Holme Pierrepont
St Edmund

War Memorial

The lychgate commemorates those parishioners who fought in the First World War. It is a Grade II listed building.

The plaque on the lefthand gate pier reads:

IN MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE
CAUSE OF FREEDOM
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1919

BREWITT J.W.
6TH. BATT. A.I.F.
CURSHAM P.G.
MAJOR 8TH BATT. SHERWOOD FORS
PELL H.W.
1ST LIFE GUARDS
PHILLIPS J.T.
2/7TH. MANCHESTERS
JAMES T.W.
1ST BETT. EAST LANCS.

The plaque on the righthand gate pier reads:

REMEMBER WITH
THANKSGIVING THOSE
WHO ANSWERED THE
CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY
AND BY THE GRACE OF
GOD RETURNED

BREWITT J.R.

8TH SHERWOODS

CRESSWELL G.R.

R.A.V.C.

CRESSWELL H.

R.F.A.

CURSHAM C. LT.

8TH SHERWOODS

HOURD C.W.

R.A.S.C.

MACHIN C.J.

2ND. STH. STAFFS

PELL E.H. LIEUT.

11TH. HUSSARS

PELL J.W. LIEUT.

12TH SHERWOODS

SAWARD J.A. FLIGHT CADET R.F.C.

SAWARD N.C. LT.

70TH SO’D’N R.F.C.

SIMKINS A. LT.

56TH BDE. R.F.A.

SIMKINS C. GNR.

185TH BATT. R.G.A.

SIMKINS H.

R.A.S.C.

WILLATT J.

R.F.A.

WILLATT W.

R.F.A.