Radcliffe on Trent
St Mary

War Memorial

The War Memorial is sited at the east end of the churchyard. Costing about £660, it was unveiled in April 1921 by Colonel Birkin of Lamcote House, himself an officer who had served in France. The tall cross bears a bronze figure of St George with head bowed in silent grief. In (and beneath) an oval below the figure is the following inscription:

IN MEMORY OF
THE GALLANT MEN OF
RADCLIFFE ON TRENT
WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR
A~D~
1914 ~ 1919

THEIR · NAME · LIVETH · FOR · EVERMORE

The names on the plaques are as follows:

North Face
 
South Face
WILLIAM HENRY BARRATT
HORACE BEET
BERTIE BEMROSE
ERNEST BEMROSE
PERCY BEMROSE
GORDON BERRIDGE
SIDNEY BETT*
THOMAS BIRKBY
GEORGE HARRY BLATHERWICK
ROBERT HUGH BLATHERWICK
GEORGE BREWSTER
FREDERICK BROWN
THOMAS ALFRED BUGGINS
BENJAMIN CARLIN
PERCY CYRIL COX
FRANK BARRATT DANIELS
WALTER DAWSON
PERCY DRAPER
WALTER DRAPER
WALTER DYSON
SAMUEL EATON
ROBERT SAMUEL HALLAM
JAMES HARRIS
JOSEPH WILLIAM HULL
CECIL ISMAY INGRAM
PERCY THOMAS KITCHEN

* It is unclear from the inscription here
whether this name should be Bett or Bell,
see picture and comment below)

 
WILLIAM THOMAS LODGE
FREDERICK GEORGE MALSOM
JOHN HARRY MARTIN
CLARENCE JAMES MOODY
ALWIN HENRY NEWBURY
SYDNEY ELDRIDGE NEWBURY
JOHN NOWELL
GEORGE ANDREW HENDERSON NOWELL
EDGAR GALE JULIEN NOWELL
BERNAL OSBOURNE
JOHN OULD
THOMAS WILLIAM PACKWOOD
SAMUEL PARKES
THOMAS ALFRED PECK
CHARLES S. WIGHTMAN PIKE
JOHN WILLIAM RICHARDS
WILLIAM HENRY RITTER
WILLIAM ROBERTS
LEONARD WILLIAM RUSHMORE
GEORGE JAMES SHEPPARD
JOHN VELLUM STAFFORD
BERTIE FRANCIS TODD
CHARLES TYTHERLEY
ALFRED JAMES UPTON
WILLIAM CYRIL VICKERSTAFF
HENRY VOCE
West Face

DIED FROM ILLNESS
CONTRACTED WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE

MATTHEW BAGGLEY
WILLIAM ROBERT BRICE
ARTHUR CLARKE
ERNEST TAYLOR EASTWOOD
ERNEST HOWARD
LESLIE TOYNE HYDE
DANIEL SMITH
EDWARD UPTON BELL
LAWRENCE CHARLES TURNER

Below the main inscription and the statue of St George on the east-facing side of the octagonal base:

ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEN OF A
LATER GENERATION, BUT OF LIKE GALLANTRY
WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
-------
“WE WILL REMEMBER THEM”

The names read as follows:

South-east Face
 
North-east Face
ERNEST NEVILLE BEMROSE
ROWLAND BURDETT COY
DONALD PHILLIPS DURRANT
GORDON SCOTT ECCLES
JOHN THOMAS FLOWER
JOHN SHELTON GISBORNE
ARTHUR REESON JOHNSON
CLAUDE MALLYON
JOHN MARSTON
WILLIAM ARTHUR MARWOOD
 
WILLIAM BRYAN PEET
SAMUEL EDWARD PIKE
LANCELOT NELSON ROWBOTHAM
CYRIL HARRY SANDS
WALTER JAMES SAVAGE
JOHN SAMUEL SMALLEY
WILLIAM SMITH
HAROLD SPEED
JOHN UNDERWOOD

Altogether the memorial records the names of fifty-two Radcliffe men killed during the 1914-18 war, nine who died as a result of illness while on active service, and nineteen killed during the Second World War. A wheelchair ramp has improved access since 1995.

The Communion Table in the Lady Chapel is also a War Memorial, given by the Church of England Men’s Society, in memory of those who fell in the First World War. (The name which is unclear on the outdoor memorial clearly reads “Sidney Bett” on the list of names in the Lady Chapel. This reading is also suggested by the position of the name in the alphabetical sequence.)

Photographs of the Outdoor Memorial

The War Memorial Figure of St George The primary inscription (on the East face) The inscription on the West face
The names on the North face Close-up of the unclear name “Bett” or “Bell” The names on the South face The inscription in the East face of the base
  The names on the South-east face of the base The names on the North-east face of the base  

Photographs of the Lady Chapel Communion Table

The front of the Communion Table in the Lady Chapel The South end of the Table, showing the names inscribed The North end, showing the names inscribed