Caunton St Andrew

War Memorials

World War I
Memorial
Inscription on the
Memorial

Outdoor War Memorial

The main World War I Memorial is mounted on a wall to the right of the main gate to the churchyard, topped with an iron cross, and constructed from stones re-used after the 1869 Restoration as an inscription states:

These stones
were cut in the XIIIth century by the builders of this church

A bronze plaque is inscribed:

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1914-1918
THESE MEN OF CAUNTON SOUGHT THE GLORY OF ENGLAND.
THEY FOUND THE GLORY OF GOD.

ALEXANDER ANTCLIFFE

  
PTE 20TH HUSSARS
GEORGE WILLIAM BARKER  
PTE 8TH SHERWOODS
SYDNEY GIBSON  
PTE 8TH SHERWOODS
GEORGE SAMUEL MOODY  
TPR 1ST LIFE GUARDS
JOHN FREDERICK POTTERTON  
PTE 4TH LINCOLNS
GEORGE WILLIAM SMITH  
PTE LINCOLNS
FRANCIS ARTHUR WOMBWELL  
L CPL 20TH HUSSARS

Indoor Memorials

Inside the church on the south wall of the aisle next to the font, there are two framed illuminated scrolls listing all the men and women of Caunton who served in the two World Wars.

The First World
War Roll of
Honour

World War I

The first is hand-written and annotated by the Revd John Tinkler, on a poster designed for this purpose inscribed at the head:

FOR KING & COUNTRY
ROLL OF HONOUR

and at the foot

GOD SAVE THE KING

On the margin of the frame at the top and bottom is painted:

THE LIST OF ALL RANKS WHO SERVED FROM
THE PARISH OF ST ANDREW’S CAUNTON 1914-1918

The table reads as follows, with the Revd Mr Tinkler’s annotations indicated in italics:

Caunton, near Newark-on-Trent in the county of Nottingham

Captain Hugh F.S. Hole, Interpreter to Indian Corps (now Major), DAQM [wording uncertain] G., General.

Captain John Hole, 17th Battalion City of London Royal Fusiliers, (now Major), MC with bar.

Lieutt Alec George Thackeray Schwabe, Royal Horse Artillery.

Albert Elvidge, Army Service Corps.

George Henry Wells, Lincolns, (Corporal).

Thomas Frecknall, Army Service Corps, Sergeant.

Alexander Antcliffe, Machine Gun Section, 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment Killed in Northern France by the bursting of a shell on March 3rd 1916. R.I.P.

Francis Arthur Wombwell, 20th Hussars (Lance Corporal). Died of wounds received in action in France on April 3rd, 1918.

George Samuel Moody, 1st Life Guards (Corporal?). Killed on Sunday Night May 19th, 1918, during a German air raid on the camp at the base in France while defending nurses & wounded.

Charles Poole, 9th Sherwood Rangers.

Walter Poole, Army Service Corps.

Edwin Gilbert, Sherwood Rangers, Corporal.

Frank Jaques, Sherwood Rangers.

George William Barker, 8th Sherwood Foresters. Died of wounds received in battle, in Hospital, at Etaples, in Northern France, & buried in the Cemetery there. R.I.P.

Albert Bartle, Notts & Derbys.

Frederick Potterton, Lincolns. Missing, afterwards reported killed. R.I.P.

George Elvidge, South Notts Hussars.

Heber Elvidge, Lance Corporal, Remounts.

Sidney Gibson, Sherwood Foresters. Missing, afterwards reported killed. R.I.P.

Frank Lord, Army Service Corps.

David Butterfield, Notts & Derbys.

Albert George Reynolds, Army Service Corps.

2nd M. Ernest Burrows, 2nd Wing, Royal Flying Corps.

Frank Ogden, Notts & Derbys.

Herbert Rushby, Notts & Derbys.

Sapper J Pearce, 3 Co P5, Royal Engineers.

G Turner, E Company, 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters.

F Carrott, 9th Sherwood Foresters.

G W Smith, Lincolns (British Expeditionary Force). Killed in action in France on 15th April 1916. R.I.P.

Cyril Fincham, Royal Flying Corps.

Horace Fincham, Notts & Derbys, 27537, C, Coy 10 Platoon, 9th Royal Warwicks, Exp. Force, Mesopotamia.

Driver Charles Pinder, 6/3430 Canterbury Infantry, Transport Brigade, Egypt.

Ernest Wells, Notts & Derbys.

