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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Brough (East Yorks) |
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The
War Memorial for Brough with Elloughton And Welton, Brough (East Yorkshire)
Photo : Google
Earth
The War Memorial for Brough with Elloughton And Welton is located
at the crossroads in Brough where Skillings Lane meets Welton Road.
The memorial is a simple shaft and cross, behind which is a wall on which
are mounted 3 commemorative plaques. Two of the plaques (left-hand and right-hand)
commemorate 39 men who lost their lives in the First World War. The central
plaque commemorates 15 men who lost their lives in the Second World War.
Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) has provided a transcription of all the names on these plaques.
1 soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the memorial.
Private Robert John Rands. 31429.
16th Labour Battalion (Yorkshire Regiment), transf. to (12965) 22nd Coy. Labour
Corps. Son of George and Jane Rands; husband of Annie Elizabeth Rands, of
Well Lane, Willerby, Hull. Born Brough, Yorks. Died 16 January 1918. Aged
33.
Born Brough (Yorks), Enlisted Hull, Resided Welton (Yorks).
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.
(SDGW shows Private Rands as being previously 24615 East Yorks Regiment.)
First
World War Commemorations on the Brough with Elloughton And Welton War Memorial,
Showing Private Rands' Name
Photo : Paul Clarke of the Imperial
War Museum's War Memorial Register
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