Ossington
Holy Rood

War Memorial

There are a number of memorials in the church relating to the two World Wars.

The principal First World War memorial is on the south wall of the church. It is of white marble with grey marble pillars. It reads:

1914 - 1919

TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
THE OSSINGTON MEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR

WALTER FOX
WILLIAM DRABBLE
EVELYN BROWN
TOM GASH
FRED GASH
EDWARD GODSON
GEORGE HARDY
EDWARD HARDY
HARRY HOLT

Rest Eternal grant unto them O Lord and let Light perpetual
shine upon them

A wooden cross is located to the east end of the church, south of the altar. It is inscribed:

RIP
28802. PTE. H. HOLT
7th SHERWOOD FORESTERS
[diagonally below]
KILLED
IN
ACTION
22.2.18

On the south side of the church is a metal strip which reads:

18869 SGT W.B. MOYES
8TH ROYAL WEST SURREY REGT
26-3-1918

To the right of the above mentioned strip is another which reads :

2/LT W.F.E. DENISON
15/SHERWOOD FORESTERS
26 MARCH 1918

On the north side of the church is a gothic style marble war memorial tablet which records the death, in 1918, of W. F. Evelyn Denison. It takes the form of a white marble cameo on a grey relief portrait (head and shoulders of soldier in uniform wearing badges of Sherwood Foresters) in panel flanked by square columns with entablature and wreathed apron signed A Drury RA. The iscription is:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PROUD LOVING MEMORY OF
W.F.EVELYN DENISON,
LIEUT 15TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS.
BORN DEC 22ND 1878.
DIED AT AMIENS IN FRANCE
MARCH 26TH 1918
OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION MARCH 24TH
RIGHT DEAR IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD
IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS

This is enclosed in metal wreath with the inscription:

PRO REGE
ET
PATRIA MORI

Though not strictly a War Memorial, there is a brass plaque which relates to those who served at RAF Ossington during the Second World War. This is also on the south side of the church. It reads:

THIS.TABLET.WAS
PRESENTED.BY.THE
OFFICERS.SENIOR
N.C.OS.AIRMEN.&
AIRWOMEN.OF.THE
R.A.F. &. W.A.A.F. AS .A
TOKEN.OF.GRATITUDE
FOR.THE.HOSPITALITY
OF.THIS.CHURCH.&.TO
COMMEMORATE.THE
MEN.&.WOMEN.WHO
WORSHIPPED.HERE
DURING.THE.PERIOD
OF.THEIR.SERVICE.AT
R.A.F.OSSINGTON
1941-1946

Village War Memorial

In addition to the above memorials in the church there is also a war memorial in Ossington village at the corner of Main Street and the road to Moorhouse. It was put up about 1920 and takes the form of a square chest with recessed inscribed panels on three sides commemorating all those from the parish who served in the armed forces. Above there is a gabled shrine with a cusped opening containing a crucifix. The inscriptions are as follows:

THANKS BE TO    GOD WHO GIVETH US    THE VICTORY
         
1914   THE GREAT WAR   1918
         
John Brown
George Brown
John Cobb
Sam Drabble
Albert Drabble
William Fox
Francis Fox
Walter Godson
Wilfred Godson
Harold Godson		   Walter Fox
Evelyn Brown
William Drabble
Edward Godson
Tom Gash
Fred Gash
George Hardy
Edward Hardy
Harry Holt
W F Evelyn Denison		   Tom Holt
Charles Reynolds
Frank Reynolds
Edward Nichols
Ernest Soddington
John Semper
Harold Wagg
Alfred Wagg
Ernest Weaver
Albert Weaver
Harry Pitchfork