Attenborough
St Mary

War Memorial

First World War

The war memorial is in the form of a memorial window at the east end of the north aisle. There is a large metal plaque, measuring 36" x 20", directly beneath it reading:

THIS WINDOW IS DEDICATED TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR HONOUR AND THEIR COUNTRY IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1918

SERGT. ARTHUR ADCOCK   NORTH’D FUS

 

PTE. JAMES H. KELLETT   CANAD. INFANT.

  

PTE. CHARLES RAWLINGS   AUST. M.G.C.

PTE. JAMES ADCOCK   NOTTS & DERBYS R.

  

LCPL. LAWRE B. KELLETT    NOTTS & DERBYS R.

  

CAPT. THOMAS STANLEY   R.F.C.

PTE. JESSE ADCOCK   NOTTS & DERBYS R.

  

SERGT. WILLIAM D. KEMP   WILTS. R.

  

PTE. GEORGE ROBERTS   LEICESTER R.

PTE. WILLIAM ARAM    LEICESTER R.

  

GNR. CECIL GEORGE LAKE   R.G.A.

  

CN. WILLIAM H. SIMPSON   NOTTS & DERBYS R.

SERGT. FREDERIC W. BEARD   W. RID. R.

  

LIEUT. WM. ADDISON LAKE   R.M.L.I.

  

PTE. BEN SMITH    NOTTS & DERBYS R.

PTE TOM BELFIELD   GREN. GDS.

  

SERGT. JOSEPH LAKE    NOTTS & DERBYS R.

  

PTE. ERNEST SMITH   H.L.I.

PTE. JOHN BRAILSFORD  S. STAFF. R.

  

PTE. FRED METHERINGHAM   M.G.C.

  

CAPT. H. H. WALTON M.C.    NOTTS & DERBYS R.

PTE. JOHN D. CROWSON    NOTTS & DERBYS R.

  

PTE. HARRY MOORE        N. STAFFS. R.

  

BOMB. HAROLD WESTBY M.M.     R.F.A.

PTE. G. W. DRINKWATER    NOTTS & DERBYS R.

  

PTE. MARTIN NILAND   NORF. R.

  

SERGT. HARRY E. WHITEHEAD       R.A.F.

PTE. JOHN C. HOLLAND  STH. AFRICAN AMB.

  

PTE. PERCY OXLEY   GREN. GDS.

  

PTE. ARTHUR F. WORTHINGTON    K.O.Y.L.I.

PTE. JOHN L. HUDSTON   LEICESTER R.

  

??? S. HETLEY PEARSON   GREN. GDS.

  

PTE. ARTHUR WRIGHT    NOTTS & DERBYS R.

Further information on the Fallen is summarised below:

Name and rank Regiment Place of death Date of death
Adcock James Pte. Notts & Derby Rgt Langemark, Belgium 9-Oct-17
Adcock Arthur Sgt. 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers Ypres 17-Apr-15
Adcock Jessie Pte. 16th Notts & Derby St. Julien, France 5-Aug-17
Adam Wllm. Pte. (died of pneumonia) Baghdad 28-Nov-17
Beard Fred.Whiteley 2nd Lieut. Duke of Wellington Regt le Transloy 11-Oct-16
Belfield Tom Gdsmn. Grenadier Guards Ypres 23-Apr-16
Brailsford John Pte 1st/6th S. Staffs Rgt. Hill 69, near.Lens 28-Jun-17
Crowson John Daniel Pte 2nd/8th Sherwood Foresters Ypres 26-Sep-17
Drinkwater George Wllm. Pte 1st/7th Sh.Foresters Gommecourt 1-Jul-16
Holland John Claude Pte 1st South African Ambulance Keninghelsh Belgium 14-Apr-18
Hudstone John Lomas Pte 3rd Leic. Rgt. Rheims 27-May-18
Kellett James Herbert Pte 148 Canadian Inf. Hill 70, near. Lens 15-Aug-17
Kellett Lawrence Briggs L.Cpl. 1st/7th Notts & Derby Rgt Foncquenvillers 1-Jul-16
Kemp Wllm. Dunstan Pte 1st Royal Wilts Rgt Arras 9-Apr-17
Lake Cecil George Gnr 282 Siege Batt R.G.A Flanders 11-Jan-18
Lake Wllm. Addison Lieut. Royal Marine Light Infantry Gavrelle 28-Apr-17
Lamb Joseph Sgt 2nd Sh. Foresters Ypres 1-Jul-17
Methringham Fred Pte MachineGun Corps Gouzeacourt 18-Sep-18
Moore Harry Pte 8th N. Staffs Rgt. Hebuterne Somme 9-Feb-17
Niland Martin Pte 1st/4th Norfolk Rgt Gaza Palestine 19-Apr-17
Oxley Percy Pte 2nd Grenadier Guards Givenchy France 29-Mar-15
Pearson Stephen Hetley 2nd Lieut 2nd Gren. Gds. Cambrai 1-Dec-17
Rawlings Charles Pte 4th Australian Machine Gun Corps Wounded & Captured Died of wounds 1917
Roadley Thomas Stanley Flt. Commdr. R.F. Corps Buried Ram Wood Cmty Menin 17-Aug-17
Roberts George Cpl 2nd Royal Leic. Rgt Neuve Chappel 20-May-15
Simpson Wllm Howard Pte 2nd Notts & Derby Rgt Hoogewood 9-Aug-15
Smith Ben Pte 1st/7th Sh. Foresters Military Hospital Etreat Rouen (wounds) 9-Jul-16
Smith Ernest Pte 9th Highland Light Infantry Rambouiex 12-Oct-18
Walton Harold Henry (MC)Capt 1st/7th Sh. Foresters Nohenzollern Redoubt 13-Oct-15
Westby Harold (MM) Bombr R.F.A Aire (wounds) 14-May-18
Whitehead Harry Esmond Sgt R.A.F Cambrai 4-Oct-18
Worthington Arthur Frederick Pte Kings Own Yorks Light Infantry Wounded Bassee Died Long Eaton 17-Feb-15
Wright Arthur Pte 2nd/6th Sh. Foresters Military Hospital Woburn (wounds) 24-Apr-17

Additional information on the names listed on the monument is available on the Nottinghamshire Roll of Honour website.

Second World War

Book on Altar Table:

Crane Francis Dereck Lieut.    Royal Welsh Fusiliers    Antwerp    20-Oct-45
Hollis Sydney Gnr   Royal Artillery   North Africa   20-Aug-43
Lander John Major   21st ind.Para. Brigade   Sicily   13/14 July 1943
Pettifer George Sgt   R.A.F        

Additional Memorial

In addition to these war memorials there is an inscribed plaque upon the collective grave in the churchyard for the victims of the Chilwell shell-filling factory explosion during World War I.

To the Glory of God
And in memory of the men and women
Who lost their lives in the service of
Their country in the Chilwell Explosion
July · 1 · 1918