Colwick
St John the Baptist

War Memorial

Memorials in the Church

The memorials to the fallen of both world wars originally hung in the Colwick Community Centre, which from 1922 was the parish hall and doubled up as the church, until the present church building was opened in 1952. In 2009 Colwick Parish Council agreed to a request from St John’s Church to move both memorials to the church.

First World War Memorial

This is a wooden plaque on the west wall.

It carries the names and details of 19 men of Colwick who gave their lives in the First World War:

SAMUEL BASS.

Pte.

34TH Btn A.I.F. PASCHENDAELE

12TH OCT. 1917

GRAHAM BENSON.

Pte.

2ND SUFFOLKS. LOOS.

20TH SEP. 1915

JOHN BERRIDGE.

Pte.

6TH LEICESTERS. FRANCE.

23RD OCT. 1918

HORACE BURDEN.

CAPT’S Steward

H.M.S. PRINCESS IRENE

 

GEORGE DAUBNEY.

Driver

R.F.A. CAMBRAI

23RD DEC. 1917

ALFRED J. FOLKES.

LEADING Seaman

H.M.S. BAYANO. TORPEDOED.

18TH MAR. 1918

CHARLES HARRISON.

Pte.

CANADIAN R. R. FRANCE

5TH JUN. 1916

GEORGE E. JOHNSON.

ALBERT MEDAL Sapper

R.E. R.O.D. BELGIUM

30TH APL. 1918

HENRY JONES.

Pte.

R.A.M.C. YPRES.

6TH AUG. 1917

WILLIAM KIRK.

L.Cpl.

S.N.HUSSARS. TORPEDOED LEASOWE CASTLE.

27TH MAY 1918

GEORGE MARSHALL.

Pte.

1ST SHERWOOD FORESTERS. FRANCE.

5TH  OCT 1918

FRED POTTINGER.

L.Cpl.

1ST SHERWOOD FORESTERS. FRANCE.

1915

THOMAS B. SHEPPERD.

Pte.

1ST LEICESTERS. YPRES.

23RD MAY 1918

HORACE SMITH.

Pte.

10TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. FRANCE.

 

JOHN RUDKIN.

Pte.

1/8TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. BELGIUM.

31ST JLY 1915

JOSEPH TODD.

Cpl.

LINCOLNS. FRANCE.

26TH AUG. 1917

BERNARD TOOTELL.

Lieut.

R.A.F. FRANCE.

23RD JUN. 1917

ARTHUR E. WAKEFIELD.

Pte.

S.N. HUSSARS. TOPEDOED LEASOWE CASTLE.

27TH MAY 1918

BERNARD WARD.

Pte.

15TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. FRANCE.

20TH AUG 1917

Further information on the men listed here can be found on the Nottinghamshire Roll of Honour website.

Second World War Memorial

This is a plaque on the north wall.

It carries seven names and reads:

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR 1939-1945

PTE.B.BLOCKLEY, R.A.O.C.
DRIVER R.E.HOLT, BOMB DISPOSAL SQUAD, R.E.
SGT. N.M.HARRISON, R.A.F. V.R.
PTE. G.MORGAN, YORKS & LANCS REGT.
SGT. H.MARRIOTT, 1ST AIRBOURNE REGT.
A/B. GEORGE MCDONALD NAIRN, R.N.
PTE. A.E.RUSSELL, 7TH LEICS REGT.

THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT WE MIGHT BE FREE

Conflict MemorialAll Conflicts Memorial

There is a further plaque on the north wall which reads:

To remember all
who have died as a
result of conflict
throughout the world.

'Jesus Wept.' John 11.35
Memorial outside
the church

Outside the Church

Just outside the church gate is a new white stone obelisk-style memorial which again is dedicated to those who have been killed in all conflicts. It was erected in 2010. On the front (west side) it carries the well-known words from Laurence Binyon’s For the Fallen:

They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them

On the left (north) side is the Kohima Epitaph:

When You Go Home,
Tell Them Of Us And Say
For Their Tomorrow,
We Gave Our Today

The right (south) side carries the words:

In Grateful Remembrance
of the people of Colwick
who gave their lives
in times of conflict
so others may live in peace.