Mansfield St Lawrence

War Memorial

The baptistry

Panels 4 to 6 of the
World War I memorial

The two memorials, one dedicated to the First World War and the other to the Second World War, are both located in the baptistry below the west window.

The WWI memorial is in the form of six equal size wooden panels, three on each of the north and south walls which surround the font. Each panel carries a list of the names of the fallen under the name of the regiment in which they served. All the lettering is carved into the panel enhanced with a black finish. The entire memorial is of medium oak, three panels set between four narrow uprights, each having a carved trefoil headed design with three short lancets over.

The top rail is heavily carved with the inscription on south the side reading:

1914 To the Glory of God

 The one on the north side:

 In memory of the fallen 1919

Panel 1. North wall

R.M.L.I.

S. CUDWORTH

T.W. CUDWORTH

F. BARLOW

C.ROSS

Lincolns

H.PEACH

H.SEVERN

G.WOOLEY

Leicesters.

A.BAGGALEY

P.FELL

J.H.SLACK

S. Staffs

E.CHATWIN

J.CULLY

T.E STAFFORD

Panel 2

R. Engineers

A.C. MILSOM

W.H. PRITCHARD

W. TAYLOR

S. RADFORD

R.F.A.

B.H. ROBINSON.

S. MELLOWS.

M.C.G.

F. WHITE

F.E.BRINDLEY

N. StaffsS

A. SMITH

G.E. NICHOLSON

R.A.M.C.

J.WALKER

W.H. BYCROFT

K.O.S.B.

M.HASLEM

H. DAY

Sher. Rangs.

Panel 3

J.E.SMITHERINGALE

N. Hants.

J.J. DOWDEN.  

Suffolks

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

SW Bord.

J.G. TOWTON

Hussars

H.HURSTHOUSE.

K. L’pools

W.H. PENFORD

E. Yorks

T. HEATHCOTE

K.O.Y.L.I.

J.H. MEE

H.L.I.

C. BAILEY

W. Yorks

F.R BROWN

P.W.Y.L.I.

B.MARSH.

Middlesex

J.T.THATCHER.

K.R.R.I.

J.TAYLOR.

R. Fus

J.P CUPIT.

Gren. Gds

J.J.BLANT

Scot. Rifles

Panel 4 South Wall

Sherwood Foresters.

T. ALLSOP

C.H. ARAM

A.E ARMITAGE

G.ASTER

G.BRADSHAW

E.H.BULL

C.T. BURGESS

B.CLARK

W.G. CLEAVERS

H.COUPE

F.HARDY

W. HASLEM

J.G. HIBBARD

W. HALL

Panel 5

Sherwood Foresters.

J. HINCHLEY

G. HINTON

W. HINTON

F.W. INGHSAM

C.S MILLER

C.R MITCHELL

W. PIPER

E. RENSHAW

W. RIGG

W.G. ROBINSON

E SMITH

H.H. SMITH

L.SMITH

Panel 6

Sherwood Foresters.

H. SPADEMAN

J. THOMPSON

T.THRALL

J.WARD

C. WILLOUGHBY

T. WILCOCKSON

A.G. WRIGHT

Royal Navy.

J.ALLSOP

E. BLAKE

T. DOVE

W.H. HEATON

J.A. TOMLINSON

The service to dedicate the memorial took place at 11a.m. on 27 November 1920. It was conducted by the Bishop of Southwell, commencing with a parade by ex-servicemen and Boy Scouts. A special service was held on the same day for the Sunday School children at 2.30pm.

Eighty-one former parishioners are remembered.

A small brass plate on the north wall near the west entrance door acknowledges two other memorials to WWI with the text:

Memorial to the fallen
1914-1919
The oak Chancel screen was
Dedicated by the Bishop, Dr. Hoskins
November 27th 1921
and the Memorial Hall Bell
Sept 3rd. 1927.

The memorial for those who did not survive World War II is also located in the Baptistry. It is in the form of a three-light stained glass window in the lower west wall. Each light is set in a plain rectangle stone surround which existed prior to its re-glazing in 1949.

The far left panel depicts St. Martin of Tours.  A bishop’s mitre is set near the upper right corner, and in the lower central area near St. Martin’s leg is a drawing of a church on a hill. In the bottom right corner is the date ‘1939’. Within the centre light is St. Nicholas holding a lantern.  The inscription across the bottom of the light reads:

“THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD”

The subject of the right hand light is St. Michael.  The date of the end of WWII, ‘1945’, is in the bottom left corner.

A brass plate below the window reads:

This Memorial window was dedicated
By the Right Reverend, The Bishop
of Southwell on 26th of March 1949

The glass does not carry any maker’s mark.

Set within the north side of the angled window reveal is a brass plaque listing the names of the casualties.

1939-1945

CYRIL AYRES
GEO. BANKS
GARETH BANTING (PRIEST)
ANTHONY BARKER
GORDON BINGLEY
EDWARD BURTON
SAMUEL COOK
GEORGE COUPE
JOHN DERBY MM
TOM HENDERSON
LESLIE HICKS
RONALD KILMINSTER
WILLIAM LAKE
WALTER LYNAM
LIONEL MORLEY

In the south reveal there is a matching brass plaque:

JACK NOBLE
ALFRED PEMBELTON
ALAN PENFOLD
ARTHUR PICKERING
KENNETH PRITLAND
KENNETH RADFORD
ROY RADFORD
BERNARD SLACK
GRAHAM SLACK
ERIC SMITH
ERIC STEVENS
GEORGE TAYLOR
REGINALD WATSON
AUSTEN WEBSTER
LESLIE WILLIAMS

A total of thirty men did not return to the parish.