Car Colston St MaryWar Memorial
The war memorial is made of wood, some 4.5ft high by 2.5ft wide. It was constructed
by Walter Farmer who lived in the village, and commemorates the fallen of World
War I. It is sited in the blocked door in the north aisle, being moved there
in 1984 from its previous site on the east wall of the south aisle.
It is lettered in gold Roman capitals and bears the following inscription:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE
MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919
CAPT. PHILIP UMFREVILLE LAWS MC
16TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS
CPL. ROBERT HENRY BUCKLAND
2ND WEST YORKS
CPL. ARTHUR SMITH
ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS
PTE. WALTER DOUGLAS POWELL
7TH LINCOLNS
PTE. LESLIE TOMLIN
SHERWOOD FORESTERS
THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE |
Below this memorial there is a chest with two brass candlesticks and a card
plaque commemorating the 50th Anniversary of “the Few” in the Battle
of Britain.
On the front side of the chest are five wooden plaques decorated with - from
left to right - the badges of the following regiments:
Chatsworth Rifles
2 West Yorkshire
RASC
7 Lincolnshire
Notts. And Derby
To the left of the memorial is a ‘Flanders Cross’, a relic from
World War I with metal tape giving details of Captain Laws. A replacement in
Portland Stone is in Voormezele Cemetery near Ypres.
There is no war memorial for World War II.
The
War Memorial |
The
chest beneath the main War Memorial |
The “Flanders
Cross” beside the War Memorial |
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