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Nottingham
St Mary

War Memorial

The War Memorial at the southwest entrance to the churchyard was designed by Mr C G Hare. The monument is 29 feet high and surmounted by a crocheted cross with a bronze sword and was dedicated in 1922 to men who lost their lives in the Great War.

The exterior War Memorial

Inscription on the front of the Memorial

The numbers lost from each of the Nottingham parishes

The cross is flanked by four piers. On the retaining walls are inscribed the names of the various parishes within Nottinghamshire, with the number of fallen against each. Thus the memorial remembers nearly 12,000 men of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire who lost their lives. It was raised by public subscription.

On the front of the column is the following dedication (with a prominent chi-rho between the two Latin words in the first line):

At the base of the column on the church-ward side is a list of the parishes in Nottingham with the numbers who perished in the Great War:

NOTTINGHAM All Saints 138   S.Saviour 224 S.Andrew 188   S.Thomas 25 S.Ann 387   Old Basford 210 S.Bartholomew  154   Cinder Hill 30 S.Catharine 64   New Basford 157 S.Cyprian 82   S.Aidan 100 Emmanuel 123   Bulwell 322 S.George 150   Carrington 122 Holy Trinity 91   Hyson Green 125 S.James 17   S.Stephen 132   & S.John 67   Lenton 353 S.Luke 100   Old Radford 338 S.Mark 95   S.Michael 61 S.Mary 100   All Souls 255 S.Matthew 27   New Radford 97 S.Nicholas 91   Sneinton 186 S.Paul 52   S.Alban 20 S.Peter 29   S.Christopher  170 S.Philip 65   S.Mathias 272 S.Faith 101

The four piers containing the parishes of Nottinghamshire and giving the numbers who lost their lives. The two plaques on the south-west pier became severely weathered, and were replaced in 2008 (unfortunately with a few spelling mistakes).

The numbers lost from each community in Nottinghamshire outside the city

On the two outside pillars facing the church are recorded the members of St Mary’s parish who lost their lives. The plaques became very weathered, and were replaced in 2008. The names are also recorded on a framed list inside the church.

		The names on the list inside the church
The names of those from St Mary’s parish who were lost in World War I

Memorial to Nottinghamshire Firefighters

On the 9th May 2013 Princess Ann unveiled a memorial and laid a wreath in memory of Nottinghamshire firefighters and civil defence services who lost their lives. The princess met the chief fire officer Frank Swann, Sir John Peace, Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire and David Needham the chairman of the Firefighters Memorial Trust. The monument was blessed by the Bishop of Sherwood, the Right Reverend Tony Porter.

The memorial is in the form of an obelisk located in the north-western part of the churchyard. Most of the names listed died during the Second World War.

On the south face the inscription reads:

On the plinth the following is inscribed:

On the west face are the badges of the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) and NFS (National Fire Service) and the names of the personnel remembered:

On the plinth the following is inscribed:

On the north face are the badges of the ARP (Air Raid Precautions) and Civil Defence Corps and the names of the personnel remembered:

On the plinth the following is inscribed:

On the east face are the badges of Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire and the City of Nottingham and the names of the personnel remembered:

On the plinth the following is inscribed: