Willoughby-on-the-Wolds
St Mary and All Saints

War Memorial

There are two plaques on the north wall of the north aisle at the west end. The first is oval shaped in pink marble and is surmounted by a cross. The inscription reads as follows:

IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF

THOMAS CYRIL WOODFORD

 

JOSEPH CROSS

AGED 19 YEARS.

 

AGED 19 YEARS.

JOHN NIXON

 

JONATHAN GOODACRE

AGED 20 YEARS.

 

AGED 28 YEARS.

FREDERICK ATKINSON

 

JOSEPH WILLIAM GOODACRE

AGED 30 YEARS.

 

AGED 24 YEARS.

ALBERT SMITH

 

HAROLD ATTEWELL

AGED 40 YEARS.

 

AGED 20 YEARS.

HEROES OF THIS PARISH
GLORIOUSLY IN SELF-SACRIFICING LOVE AND PATRIOTIC LOYALTY
WERE THEIR LIVES LAID DOWN IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914 – 18.

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER.

THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE
CONGREGATION AND FRIENDS, 1919.

This tablet was erected by members of the congregation and friends, 1919.

The second is in a polished grey stone and is also oval shaped and surmounted by a cross. The inscription reads:

THIS TABLET
WAS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS PARISH
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF
GEORGE ALBERT ALEXANDER POUND, R.A.F.
AGED 22 YEARS.
FRANCIS BERT WATSON, R.N.
AGED 24 YEARS.

WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE WORLD WAR
1939 – 45.

A roll of honour for all those who served is mounted on the wall nearby:

Roll of Honour

Bert Watson
William Belton
William Coleman
Alan Calloway
Eileen Draycott
John Emmerson
Kenneth Freestone
Douglas Harding
Nora Harding
Peggy Hallam
George Hatherley
Cyril Henson
Reginald Henson
Kenneth Horsley
George Hubbard
Norris Kirby
Roy Marriott
Sydney Marriott
Leslie Monk
Lloyd Reid
Harry Screaton
Joan Screaton
Percy Screaton
Sam Screaton
Vera Turner
Eric Wakerley
Ernest Wilkinson
Ernest Wisher
Philip Wisher
Gavin Turner