Collingham
St John the Baptist

War Memorial

By the south door is a memorial to those from the parish who perished during the First and Second World Wars. The war memorial also comprises a stained glass window in the south-east corner of the south aisle. Both window and plaque were installed in 1920.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE SOUTH EAST WINDOW IN THE CHURCH COMMEMORATES
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
AUGUST 4TH 1914 TO 28TH JUNE 1919.

R. I. P.

AITCHINSON  

R.A.C.

  

LIEUT THE KINGS OWN (ROYAL LANC REGT)

AGED

 

NR ARMENTIERES, FRANCE

14 DEC 1914 

19

BROWNE

P. L.

  

CAPT LINCS REGT

 

 

 

NR SUVLA BAY, GALLIPOLI

9 AUG 1915

32

BROWNE

M.B.

  

2ND LT 2/8 THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS NOTTS & DERBYS REGT

 

DUBLIN REBELLION

28 APRIL 1916

39

BEE

J.B.

  

PTE 1ST BN NORTHNTS REGT

 

 

NR ALBERT, FRANCE

20 JULY 1916

22

WILKINSON

V.

  

PTE 2ND BN GRENADIER GUARDS

 

 

  

ON THE SOMME, FRANCE

15 SEPT 1916

27

LILEY

J.

  

LCE CPL 9TH BN THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS

 

 

  

NR THIEPVAL, FRANCE

20 SEPT 1916

26

HAMMOND

W.H.

  

PTE 1/8 THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS

 

 

  

BLAIRVILLE, FRANCE

7 OCT 1916

19

TONN

A.

  

1ST BN THE KINGS OWN (ROYAL LANC REGT)      

 

 

  

NR BETHUNE, FRANCE

23 OCT 1916

33

WOOLLEY

T.H.C.

  

CAPT 2/8 THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS

 

 

  

HARGIECOURT, FRANCE

27 APRIL 1917

28

PRIESTLEY

H.

  

PTE 2/7 THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS

 

 

  

IN FRANCE

 

 

26 SEPT 1917

30

PRIESTLEY

L.

  

LCE CPL 15TH BN THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS

 

 

  

ROUEN HOSPITAL, FRANCE

6 OCT 1917

23

PILGRIM

G.H.

  

PTE 9TH LANCERS

 

 

  

NR MORLANCOURT, FRANCE

27 MAR 1918

30

HAMMOND

A.E.

  

PTE 1/5 DURHAM L.I.

 

 

 

 

  

IN FRANCE

11 APRIL 1918

20

CLAYTON

G.H.

  

CORP: 1ST BN THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS

 

 

  

MISSING NR PONTAVCRT, FRANCE

27 MAY 1918

27

HICKMAN

J.T.

  

PTE 44TH CANADIANS

 

 

  

NR AMIENS, FRANCE

10 AUG 1918

28

WALKER

A.P.

  

PTE 1ST SUFFOLK REGT

 

 

  

WOUNDED VERMELLES, FRANCE

15 MAY 1918

23

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
1939 – 1945

ARCHIBALD  

J.B.

  

ROYAL NAVY, H.M.S. AUDACITY

 

 

 

 

  

AT SEA

22 DEC: 1941

26

HARRISON

H.W.

  

P/O ROYAL AIR FORCE

 

 

 

 

  

GOES, HOLLAND

29 JULY: 1941

24

MAKINS

EDITH

  

MUNITIONS WORKER

 

 

 

 

  

KILLED AT WORK BY ENEMY ACTION

7 MAR: 1941

20

MELTON

R.

  

SGT R.A.F. V.R.

 

 

 

 

  

AIR OPERATIONS OVER GERMANY

21 FEB: 1944

22

On the left side of the memorial is a framed Roll of Honour listing the people of South Collingham who served in World War I; on the right side is a Roll of Honour listing the men and women of the parish who served in World War II.

A wooden battlefield cross above the memorial also commemorates those who perished during the First World War. The following text is painted on the cross:

Killed
in
Action
Capt. T.H.C. Woolley
2/8 Sherwood Foresters
27497
The war memorial World War I Roll
of Honour		 World War II Roll
of Honour		 Battlefield cross