Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Broxtowe
- Town
- Brinsley
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26854
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Current location
St James Church
Church La
Brinsley
Broxtowe
Nottinghamshire
NG16 5AR
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 46110 49191
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- White marble nowy-headed tablet with red marble backboard.
- Inscription
- TO THE UNDYING/ AND MOST PRECIOUS MEMORY OF/ CECIL SMALLEY/ OF THE 7TH BUFFS/ A WORSHIPPER HERE WITH HIS PARENTS,/ WHO HAVE RAISED THIS TABLET,/ HE KILLED IN ACTION AT CHERISY/ ON 3 MAY 1917/ AGED 29 YEARS/ AND LIES BURIED IN FRANCE/ HE WAS THE LIGHT OF OUR EYES/ AND THE JOY OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM/ THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY/ BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Smalley, Cecil
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- First World War memorial
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- 025T
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