Teversal
St Katherine

War Memorial

The War memorial is on the north wall of the church immediately opposite the south door. It is a large black slab with a white marble memorial mounted on it. It has columns on either side and a cross in a short column at the top. All of the lettering is in black. The inscription reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
HORACE CECIL SWALLOW
1ST KING’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
APRIL 23RD 1917; AGED 20 YEARS.
JOHN ROBERT SWALLOW
4TH YORKS AND LANCS
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
SEPT. 14TH 1917; AGED 21 YEARS.
FRANK HALLAM
4TH WORCESTERSHIRE REGT
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
MAY 29TH 1917; AGED 19 YEARS.
FREDERICK FROGGATT
15TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
APRIL 12TH 1918; AGED 21 YEARS.
GEOFFREY HARRY MACHIN
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
WHO SERVED IN FRANCE & MESOPOTAMIA
AND DIED IN NETLEY HOSPITAL
JAN. 5TH 1919; AGED 24 YEARS.
THE ABOVE NAMED MEN GAVE THEIR LIVES
 FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE
 GREAT WAR 1914-1919.

The memorial was unveiled by Lady Carnarvon on 18 July 1920 and dedicated by the rector, the Rev G.E. Eaton. A report appeared in the Mansfield Advertiser, 23 July 1920: ‘A marble tablet erected by public subscription at Teversal Parish Church was unveiled by Lady Carnarvon, and dedicated by the Revd G.E. Eaton (Rector) on Sunday evening in the presence of a large assembly, including discharged soldiers and the relatives of the men.’

Below the memorial is a shelf and below that are further memorials set into the panelling. Immediately below the shelf is a narrow piece of wood (114 cm by 5 cm) with white lettering which reads:

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF THE FOLLOWING

MEMBERS OF HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1939- 1945

Below this are four wooden plaques, each measuring 15.5 cm by 17 cm. The name on each one is in red, the rest of the lettering in white. From left to right they read as follows:

LIEUTENANT
D. R. SCOTT
ROYAL ARTILLERY
REPORTED MISSING
IN NORTH AFRICA
JUNE 4TH 1942
DRIVER
J. H. FEIRN
ROYAL ENGINEERS
DIED OF ILLNESS
IN THE HOMELAND
AUG. 17TH 1944
L/CORPORAL
S. RADFORD
2ND SHERWOOD
FORESTERS. KILLED
ANZIO BEACHEAD
MAR. 2ND 1944
FLT/ENGINEER SGT
F. C. RILEY
ROYAL AIR FORCE
SHOT DOWN OVER
HOLLAND
MAY 12TH 1944

On the north wall of the chancel is a list, printed on paper, of all the men of Teversal who served during World War I. At the bottom it says that the list is the result of research by Teversal Heritage Group, using The St Katherine’s Parish Magazine 1914-1917, the Absent Voters List of 1918 and other sources.

Known Teversal Men Serving in World War I

Adams, Douglas William

Millington, Horace

Allan, W.

Morley, R.

Ball, Herbert

Mosley, George Robert

Ball, Lewis

Porter, William

Barker, Edward - born in Teversal (Bradford)

Redshaw, J.

Barrell, Wiliam Henry

Renshaw, Sidney

Beck, Arthur

Roper, Allen Charles Brooks * - born in Teversal (Sutton memorial)

Bryant, Ernest Winslow

Rutland, Arthur

Bryant, Wilfred Ernest

Saunders, Joseph

Froggatt, Alfred

Sharp, Alma

Froggatt, Frederick *

Spick, Percy S.

Saunders, Wilfred

Swallow, Horace Cecil *

Froggatt, Sidney

Swallow, John Robert *

Grant, Alexander

Tagg, Charles Frederick

Grant, John

Tagg, William Henry

Grant, Stanley

Wardle, J. P.

Grant, William

Wells, Albert V.

Hallam, Frank *

Whitton, Francis Henry * (Pleasley Macin, Thomas William memorial) - married Annie of Norwood

Lloyd, Morris

Winterbottom, W.

Lowe, Frederick Henry

 

Lowe, Samuel

 

Machin, Geoffrey Harry *

 

* denotes killed in action