Misson
St John the Baptist

War Memorial

There are several plaques on the south wall of the south chapel in memory of the fallen of both world wars.

A bronze plaque commemorating the dead of the First World War:

1914       1918

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF

O. ATKINSON

  

W. ENGLAND

†

  

C. MARSDEN

  

J. NEEDHAM

F. BINKS

  

M. FLOWER

  

W. MARSDEN

  

W. NEEDHAM

E. BUTROID

  

A.E. GATENBY

  

R.O. MARSDEN

  

C. WARDEN

J. CLARKE

  

D. HATFIELD

  

H. MUMBY

  

J.T. STANFIELD

A. LEE

 

  

 

  

 

WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR GOD AND COUNTRY

Further information on the men listed is available on the Nottinghamshire Roll of Honour website.

Immediately below the bronze plaque are three brass ones:

To the GLORY OF GOD
and in Sacred Memory of
SAPPER F.W.B. Lees, R.E.,
Aged 36 Years.
Who Died of Sickness
Contracted in the Great War.
27th Dec. 1920.

To the glory of god &
in memory of:

JACK BEARDSHAW

 

JOE WHITTAKER

JOHN BILLYARD

 

ARTHUR MARSHALL


WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR
KING & COUNTRY
IN THE
WORLD WAR 1939-1945

WITH THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF THOSE RETURNED TO
THIS VILLAGE AND IN ABIDING MEMORY
OF THE FOLLOWING WHO FELL IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945

A. MARSHALL

 

J. BEARDSHAW

J. WHITTAKER

 

J. BILLYARD

“THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.”

The third plaque was removed from Misson Methodist Chapel in 2010 when it closed.

On the east wall of the nave, to the south of the chancel screen, is a brass plaque:

THE CROSS ON THIS CHANCEL SCREEN
WAS ERECTED
IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
PRIVATE DENNIS HATFIELD K.O.Y.L.I.
FOR 18 YEARS HONORARY ORGANIST OF
THIS CHURCH, WHO DIED IN FRANCE FROM
WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION DEC. 19TH 1916
AGED 33.