Armed Forces Day, June 25th 2016
To mark Armed Forces Day at Bramley War Memorial, our Union Flag was flown for the day.
We also have posters on display at both the Memorial and local outlets publicising our July 1st Somme 100 events.
Somme 100 Remembrance Events, Friday 1st July
Friday, July 1st marks 100 years since the commencement of the Battle of Somme – with 50,000 casualties, over 19,000 of them dead on the first day. 77 local men died in the battle which continued until November. We are remembering with two events; 7.25 am with bugler 5 minutes later to mark the moment…
War and Remembered Graves Update
One of the latest Remembered Graves uncovered and added to the strimming and cleaning rota is that of Horace Marshall, aged 24, died 16th July, 2015 and the son of Arthur William and Anne Marshall of 3 Waterloo Terrace, Bramley. Horace was a Private in the 1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Please…
Unknown Roll of Honour discovered
There are a large number of Roll’s of Honour and Plaques in our local places of worship commemorating the fallen of both World Wars, where churches and chapels have merged generally the Memorials have followed. All of these are shown on this website: The most recent find was the Roll of Honour from Ebenezer Wesleyan…
Photograph by Andrea Allan
We really like this photo by local photographer Andrea Allan and used with her permission, it was taken just before last November’s wreaths were removed.
Somme 100 Badges for sale
We have a limited number of RBL Poppy Appeal badges for sale to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. They are £2.00 each in two designs plus £1.00 per order for postage and payment processing (if required). They can be ordered by email (bramleywm@aol.com) and we are also registered for Paypal under…