 Elston
All Saints
War Memorial
There are two war memorials in the porch of the church: one for those villagers who died during the First World War and the other for those who fell during the Second World War.
The First World War memorial is a wall mounted white stone tablet with black lettering with an alabaster surround with a frame containing 20 floral rosettes. It is 1200mm high and 900mm wide.
It reads as follows:
GIVING GLORY TO GOD
FOR THE MEMORY OF
THOSE ELSTON MEN WHO
LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1919
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
BY THE ELSTON PEOPLE
SERJEANT |
ARTHUR SPOWAGE D.C.M. |
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GRENADIER GUARDS |
CORPORAL |
FREDERICK HICKMAN M.M. |
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CANADIAN CAVALRY |
PRIVATE |
LESLIE H. MARTIN |
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SOUTH WALES BORDERERS |
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JOSEPH W. WADE |
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SHERWOOD FORESTERS |
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EDWARD GODSON |
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SOUTH STAFFORDS |
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HERBERT TOULSON |
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SHERWOOD FORESTERS |
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ARTHUR PACEY |
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KINGS ROYAL RIFLES |
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH |
The Second World War tablet reads as follows:
1939-1945
HUBERT NORMAN BLATHERWICK
LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT
CHARLES JOHN DARWIN
ROYAL AIR FORCE
CHRISTOPHER W. WHARTON DARWIN
ROYAL AIR FORCE
WILLIAM MIDDLETON TANSLEY
ROYAL AIR FORCE
VIVIAN CASTLE
CIVILIAN |
The lives of those remembered on the two War Memorials are contained in the publication “All Saints Church Elston Project 2007 -2009” and on the Elston Heritage Project website.
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