Daybrook St Paul

War Memorial

Photograph of the War MemorialThe First World War memorial was designed by Comper. (It is not known whether it was Sir Ninian or his son.) It was unveiled in 1923.

It is a wall-mounted wooden tablet in black and gold at the west end of the nave. At the top is a Crucifixion with two mourners.

The Memorial is 49½" high by 44" wide and bears 111 names.

There is no Second World War memorial – simply four medals in a display case for Warrant Officer J R Sutton.

The text on the War Memorial reads as follows:

Remember the men of
Daybrook who gave
their lives in the
Great War 1914-1919

JOSEPH AINGER
ROBERT AINGER
JOSEPH W. ARBON
GEORGE ARMSON
ROBERT ARMSON
WM. H. ASKEW
G. E. ATHERLEY
FREDK. R. BAGULEY
OLIVER H. BALL
WALTER W. BALL
W. BANCROFT
ERNEST BARBER
R. H. BANNART
COLIN BELL
ERIC BELL
RICHD. BOWTELL
JOSEPH A. BROAD
CECIL H. BROWN
NELSON BROWN
SAMUEL BROWN
JOHN L. BUTLER
HENRY W. CASH
ALBERT CAST
J. H. CHAMBERLAIN
L. W. CLARKE
WALTER CLARK
JONATHAN CLEGG
J. F. COLBOUME
THOS. H. COLLEY
WILLIAM COOKE
ALEC DABELL
JAMES DALBY
WILLIAM DENHAM
JOHN DEXTER
TOM ELLIS
WALTER E. ELLIS
THOS. EVERTON
  G. H. FISHER
JOHN W. FISHER
GEORGE H. FORD
WALTER E. FOX
A. E. GARRATT
HERBERT GENT
RICHARD GOSLIN
JOHN H. GRETTON
H. GRUNDY
JOSEPH W. HAGUE
GEO. G. HAMMOND
H. N. HAMMOND
JOHN JAMES HART
JOSEPH HART
A. HARTSHORN
GEORGE HEMSLEY
GEO. G. HODSON
ALFRED E. HOLMES
BERTIE HORTON
ARTHUR HUDSON
JAMES HUDSON
EDWARD HYDE
JACK HYDE
WALTER HYMAN
SAMUEL JORDAN
EDWARD KIRK
JOHN T. LANE
WILLIAM LANE
CECIL LEAR
HAROLD LEIVERS
ERIC LINNELL
THOMAS LYNES
C. MACKINTOSH
HAROLD L. MANSELL
JOSEPH M. MANSELL
C. MARRIOTT
HAROLD MARSHALL
  FRANK W. MARTIN
FRED MARTIN
A. MATSELL
HORACE MAYFIELD
L. A. MAYFIELD
BERTIE MEE
W. J. MELBOURNE
ALFRED MOORE
BENJAMIN MOORE
WILLIAM MOORE
JOHN L. MORRIS
JOHN A. NORTHAGE
ALFRED W. PING
BERNARD RAYNER
C. E. RICHARDSON
W. W. RIMMINGTON
F. G. ROBINSON
HORACE RUDKIN
A. E. SANDERS
C. SEAGRAVES
C. G. SEELY
PERCY SHELDON
WM. F. SHELDON
HARRY SMITH
THOMAS SPOUGE
FREDK. STRETCH
JOHN STRETCH
JOSEPH SULLY
WM. H. TOLLEY
SAMUEL TURNER
THOS. C. TURNER
ALBERT E. WARD
WM. WARDLE
B. WEBSTER
H. WEBSTER
G. H. WHEATCROFT
ALBERT YATES

Further information on the names listed on the memorial is available on the Nottinghamshire Roll of Honour website.