Clarborough
St John the Baptist

War Memorial

The marble First World War memorial is on the west wall of the nave. The inscription reads:

JOHN WILLIAM BRIGGS
WILLIAM JOHN COBB
CHARLES GANT
JOHN HATCH
JOHN WILLIAM STEVENSON
ALFRED WELTON

THESE MEN OF CLARBOROUGH GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR THE HONOUR AND
FREEDOM OF THEIR COUNTRY AND ALL
LANDS IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918.

LET THEIR MEMORY AND EXAMPLE EVER
LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THEIR
GRATEFUL COUNTRYMEN.

Either side of the memorial are framed Rolls of Honour. The one on the south reads:

Name

Regiment, Ship, Flying Corps

 

Name

Regiment, Ship, Flying Corps

 

Briggs John Wm

2nd Lincoln’s Regiment

Served in India,
South Africa
Killed in Action in France Oct 21st 1914

Stevenson Tom

4th Troop

King’s Own
Hussars

 

Drury Albert Henry

20th Hussars

 

Berry Noel

Sherwood Rangers

 

Drury Geo: Wilfred

Royal Engineers

 

Durham Frank

Sherwood Foresters

 

Gant Alfred

Army Service Corps

 

Lee John Wm

71st Brigade
Royal Field Artillery

 

Swindin George

A Battery
Royal Horse Artillery

 

Swindin Tom

21st Battery
Royal Field Artillery

 

Westland George

Royal Field Artillery

 

Windle Frank

East Lancashire Regiment

 

Wilkinson Ernest

Sherwood Rangers

 

Spencer Williams

Seaforth Highlanders and 16th Battalion CAncadian Scottish

Died from wounds April 23rd 1915

Wilkinson Percy

Royal Field Artillery

 

Thorpe Leonard

Sherwood Rangers

 

Gant Arthur

Royal Field Artillery

 

Stevenson John

King’s Own Scottish Borderers
3rd Staffords

Missing presumed dead April 12th 1917

Gant Charles

K. O. Y. L. I.

Died from wounds in France Nov 12th 1916

Jeffcock Lieut: W. H. Claude

2/7 West Yorkshire Regmt

 

Jeffcock Lieut: Harold C. J.

2/8 Sherwood Foresters

Died from wounds in France May 30th 1917

Groves Arthur

C. Company 2nd Cheshires

 

[?]ham Leonard

Northumberland Fusiliers

 

Briggs Leonard

B. CoY 7/8 Sherwood Foresters

 

Bartle Joseph

Sherwood Foresters

 

Thorpe Roger

Sherwood Rangers

 

Carter Frank Justice

Royal Garrison Artillery

 

Jeffcock Lieut P. Eric

Royal Flying Corps

 

Worthington Jno Wm R

Sherwood Foresters

 

Hatch John

Royal Garrison Artillery

Died from wounds Feby 14th 1919

Cobb Wilfred

Royal Garrison Artillery

 

Allen George

Sherwood Foresters

 

The Roll of Honour on the north of the memorial reads:

Name

Regiment, Ship, Flying Corps

 

Name

Regiment, Ship, Flying Corps

 

Oldfield Frank

Organist Clarboro’ church
4TH North Staffords

 

Hebden Randolph

H.M.S. Vulcan

 

Bland George

Royal Garrison Artillery

 

Bland Charles

Sherwood Foresters

 

Walker Wm Hy S

15th Batl
Sherwood Foresters

Killed in action in France May 16th 1917

Briggs Titus

Sherwood Foresters

 

Walker Ernest

1/8th Sherwood Foresters

 

Briggs Geo: Hy

Royal Garrison Artilly.

 

Walter Leonard

Training Reserve

 

Briggs Albert

Northampton Fusilrs

 

Eason Arthur

H.M.S. St Vincent

 

Swannack Geo Ed

C Compy 1/5 Lincolns

 

Sanderson Albert

Sherwood Foresters

 

Swannack Arthur

13th King’s Liverpool Regt

Died from wounds Decr 29th 1916

Walks Edgar

York & Lancaster

 

Gant George

Sherwood Foresters

 

Smith James

Sherwood Foresters

 

Smith Walter

Durham Light Infty

 

Whitworth Clifford

Sherwood Foresters

 

Doncaster Tho

Royal Engineers B.E.F. Eqypt

 

Wilkinson Arthur

Royal Garrison Artly

 

Wilkinson Tom

Leeds Rifles West Yorks

 

Thorpe Roland Jno

East Yorkshire

 

Briggs John

 

 

Fullard Arthur

32nd Royal Fusiliers

 

Jackson Chas Wm

A Company 5th Reserve Battn Sherwood Foresters

 

Chambers Edward

Sherwood Foresters

 

Weeton Alfred

Royal Fusiliers

Missing presumed dead Sept 20th 1917

Swannack Jno Wm

D Compy 9th Irish Fusiliers

 

 

 

 

Green Charles

48th Labour Coy France