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Nottingham St Mary

Sherwood Foresters Boer War Memorial

This memorial is a large, polished blass plaque.

It reads as follows:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 1ST BATTN. THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS [NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT] WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 1899-1902. THIS BRASS IS PLACED BY THEIR COMRADES OF ALL RANKS. KILLED IN ACTION LCE CORPORALS:   A.HOOK   T.DARLISON   C.LIFFORD   PRIVATES:   F.BELFITT   G.NORMAN   A.PIDCOCK C.MIDDLETON   A.GOODMAN   J.CUNNINGHAM   G.WHITE   J.POYSER   C.WALTERS   J.WILSON   G.STALEY J.WILLIAMSON   J.FELL   J.DAWN   H.BERESFORD   J.DAY   J.DUNCALF   W.GOODWIN   W.LEE C.MADDISON   C.ROE   E.SPINK   E.SPOONER   P.FOSTER   P.ROSE   A.HUNT   T.MCNALLEY D.BOLLARD   J.BLAKE   W.WORRAD   F.WEBB   J.WARNOCK   J.GREGORY   W.GIBBONS   H.BAGNALL. DIED OF WOUNDS 2ND LIEUTENANT:   G.E.MILLS   SERT H.TYERS   DR E.GOODMAN   PRIVATES:   R.MOAKES   T.SHERRIN   R.HOOKE J.WESTWOOD   T.N.CRESSWELL   H.RICE   T.TURNBULL   H.HENDERSON   W.JESSOP   P.ARCHER   R.HILDITCH T.NORRIS   J.HARRISON   J.FERN   G.NEWTON   A.BARTLETT   G.HUMPHRIES   W.WHEEWALL   T.E.SILVERWOOD. DROWNED ON PATROL     CORPORAL:   J.BRADSHAW   PTE:   W.COSTALL   W.HULL   J.MURPHY   G.TURNER DIED OF DISEASE CAPTAIN:   A.T.ENGLAND   SERGEANTS:   C.WILMOTT   E.SPENCER   R.DODD   CORPORALS   S.ROBERTS R.CASTOR   W.D.LOUCH   LCE CORPORALS:   P.MARGERISON   J.SEYMOUR   W.ALDRED   DR A.RISTE   DR S.VARNEY PRIVATES:   E.SPENCER   H.HOWARD   P.BAKER   G.RUSSELL   T.BURNS   W.CULLEN   H.STOCKS A.TURNER   S.NEWTON   G.SPINK   E.HALLETT   A.TATTERSALL   F.SMITH   T.KEMP   B.GOODLAD A.BRADBURY   G.ASTILL   W.UNDERWOOD   S.RILEY   G.NEWCOMBE   W.MATKIN   A.R.BOSWELL   F.TURNER T.GUY   W.LONGMIRE   T.HAUGHEY   J.GOLDSMITH   R.ISAAC   T.WHITEHEAD   W.GREGORY   C.WHITING J.BARNES   G.WEBSTER   G.W.RICHARDS   J.H.LEWIS   C.CONWAY   W.HICKLING   A.HUNT   J.CAMM A.WATERHOUSE   W.MARTIN   A.WIDDOWSON   H.REED   W.LIEVERS   G.STOREY   J.LEWIS   C.GASKIN. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE 9 OFFICERS, 22 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND 119 MEN OF THE BATTALION WERE WOUNDED DURING THE CAMPAIGN.

Above the main text of the memorial is a silver regimental badge flanked by six scrolls and two silver medals with enameled ribbons. The scrolls read:

Framing the memorial, inscribed among oak leaves and acorns, there are names of battles (most of them predating the South Africa conflict by many years). They read as follows:

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