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The Upper Broughton War Memorial Inscriptions from WW1 and WW2

War memorial

Upper Broughton Churchyard

The names below all appear on the Upper Broughton War Memorial. sadly the first two names are of two brothers, William and Leonard Brooks. The picture above was taken on the day the memorial was dedicated. Neither the large tree in the churchyard on the right hand side or the light over the church gate are there now.

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World War 1
Name	Born	Served	Died		Further Information
William James Brooks	1890	Gunner. 308th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery	30th October 1917, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery		Husband of Mabel Brooks, Chestnut House, Lincoln. Son of William and the late Julia Brooks, Corner House Farm, Upper Broughton (coal merchant)
Leonard Morton Brooks	1892	Private 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington Regiment	20th July 1918. Soissons Memorial		Son of William and the late Julia Brooks, Corner House Farm, Upper Broughton (coal merchant)
John Edward Keys	1897	Private. No 2 Company Machine Gun Corps	19th August 1916. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery		Son of John and Jane Keys, 15 Mansfield St., Nottingham
Sidney Tuft Payne	1893	Private. 1st/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington Regiment	12th March 1918. Wimereux Communal Cemetery		Son of Emily and the late Andrew John Payne, Station House, Upper Broughton
Harry Leonard Hourd	1899	Private. 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment	24th September 1918. Five Points Cemetery		Son of Agnes Winifred and the late Robert Hourd. Nottingham
Francis Charles (Frank) Woolley	1895	Corporal. 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps	23rd October 1918 Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 9		Son of Frances Woolley, Farmer. Main St Cotgrave
Frank Ecob	1898	Private. 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment	21st March 1918. Pozieres Memorial Panel 23		Son of Charles and Addie Ecob, Main Road Upper Broughton (shoemaker)
Ralph Marson	1891	Private. 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington Regiment	21st September 1918. St Sever Cemetery Extension		Son of George H and Elizabeth Marson, Newsagent. Top Green Upper Broughton
World War 2
Archibald Selwyn Pryor	1903	Chaplain 4th Class, Royal Army Chaplain Department	3rd August 1944. St Charles de Percy War Cemetery	M.A. (Cantab.) Husband of Elizabeth Gulielma Pryor. Rector of Upper Broughton. Son of Selwyn and Margaret Pryor.