Besthorpe
Holy Trinity

War Memorial

A brass plaque commemorating those villagers who fell in both world wars was, before 2014, located on the west (liturgical south) wall, behind the font. It is currently (2017) kept in a cupboard.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
FRED HOPKINSON
WILLIAM WILKINSON
HARRY JOHNSON NORTH
CHARLES ERNEST CORDY

ALSO OF
EILEEN HUNT
WORLD WAR 1939-1945

Record of Men who Served with the Forces in the Great War 1914-1918

A booklet, listing details of parishioners who fought in World War I, is stored in a wooden box. A transcription of the contents of the booklet is below:

MEN OF THE PARISH OF BESTHORPE
WHO SERVED WITH THE FORCES IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

EDWIN COLLINSON.
3rd Lincolnshire Regiment.
Served in France.

CHARLES CORDY.
Leicestershire Regiment.
Killed in France, November 22, 1918.

ALFRED HILL.
Royal Field Artillery.
Served in France. Wounded May 1918.

DAVID HOPKINSON.
Royal Garrison Artillery.
Served in France.

FRANK HOPKINSON.
Royal Army Service Corps.
Served in Salonica.

FRED HOPKINSON.
Corporal, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment.
Killed at Mons, 16 August 1914.

HARRY HOPKINSON.
3rd and 5th Lincolnshire Regiment;
8th London Regiment.

JOHN HOPKINSON.
1st Canadian Contingent.
Served abroad. Wounded 17 June 1916.

HARRY JOHNSON NORTH.
8th Lincolnshire Regiment.
Killed in France, 14 March 1918.

JOHN SHERBROOKE COAPE OATES.
Captain and Acting Major, 8th Sherwood
Foresters.
Served in France. Wounded. Distinguished
Service Order; Military Cross; three times
mentioned in Despatches.

WILLIAM COAPE OATES.
Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Sherwood Foresters.
Served in France. Wounded.
Distinguished Service Order; twice mentioned
in Despatches.

WILLIAM WILKINSON.
Royal Garrison Artillery.
Served in Salonica.
Died January 1919.