Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Newbury
- Town
- Stanford Dingley
- County
- Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9097
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Current location
St Denys' Church
Cock Lane
Stanford Dingley
Newbury
Berkshire
RG7 6LS
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 57553 71701
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall mounted, portrait oriented wooden backboard supporting an engraved brass plaque.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD MEMORY / OF / EDWARD HERBERT BROCKES / OF THIS VILLAGE, / DIED – SEPTEMBER 17TH 1945 / SERVING WITH THE / ROYAL ORDNANCE CORPS / ALSO OF / WILLIAM CHARLES WEST / WHO DIED OF WOUNDS / RECEIVED AT ANZIO, May 10th 1944 / SERVING WITH / 2ND SHERWOOD FORESTERS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brockes, Edward Herbert
West, William Charles
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname, manner of death, place of death, date of death, regiment,
Order of information: Listed alphabetical by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- 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
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