Leslie Brassington
He was a UDC scavenger (heavy work) in 1939.
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He was the son of Frederick Arthur and Alice Brassington of 52, King Street, Beeston, Nottingham. Leslie Brassington and Annie Elizabeth Smith were married in 1940 and lived at 4, Trent Road, Sneinton Nottingham.
Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery II C 10
Fusilier Brassington was killed in action on 17 July 1944 during the peak of the intense fighting for Le Poirier and Evrecy.
For the 7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (serving under the 158th Infantry Brigade of the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division), July 1944 was a month of unrelenting attrition in the fields of Normandy, France. The Battle for Caen & Evrecy:
Having landed in Normandy in late June, the battalion received its "bloody baptism of fire" in July. They were tasked with securing frontline positions west of Caen around Mondrainville and pushing into heavily defended German sectors.
The Assault on Le Poirier: From 16–17 July 1944, the battalion took part in a fierce, costly action to capture the village of Le Poirier and positions near Evrecy.
Advancing through dense hedgerows against zeroed-in German mortar, machine-gun fire, and armored counter-attacks, the unit sustained heavy casualties over these forty-eight hours before the front line stabilized.
Leslie Brassington
Nottingham Evening Post 7/8/1944