Tollerton St PeterWar Memorial
 A war memorial was built opposite the church on the main village road to commemorate the lives lost in the two World Wars, and more recently a soldier killed in Afghanistan.
The names of the dead are recorded on three sides of the plinth:
1914 – 1919
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
GNR GEORGE HENRY SWEET.
371ST BATTY R.F.A. OCT: 4TH 1916.
PTE JOHN EDWARD LANE.
16TH SHERWOOD FRSTS. SEP: 26TH 1917.
SGT GEORGE BRAIN.
10TH SHERWOOD FRSTS. MAR: 22ND 1918.
THEIRS THE GLORY. OURS THE GAIN. |
1939 – 1945
L/CPL JOSEPH G.G. HACKETT.
CORPS. MILITARY POLICE.
LIEUT. GEOFFREY RAYNOR.
R.N.V.R. (A.)
CPL. WILLIAM A. RANDALL FOSTER
R.A.F.
BDR. A. GEOFFREY CHAMBERS
S.N.H. |
AFGHANISTAN
GDSM MICHAEL JOSEPH ROLAND
1ST BATT. GRENADIER GUARDS APR: 27TH 2012 |
On Saturday 1 June 2013 a memorial to the 507th US Parachute Infantry Regiment, who were billeted at Tollerton Hall in March 1944, was unveiled by the last remaining member of the division, Roland Daniel, aged 90 years, and the daughter of Edwin Ostberg who was the commander of the division but was later killed in action. The inscription reads:
In Memory of the men of the
United States
507th
Parachute Infantry Regiment
Who as part of the United States 82nd Airborne Division were camped
in the grounds of Tollerton Hall when preparing for combat in the
European Theatre of Operations in World War Two.
Their devotion to duty and selfless sacrifices in helping to end tyranny
in Europe will never be forgotten. Through the passage of time their
memory is still cherished. |
Inside the church are two items that have inscriptions relating to the war dead:
 A crozier fixed to the west wall of the nave with the inscription:
ST. PETER’S PARISH CHURCH
TOLLERTON
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES
FROM THIS PARISH
1914 – 1918
GNR. GEORGE HENRY SWEET
PTE. JOHN EDWARD LANE
SGT. GEORGE BRAIN
1939 – 1945
L/CPL. J.F.G. HACKETT
LIEUT. GEOFFREY RAYNOR
CPL. W.A. RANDALL FOSTER
BDR. A. GEOFFREY CHAMBERS |
A wooden chest in the south aisle with a plaque reading:
IN MEMORY OF
GEORGE R. CHAMBERS
OF TOLLERTON
DIED NOVEMBER 11TH 1947
AND HIS SON
ARTHUR GEOFFREY
DIED 1944 |
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