) War Memorial is a Celtic cross set on a tapering shaft, with a tapering plinth and square base. The memorial is located in All saints' Churchyard, close to the entrance gate to the churchyard.

The cross is inscribed;-
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE BRINGTON / MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / (NAMES) / 1939-1945 / (NAMES)"

5 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 2 in the Second World War.
Photos of the commemorations are shown below.

1 soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the memorial.

Private Victor George Church. 35109. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35418 9th T R Battn. Killed 9 April 1918.
Born Barham (Hunts), Enlisted Huntingdon, Resided Brington (Hunts).
Buried POINT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE.

(Cecil Bertie Church, Victor George Church's elder brother, served in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and was killled on 3 September 1916.
Hubert Edward Church, also commemorated, was Victor George Church's twin brother. He srved in the 2nd Battaion Suffolk Regiment and died on 16 November 1918.)

The First World War Commemorations on the War Memorial Cross in All Saints' Churchyard, Brington (Cambs)
Photo : Wayne Bywater (<wayne tyke123@aol.com>)

The Second World War Commemorations on the War Memorial Cross in All Saints' Churchyard, Brington (Cambs)
Photo : Wayne Bywater (<wayne tyke123@aol.com>)

All Saints' Church, Brington (Cambs) All Saints' Church, Brington (Cambs)
(The War Memorial Cross is on the extreme left of this photo)
Photo : Julian Hodgson

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