Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Huntingdon
- Town
- Brampton
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 70319
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Current location
On the north wall of the chancel.
St Mary Magdalene Church
Church Road
Brampton
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE28 4PF
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 21473 70721
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Brass shield-shaped plaque, with a stylised laurel-leaf border. Above the engraved inscription there is the emblem of the King's Royal Rifle Corps.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN LOVING AND UNDYING MEMORY/ OF/ LESLIE BENITO FISHER/ "LADDIE"/ LIEUT 12TH BATTN KING'S ROYAL RIFLES/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT BOIS GRENIER, FRANCE/ IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR/ ON AUGUST 14TH 1915 AT THE AGE OF 30 YEARS./ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS BEREAVED/ BUT PROUD MOTHER AND SISTERS/ STILL "CARRYING ON"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Fisher, Leslie Benito
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Rank, Regiment, first names and surname, place and date of death, and age.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth c2, height c700, width c600
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
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