Sydney Reynolds, Sherwood Foresters.

Charles Bickerton, Aeroplane Ordnance Corps.

Sydney Bartle, Machine Gun Corps.

Walter Bartle, Notts & Derbys.

George Henry Lord, 94th Oversea Battalion.

Richard Hopkinson, RFA (Royal Field Artillery).

Walter Hickman, 45599, 2nd Sherwood Foresters, Headquarters Company, British Expeditionary Force, France.

Frederick Gilbert, Army Ordnance Corps, 98th Regiment.

John Thomas Baines, Army Service Corps.

George Pinder, West Yorks.

Thorold Fincham, 32583, 15th Section, 4th Platoon, 55th Labour Coy, B. E. F., France.

Pioneer George Brown, 345 Compy, Royal Engineers, British Expeditionary Force, France.

O merciful God & Heavenly Father, give Thy servants the blessing of Thy guidance & protection, for Jesus Christ’s sake, Amen

John Tinkler, MA, Vicar of Caunton, Notts.

Names added later outside the frame of the illuminated scroll:

Herbert Francis William Sharp, Machine Gun Corps.

Charles Edward Antcliffe, No XI Light Rly Company, Royal Engineers, BEF, France.

Wilfrid Boddy, RFA.

Joseph J. Lord, Westmoreland & Northumberland Regiment.

Henry Mann Drabble, (Military Medal)
The Second World
War Roll of
Honour

World War II

The provenance of the second illuminated scroll, placed in the church in 1995, is explained by the dedication at the foot:

This list was compiled by the churchwardens & Parochial Church Council in collaboration with Caunton Local History Society & Caunton Parish Council. It was dedicated as a celebration of 50 years peace on 16th July 1995. The year in which both VE & VJ days were commemorated.
Rector: Revd Robert Whittaker

At the foot of the decorative border:

Caunton Residents
who served their country
in HM Forces during World War II
1939-1945

At the head of the decorative border, above and below a picture of the parish church seen from the south:

I have fought a good fight
I have kept the faith
2 Timothy 4:7

The names read:

Jack Aldred   ROYAL NAVY
George Agg   ROYAL ORDNANCE CORPS
Edward Agg   SHERWOOD FORESTERS
Elsie Baines   AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE
Ernest Baines   ROYAL AIR FORCE
Charles Beckett   ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Helena Boddy   AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE
Ivy Boddy   WOMENS AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Wilfred Boddy   ROYAL AIR FORCE
Eric Elliston   SHERWOOD FORESTERS
Ronald Graves   ROYAL AIR FORCE
William House   4/7 DRAGOON GUARDS
Daniel Jones   ROYAL ENGINEERS
Frederick Jones   ROYAL NAVY
Griffith Jones   11th HUSSARS
George Keene   ROYAL ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
James Kirkham   ROYAL NAVY
Donald Lill   ROYAL NAVY
Phillip Long   ROYAL SIGNALS
Leslie Mabbott   ROYAL TANK CORPS
Maurice Mabbott   ROYAL MARINES
Hilda Marshall   WOMENS AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
John Michael   ROYAL NAVY
Arthur Parkin   ROYAL AIR FORCE
Harold Pegg   SHERWOOD FORESTERS
Harry Pegg   GREEN HOWARDS
Kenneth Pegg   SHERWOOD FORESTERS
Ernest Pepper   GORDON HIGHLANDERS
Charlie Pinder   ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Jack Pinder   ROYAL MARINES
Joan Poole   WOMENS AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Edward Proctor   ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS
Robert Proctor   ROYAL AIR FORCE
Bert Savage   ROYAL AIR FORCE
Raymond Sharp   NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT
Arthur Smith   WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT
Cicel Smith   LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
Bertie Smith   SHERWOOD FORESTERS
John Wells   ROYAL ENGINEERS
Also remembered – William Pepper – killed by enemy action at Ransome & Marles, Newark, 7th March 1941

Boer War

In addition to the above there is on the north aisle wall between windows 12 and 13 a memorial brass on slate mount, by Gawthorp, London, to a sailor lost in the Boer War:

IN EVER LOVING
MEMORY OF
HORACE S. BLAND
SUB-LIEUTENANT
H.M.S. BEAGLE
WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED
WHILE LANDING AT
SEAL ISLAND, MOSSEL BAY
SOUTH AFRICA
SEPTEMBER 29TH 1901
AGED 21 YEARS
“He giveth his beloved sleep”