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The Reach War Memorial
Photo : David Larkin of the
War Memorials On Line website
The Reach War Memorial is a red Mansfield stone pillar with a shallow pyramidal top on a double plinth and a base. It stands on Fair Green, and is surrounded by a square gravelled area and a low post and chain fence.
8 names of those who lost their lives in the First World War are commemorated on this memorial. Also given are the dtes of death, the regiment, and cause of death. There are no 2nd World War commemorations, as no lives were lost from those wo left the village to serve.
1 soldier who served in the Yorkshire Regiment is named on the memorial.
Private Charles Camps. 33341. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 4449 Suffolk Regt. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. Camps, of Reach,
Cambs; husband of Eliza Ethel Camps, of Crown Hall Farm, Burwell, Cambs. Killed
18 January 1917. Aged 22.
Born Swaffham Fen (Cambs), Enlisted Newmarket, Resided Burwell.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
The
Dediction and Commemorations on the Reach War Memorial
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Photo : David Larkin of the
War Memorials On Line website
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