For this church:

Introduction

Location

History

Archaeology

Contacts

Fittings

Glass

Organ

Bells

Clock

Stonework

Monuments

War Memorial

Churchyard

References

Pictures

Plans

Listing Description

List of Incumbents

Parish page

Ruddington St Peter

War Memorial

The War Memorial plaques inside the church

War Memorials in the Church

Two brass plaques on the south tower wall at the west end of the nave form a War Memorial to those who died in the two World Wars of the twentieth century. They are in good condition.

First World War Memorial

The World War I memorial is an oak-framed brass tablet with an incised decorative border of oak leaves and acorns. A faculty was received on 6 March 1920 and the memorial commemorates the 59 men of Ruddington who lost their lives. It was donated in 1921 by Captain Frederick J Ashworth of Ruddington Hall as a thanks-offering for mercies vouchsafed during the war.

A shield in the top left hand corner represents in four quarters: 1) the Major Oak (Nottinghamshire); 2) a spade, pickaxe and plumb line (a builder or a tradesman); 3) a hand-frame (the village framework knitting industry); 4) a golden sheaf (agriculture); and separating the quarters is the ‘cross raguly’ which is the coat of arms of the City of Nottingham.

The text of the inscription reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND UNDYING MEMORY OF ALL RUDDINGTON MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 ARTHUR PERCY BEEVOR   ARTHUR GREGG   FREDERICK PEET HENRY BENNETT   GEORGE GRICE   TELFORD PEET THOMAS R.C. BIRKIN   SAMUEL GUNN   ARTHUR PRICE LEONARD BOSWORTH   THOMAS JAMES HAYWARD   JACK H PRICE WILLIAM BROWN   PERCY HARRISON   SIDNEY JAMES RUMSBY HERBERT PEET BURMAN   CHARLES HENSON   W.H. RUMSBY ERNEST CARTER   FRANCIS JOSEPH HICKING   EBEN. RENSHAW ARCHIBALD CHAMBERLAIN   GEORGE GRAHAM HICKING   SAMUEL SHARP ARTHUR COX   LAWRENCE HIND   EDGAR SQUIRES WILLIAM CRIPWELL   BERTIE WIDDOWSON HOPKINSON   EDWARD SUTTON BENJAMIN CROSBY   ALBERT HENRY JAMES   GEORGE TONGUE BENJAMIN CROSS   FREDERICK JAMES   THOMAS WARD HAROLD CROSS   CHRISTOPHER LAWSON   JOHN WHITWORTH FRED DALBY   EDWIN MARRIOTT   GEORGE WILFORD HARRY DALBY   FRANK MEE   JOSEPH WINGATE WALTER DEXTER   ERNEST OLIVER   ALF. LEONARD WOOTTON WALTER FOSTER   TOM OLIVER   RICHARD WOOTTON EDGAR FOX   FRED PEACOCK   JOHN GEORGE WRIGHT SAMUEL GODDARD   FRANK PEET   HENRY WRIGHT OLIVER PRICE       ALF. C. WILSON “THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD AND THERE SHALL BE NO TORMENT TOUCH THEM; FOR GOD PROVED THEM AND FOUND THEM WORTHY.” WISDOM.III.I.5 THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY CAPTAIN F.J. ASHWORTH, AS A THANK OFFERING FOR MERCIES VOUCHSAFED DURING THE WAR.

Two others - Ernest Barnes and Arthur Page - are noted in records as having given their lives for their country during the Great War, but are not included on the memorial.

Second World War Memorial

This is another oak-mounted tablet, placed on the wall immediately below the First World War Memorial. It reads:

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS VILLAGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 GEORGE FREDERICK ANDREWS   CHARLES WILLIAM FURSE   PHILIP SADLER HERBERT BAKER   ALBERT STANLEY GROVE   KENNETH SHEARGOLD FREDERICK BLATHERWICK   RONALD P. GUNN   GEORGE SIMPSON CHARLES BOWLEY   HERBERT HOPEWELL   SAMUEL WILLIAM SMITH JAMES HARRY BROWN   JOHN WALTER HOWARD   SIDNEY THOMPSON DENNIS BUTTERY   MAURICE IAN KIDD   RICHARD M. TILLEY PHILIP CHAPMAN   FRANCIS GEORGE LEE   RICHARD WEBB NORMAN CLARK   ARTHUR LEONARD MACK   HERBERT WHITE KENNETH S. COWLEY   GEORGE EDWARD PARKER   MAY WHITEHEAD     JOSEPH ROBERT ROBERTS     “We will remember them”

Rolls of Honour

There are two framed rolls of honour in the muniment room above the south porch. The names are virtually identical to the World War I brass tablet on the south tower wall, but include military and naval details etc.

For King and Country Private Benjamin Cross   1st Australian Division Private Christopher Lawson   Royal Naval Division Private Ernest Carter   North Staffs Regiment Captain Tom Oliver   Royal Flying Corps Sergeant Edgar Squires   Royal Warwicks Private William Brown   Grenadier Guards Private George Tongue   Lancs Fusiliers Private Benjamin Crosby   South Staffs Regiment Gunner W H Rumsby   HMS New Zealand ‘Zeebrugge’ Lance Corporal Alfred Leonard Wootton   Yorks Light Infantry Private Frank Peel   King’s Royal Rifles Able Seaman Ernest Oliver   Royal Naval Division Private George Wilford   2nd Lincs Regiment Lance Corporal Joseph Wingate   King’s Royal Rifles Private Fred Dalby   King’s Royal Rifles Private Thomas Hayward   1st Beds Regiment Private Sidney Jame Rumsby   7th West Riding Regiment Private Frederick Peel   7th Leicester Regiment Private Walter Dexton   1st Somerset Light Infantry Shoeing Smith Albert Henry James   20th Lancers Private Samuel Sharpe   1st Lincolns Private Arthur Rice   North Staffs Private Frederick James   Royal Warwicks Regiment A B Henry Wright   HMS Glow Worm God Save the King

The community War Memorial

Ruddington Community War Memorial

To the east of the church in its own grounds and fronting Church Street is the Ruddington War Memorial, slightly elevated on a series of shallow steps and surmounted with a cross. This column records in Roman lettering ninety names of those who died in both World Wars and one from the war in Korea, and as listed on the war memorials inside St Peter’s. (There are eighty seven names on the memorials inside the church - the names Ernest Barnes and Arthur Page (First World War) and George Beith (Korean War) while honoured as having served, do not appear on the memorials inside.) The memorial was unveiled on 19 May 1923 by the Duke of Portland and the Rev H T Hayman, and sponsored by public subscription. The architect was Colonel Arthur Brewill DSO VD TD and Mr Sutton, the local butcher, provided the site. Its maintenance is the responsibility of Ruddington Parish Council and the Royal British Legion.