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Nottingham St MaryInterior War MemorialsThe memorials listed here are in
addition to the principal World War I Memorial at the south-west gate. St Mary’s has a rich history of war memorials and other military connections. Memorials come from the Crimean war and Indian Mutiny, South African War and the First and Second World Wars. They range from large and flamboyant memorials to simple plaques and also take the form of stained glass windows and regimental flags. Click the numbers in the key plan for details of the items.
Chancel, North Side 1
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A black marble tablet:
REMEMBER ![]() In Thee·O Lord·I have put my trust ![]() ERECTED BY THE NOTTINGHAM BRANCH OF |
A large white stone and bronze memorial.
In the large oval towards the top are the words in gold:
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Below the oval is a brass plaque, a door with a round grill bearing the insignia SNH, behind which are the books of remembrance.
Below this is a bronze plaque with the inscription:
This tablet commemorates with pride and love ![]()
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Polished dark grey marble plaque with an inscription in gold.
Engraved on this plaque at the top are oak leaves and an acorn, followed by:
150TH REGIMENT SOUTH NOTTS HUSSARS ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL DURING THE 1939 - 1945 WAR |
A brass plaque on black stone, reading (around the border and in the body of the plaque):
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND ![]() IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS
![]() THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED |
This memorial is sited in the south aisle just below the memorial to the Robin Hood Rifles both of which are below the Parachute Regimental Flag. The wording is as follows:
To the members of Nottingham Branch Parachute Regimental Association |
The flag of the Burma Star Association hangs on the south wall above a plaque which reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD ![]() When you go home ![]() ERECTED BY THE |
This is a large polished brass plaque, carrying the names of 123 men of the 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters who were killed in action, died of wounds, drowned on patrol or died of disease during the Boer War, 1899-1902.
Click here for details of the wording including the names of the men commemorated.
Large polished brass plaque, reading:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICER :: NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SOUTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HUSSARS IMPERIAL YEOMANRY WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION AND DIED IN SOUTH :: AFRICA 1900-1902: CAPTAIN ALFRED MILLINGTON KNOWLES: SQ:QR:MR: SERGEANT A·M·THURMAN CORPORALS: W·H·BREWILL: J·W·WHITTLE: J·TAYLOR PRIVATES: A·BLACKWELL: R·BOOTE: H·H·BURTON:: J·W·COATES: J·W·CUNNINGTON: F·DEVONSHIRE: P·W ENGLAND: J·FOOTITT: H·R·HOWARD: F·C·KELLY: H·LEARMAN: W·LENG: T·A·OXLEY: G·H·WILLIAMS F·S·WOOTTON :: THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY : THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE REGIMENT:: |
Round the edge of the memorial are inscribed the names of the battlefields:
BOSHOF
LINDLEY
HARTEBEESTEFONTEIN
ZWARTZ KOPJES
ROODEVAL
BUFFELSHOEK
OLIFANTS NEK
The monogrammed initials SNH are inscribed at each corner.
A Flag for the Nottinghamshire Branch Normandy Veterans Association. It is sited immediately to the east of the south porch in the south aisle (2011).
On a bracket projecting into the church is the flag of The Old Contemptibles; also a Union Flag hangs against the wall. Below it is a small brass rectangular plaque with the inscription:
THIS FLAG TAKEN FROM THE CENOTAPH LONDON WAS PRESENTED TO THE NOTTINGHAM BRANCH OLD CONTEMPTIBLES ASSOCIATION BY THE WAR MUSEUM COMMISSIONERS AND WAS PLACED HERE ON MAY 26TH 1946 TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE COMRADES WHO FELL IN THE 1914 – 1918 WAR |
Below this is a square bronze pierced door with a book of remembrance, bound in black with gold lettering. On the door is:
OLD CONTEMPTIBLES ASSOCIATION 1914 AUG 5 TO NOV 22 |
A bronze plaque with a Union Flag hanging above it. The plaque reads:
CITY OF NOTTINGHAM ![]() THIS UNION JACK WAS PRESENTED TO THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE LORD ![]() WILLIAM SHARP, LORD MAYOR J.E.RICHARDS, TOWN CLERK |
The city coat of arms appears in the lower left corner.
Below the plaque is a colour photograph in a frame, captioned: H.M.S. Nottingham (D91) Type 42 Destroyer, launched 1982. Photograph presented by the Nottingham Flotilla 1997.
