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Radcliffe on Trent
St Mary

War Memorial

The War Memorial is sited at the east end of the churchyard. Costing about £660, it was unveiled in April 1921 by Colonel Birkin of Lamcote House, himself an officer who had served in France. The tall cross bears a bronze figure of St George with head bowed in silent grief. In (and beneath) an oval below the figure is the following inscription:

IN MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN OF RADCLIFFE ON TRENT WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR A~D~ 1914 ~ 1919 THEIR · NAME · LIVETH · FOR · EVERMORE

The names on the plaques are as follows:

North Face		South Face
WILLIAM HENRY BARRATT HORACE BEET BERTIE BEMROSE ERNEST BEMROSE PERCY BEMROSE GORDON BERRIDGE SIDNEY BETT* THOMAS BIRKBY GEORGE HARRY BLATHERWICK ROBERT HUGH BLATHERWICK GEORGE BREWSTER FREDERICK BROWN THOMAS ALFRED BUGGINS BENJAMIN CARLIN PERCY CYRIL COX FRANK BARRATT DANIELS WALTER DAWSON PERCY DRAPER WALTER DRAPER WALTER DYSON SAMUEL EATON ROBERT SAMUEL HALLAM JAMES HARRIS JOSEPH WILLIAM HULL CECIL ISMAY INGRAM PERCY THOMAS KITCHEN * It is unclear from the inscription here whether this name should be Bett or Bell, see picture and comment below)		WILLIAM THOMAS LODGE FREDERICK GEORGE MALSOM JOHN HARRY MARTIN CLARENCE JAMES MOODY ALWIN HENRY NEWBURY SYDNEY ELDRIDGE NEWBURY JOHN NOWELL GEORGE ANDREW HENDERSON NOWELL EDGAR GALE JULIEN NOWELL BERNAL OSBOURNE JOHN OULD THOMAS WILLIAM PACKWOOD SAMUEL PARKES THOMAS ALFRED PECK CHARLES S. WIGHTMAN PIKE JOHN WILLIAM RICHARDS WILLIAM HENRY RITTER WILLIAM ROBERTS LEONARD WILLIAM RUSHMORE GEORGE JAMES SHEPPARD JOHN VELLUM STAFFORD BERTIE FRANCIS TODD CHARLES TYTHERLEY ALFRED JAMES UPTON WILLIAM CYRIL VICKERSTAFF HENRY VOCE
West Face
DIED FROM ILLNESS CONTRACTED WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE MATTHEW BAGGLEY WILLIAM ROBERT BRICE ARTHUR CLARKE ERNEST TAYLOR EASTWOOD ERNEST HOWARD LESLIE TOYNE HYDE DANIEL SMITH EDWARD UPTON BELL LAWRENCE CHARLES TURNER

Below the main inscription and the statue of St George on the east-facing side of the octagonal base:

The names read as follows:

Altogether the memorial records the names of fifty-two Radcliffe men killed during the 1914-18 war, nine who died as a result of illness while on active service, and nineteen killed during the Second World War. A wheelchair ramp has improved access since 1995.

The Communion Table in the Lady Chapel is also a War Memorial, given by the Church of England Men’s Society, in memory of those who fell in the First World War. (The name which is unclear on the outdoor memorial clearly reads “Sidney Bett” on the list of names in the Lady Chapel. This reading is also suggested by the position of the name in the alphabetical sequence.)

Photographs of the Outdoor Memorial

The War Memorial	Figure of St George	The primary inscription (on the East face)	The inscription on the West face
The names on the North face	Close-up of the unclear name “Bett” or “Bell”	The names on the South face	The inscription in the East face of the base
	The names on the South-east face of the base	The names on the North-east face of the base

Photographs of the Lady Chapel Communion Table

The front of the Communion Table in the Lady Chapel

The South end of the Table, showing the names inscribed

The North end, showing the names inscribed