Forest Town St AlbanWar Memorial
Churchyard War Memorial
 The War Memorial
in the churchyard |
 Inscription on the
front face of the
War Memorial |
The principal War Memorial is situated in the churchyard to left of the gates leading to main door into the church.
The design takes the form of carved Elizabethan Cross, in white Kemay Granite.
The dimensions are: total Height 14ft 6inch;
bottom die measures 4ft 6in across with an octagonal die 3ft 6in by 2ft 9in; shaft of the cross 9ft 6in and is one piece of granite. The design and contruction was by Mr A H Barrowdale, Carlton Road, Worksop, Notts.
The memorial cost just over £400, paid for with a donation of £250 from the Bolsover Colliery Company, and money raised by public subscription. It was unveiled in September 1921.
On the south face (towards the road) is the inscription:
IN MEMORY
OF
THE MEN
OF
FOREST TOWN
WHO DIED
IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
“GREATER LOVE
HATH
NO MAN
THAN THIS” |
The faces flanking this carry the names of those who gave their lives during the First World War:
G. BRADSHAW
T. BULLOCK
J.E. BURTON
F. CARTER
N. CHANDBOURNE
W. GARTON
W. NEALD
J. KELK
S. LANCASHIRE
A. LEE
F. MONKS
W. MOXON |
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F.J. MUNNINGS
J.T. MURDEN
A. PEATMAN
S.F. PICKERING
E. RICHARDSON
W. SHELDON
I. TAYLOR
F. THOMPSON
J. THORPE
F.H. WILKINSON
H. WILSON |
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On the outer (west and east) faces have been added the names of those killed during the Second World War:
A. ARCHER
J.W. BAILEY
C.M. BARBER
C. BONSER
CYL. BONSER
H. BROOKS
H. BUGG
J. BUTLER
S. CLARKE
F. ELLIOTT |
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K. OATES
F. MOXON
R.E. NAYLOR
W.K. PACEY
E. (TED) POWELL
B. SHAW
H. SKILLING
J. SKILLING
D. SMITH
F. STANLEY |
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Inside the Church
On the east wall of the church are two bronze memorials:
To the Glory of God
And
in Honoured Memory
of the
Men
Of
Forest Town
Who gave their lives during the Great War
1914 – 1918
Bradshaw. G.
Brindley. F.
Bullock. T
Burton. J.E.
Carter. F.
Chadbourne. N.
Garton. W.
Heald. W.
Kelk. J.
Lancashire. L.
Lee. A.
Moxon. W. |
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Munks. F.
Munnings. F.J.
Murden J.T.
Peatman. A.
Pickering. S.F.
Richardson. E.
Sheldon. E.
Taylor. I.
Thompson. F.
Thorpe. J.
Wilkinson. F.H.
Wilson. H. |
This Tablet was placed here by the members
Of the Forest Town Branch of the British Legion
Palm Sunday 1931 |
To the Glory of God and in Honoured
Memory of the Men of Forest Town who
Gave their lives during the Great War II
1939 – 1945
Archer. A.
Brooks. H.
Bonser. Cyl.
Bonser. C.
Butler. J.
Barber. C.M.
Bailey. J.M.
Bugg. H.
Clarke. S.
Elliot. F. |
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Moxon. F.
Naylor. R.E.
Oates. K.
Powell. E.
Pascey. W.K.
Shaw. P.
Skilling. H.
Skilling. J.
Smith. D.
Stanley. F. |
This tablet is placed here by members of the
Forest Town Branch of the British Legion
1949 |
Individual Memorials
Within the church (along with some other memorials) are a number of plaques to individuals who gave their lives in service of their country.
Ada Elizabeth Young
A brass plaque on the south wall near the entrance:
In
Memoriam
Ada Elizabeth Young, B.R.C.S.
Of
The Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died at
Clipstone Camp
Military Hospital
On
July 15th 1918,
Aged 33 years.
This Tablet was erected
By her Colleagues of the
Army Nursing Service
“Be Thou Faithful unto Death” |
Corporal F J Munnings
Also on the south wall, a polished brass plaque:
In Memory of
Corporal F.J. Munnings,
Of the
2nd Batt. K.O.Y.L.I.
Who was wounded in the service of his Country
And Died at Boulogne, France on Nov. 15th 1914
He was a Chorister of this Church
And a Respected Officer of the
Forest Town Boy’s Brigade
By whom this tablet was erected. |
Fred Stanley
On the south wall:
Sacred to the Memory of
Fred, “Riccy”
The dearly beloved son of
Edmund and Leonora A. Stanley,
Chorister and Cross Bearer at
This Church for fifteen years,
who served as A/B on H.M.S. AJAX
In the battles of Matapan and Taranto
And was killed in action at Crete
May 28th 1941
HIS DUTY WELL DONE |
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