The original war memorial was erected on the outside wall of the Loggerheads public house on Cliff Road by landlady Mrs. Rose Conner on 21 September 1919 to honour those from the Narrow Marsh and immediate area who gave their lives in the 1914-1918 war. The memorial subsequently went missing and was reconstructed by landlord Mick Walton and re-erected at the Loggerheads pub on 31 August 1998. The pub closed down in 2009 and the memorial was moved to St Mary's church and dedicated on 11 November 2011.
THE ORIGINAL MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY MRS ROSE CONNER
RE-ERECTED BY MICK WALTON ON AUGUST 31st 1998 |
At the west end of the church to the right of the main doorway is the Mundella School War Memorial. This was dedicated in the Mundella School 11th November 1920. It is a bronze plaque measuring 1300mm x 1200mm, with a semi-circle at the top including the coat of arms of Nottingham. The inscription reads:
IN MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS OF THIS ![]()
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To the left of the plaque is a small tablet which reads:
THIS ![]() 1899 - 1985 |
The memorial was re-dedicated by Bishop Roy Williamson on Remembrance Sunday, 11 November 2001.
The standard of the Association of Wrens Nottingham Branch (Women of the Royal Naval Services) to reflect the disestablishment of the Women’s Royal Naval Service in 1993 when women were fully integrated into the Royal Navy. The standard was accepted at a short service at St. Mary’s church Nottingham on the 14th July 2013 Sea Sunday, and is sited above the High School Memorial on the north wall of the north transept.
In addition to the above, there are some memorials in the church to individuals who died as a result of military conflict, or who served in such conflicts.
Monument to Bishop Neville Stuart Talbot, former Vicar of St Mary’s.
IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF NEVILLE STUART TALBOT MC DD SOMETIME OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE FELLOW AND CHAPLAIN OF BALLIOL COLLEGE OXFORD CHAPLAIN IN FRANCE 1914-1918 FRIEND AND COUNSELLOR OF TOC H BISHOP OF PRETORIA 1920-1933 VICAR OF THIS CHURCH 1933-1943 ASSISTANT BISHOP OF THIS DIOCESE AUGUST 21ST 1879 APRIL 3RD 1943 |
A dark bronze plaque; on the left, the badge of the Royal Engineers, below which is the family crest. The text reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF MAJOR BERNARD MCCRAITH, R.E. 46TH (NORTH MIDLAND) DIVISION T.F., FELLOW OF THE SURVEYORS’ INSTITUTE, SECOND SON OF SIR JAMES WILLIAM MCCRAITH KT. OF THIS CITY, AND MARIA ELIZABETH HIS WIFE, WHO DIED OF PNEUMONIA WHILE SERVING IN FRANCE ON JAN. 26TH 1919, AGED 39, AND WAS BURIED IN THE MILITARY CEMETERY, LES BARAQUES, SANGATTE, CALAIS |
A rectangular brass plaque, in a stone frame, reading:
TO THE MEMORY OF THE CHILDREN OF THE LATE FRANCIS JAMES WARREN FORMERLY CAPTAIN IN H.M. 9TH LANCERS AND MARY SHAW WARREN HIS WIFE ELIZABETH MARY BORN AT NOTTINGHAM 8TH DEC. 1818 DIED AT TORQUAY 26 JAN. 1841 FRANCIS HARDWICK LIEU. 5TH REGT. BENGAL NATIVE INFANTRY BORN AT NOTTINGHAM 20TH OCTOBER 1820 KILLED IN ACTION ON THE 13TH JAN. 1842 DURING THE RETREAT OF THE BRITISH ARMY FROM CABUL CAROLINE BORN AT NOTTINGHAM 26 JULY 1823 DIED AT LEAMINGTON 30 MARCH 1853 They that dwell in the land of the shadow of Death upon them hath the light shined. ISAIAH chap·ix·v·xi IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THEM BY THEIR MOTHER 1865 |
A polished brass plaque attached to the south choir stalls:
IN MEMORY OF FRANK RADCLIFFE MUS.DOC. ORGANIST OF THIS CHURCH 1914-1922 MUSICIAN AND PATRIOT WHOSE HIGH COURAGE SENT HIM TO THE WAR AND TRIUMPHED OVER ITS WOUNDS. THIS TABLET IS PLACED BY THOSE WHO MOURN HIS SUDDEN DEATH AT THE AGE OF 39 JUNE 28TH 1922 |
A marble plaque on the north wall. James Still was a naval lieutenant who served on HMS Pheasant, seeking to suppress the slave trade.
A couple of stained glass windows are also dedicated as War Memorials. These are described in more detail in the glass section. They are:
Above and beside the main south door of the church.
In the south wall towards the font. This is a window dedicated to a number of members of the Hall family, several of whom served in the army. It is possible that some of these died as a result of conflict, but the inscription does not mention it.