Lieutenant Russell H L Simmons


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Reference WMO/288315

Address:

St John the Baptist Church

Church Road

Cookham Dean

SL6 9PD

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Rectangular brass plaque. Above inscription is a laurel wreath surrounding a dragon with a ribbon above inscribed Royal Berkshire Regiment and the word CHINA below the wreath. Surrounding the inscription within the bras frame is a stylised flower border. The plaque is surmounted by a Celtic cross with rondels containing Lamb & Evangelical symbols. Lettering in white Roman gothic and Roman Italic. The RIP of the inscription is in the centre of the base of the border.
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Cross: DOMINE/ MOMENTO MEI/ CUM VENERIS/ IN REGNUM TUUM. Plaque: IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAREST SON/ RUSSEL H L SIMMONS/ LIEUT. 2ND BATTALION ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT/ WHO WAS KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF LOOS, SEPT 25TH 1915/ WHILST LEADING A BOMBING SECTION INTO ACTION/ AGED TWENTY YEARS/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY HIS SOUL TO GOD/ R I P.

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