Lowdham
St Mary

War Memorial

There are two war memorials in the church. The larger brass one is original to the church listing 59 names from Lowdham, Gunthorpe and Caythorpe who died in the 1914-18 War. It has an extra plate to record the four men who died in the Second War. Near these is the second memorial, an inscribed alabaster, which came from Ton Lane Wesleyan Church recording thirteen of their congregation who lost their lives in the First War. All but two of the names are recorded on the St Mary’s roll as well. Presumably, the two were not from Lowdham but attended the chapel from nearby villages. The definitive list is generally regarded as that on the village memorial which is on the green at the junction of the Southwell and Nottingham roads. The Memorial in the church reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY FELLOW PARISHIONERS

Lieut. B.Bond    Pte.   A.G.Breedon    Pte.   T.Furley    Pte.   P.Shipstone
2nd.Lieut. O.C.Pearson    · · H.Breedon   · · C.Haslam   Driver  J.J.Simpson
Sgt. G.W.Barlow   · · J.F.Breedon   · · T.W.Jubb   Pte. H.Simms
· · C.E.Cox   · · J.Breedon   · · T.H.Mayo   · · T.H.Slater
· · W.Foster   · · S.Brett   · · H.Mills   · · A.V.Soar
· · J.H.Linley   Driver E.Brisland   · · W.Moisey   · · T.Straw
Cpl. S.R.Cammack   Sapper   A.Carnill   · · F.Nelson   · · W.Swallow
· · G.C.Moon   Pte. J.T.Cooper   · · A.Parkes   · · C.H.Thornhill
Lce.Cpl. W.Knight   · · C.E.Cordy   · · B.Parkins   · · F.Thraves
· ·    · · H.A.E.Newton   · · W.Dawson   · · C.W.Pashler   · · A.Vann
Pte.  R.Allison   · · G.Dickinson   · · B.Peatman   · · J.Watson
· · H.Appleton   · · A.E.Faulkner   · · C.Pownall   · · J.W.Watson
· · R.Bishop   · · G.H.Foster   · · J.W.Reavill   · · G.Widdowson
· · T.A.Bray   · · R.Foster   · · A.Rimmington   · · J.Widdowson
~~~~   · · E.H.Freeman   · · B.Roberts   · · J.Willoughby

and on the additional plate below:

AND
IN MEMORY OF

   Sgt. A.REEVE.
   KING’S Cpl. S.WATTS.
   Pte. G.S.ALLWOOD.
   Pte. J.S.GREAVES.

1939-45

The village memorial contains the extra names: A.Breedon, E.Goddard and L.Pitt. Also the name J.W.Reavill (on the church memorial) appears there as J.W.Reabill.

The main War Memorial in the church The names on the main part of the War Memorial The Second World War names on the added panel at the bottom
The War Memorial brought from the Methodist Church The village War Memorial Names on the village War Memorial