South Leverton All Saints

War Memorial

The War
Memorial
window

Detail of
stained
glass

Memorial Window

A stained glass lancet window on the south wall of the chancel commemorates the men of South Leverton who were killed in action 1914-18.

The memorial window was installed in December 1919.

The inscription at the bottom of the window reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN MEMORY OF ARTHUR FDK.

CLARKE ERNEST HEWITT FRED SMITH MM & BR WHO GAVE

THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR

1914-18 THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS

Notes

Arthur F Clarke, who was killed on the 1st July 1916, was the only son of the Rev A E Clarke who was the incumbent of South Leverton during the First World War. There is a separate brass plaque to his memory.

Ernest Hewitt was the son of Joseph and Mary Hewitt of South Leverton. He was wounded in October 1918 and died the following month, a week before the Armistice.

Charles Henry Smith (known as 'Fred') was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 3 July 1916. Although the inscription states he was a holder of the Military Medal and bar no records have been found to confirm this.

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

Individual Memorials

Arthur Frederick Clarke

A brass plaque on the north wall of the chancel reads:

IN HONOURED AND LOVING MEMORY OF
ARTHUR FREDERICK CLARKE,
ONLY SON OF THE VICAR OF THIS PARISH,
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME JULY 1ST 1916,
AGED 21.

John William Akerman Morgan

A brass plaque towards the east end of the north wall of the chancel reads:

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
COLONEL JOHN WILLIAM AKERMAN MORGAN
OF THE PRIORY
INSPECTOR GENERAL, I.C.V.D.
ELDEST SON OF THE LATE
CAPTAIN EDWARD MORGAN, R.H.A.
BORN 22ND OCT 1856 D. 20TH DEC 1910