Upton
St Peter and St Paul

War Memorial

A First World War memorial is on the south wall, facing the porch entrance. The inscription reads:

1914 + 1918

THEIR NAME FOR EVERMORE

LIVETH

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN

GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF

THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

FOR KING AND COUNTRY

IN THE GREAT WAR

LIEUT. JOHN CEDRIC GEOFFREY WARWICK
1/1 SOUTH NOTTS HUSSARS

PTE. GEORGE CROPPER
13TH EAST YORKS

PTE. CHARLES ALFRED HALL
KING’S ROYAL RIFLES

PTE. ALBERT PROCTOR
WINNIPEG RIFLES

PTE. ARTHUR ROCKLEY
13TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY

PTE. HERBERT SHEPPARD
1ST SHERWOOD FORESTERS

PTE. WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, M.M.
SHERWOOD FORESTERS

PTE. CHARLES STIMSON
1ST SHERWOOD FORESTERS

PTE. PERCIVAL THOMAS WATSON WALKER
ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS

PTE. WILLIAM JEFFERSON WILKINSON,
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY

R.I.P.

Underneath the memorial is a brass plaque, which reads:

THE FUNDS FOR THIS MEMORIAL

Were raised by

CHARLES F. WOODWARD

UPTON HALL

April 1929

In the tower is kept a WWI memorial previously located in Upton Methodist Chapel. It was moved to the tower in 1968 for preservation.

The inscription reads as follows:

To the glory of God

and honour to the men of this Parish

who fell in the Great War 1914-1918.

Lieut. JOHN CEDRIC GEOFFREY WARWICK,
	AGE 23. 1/1 SOUTH NOTTS HUSSARS
PTE GEORGE CROPPER,	AGE 31. 13TH EAST YORKS
PTE CHARLES ALFRED HALL,	AGE 26. KING'S ROYAL RIFLES
PTE ALBERT PROCTOR,	AGE 24. WINNIPEG RIFLES
PTE ARTHUR ROCKLEY,	AGE 39. 13TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY
PTE HERBERT SHEPPARD,	AGE 23. 1ST SHERWOOD FORESTERS
PTE WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, M.M.,	AGE 32. SHERWOOD FORESTERS
PTE CHARLES STIMSON,	AGE 19, 1ST SHERWOOD FORESTERS
PTE PERCIVAL THOS WATSON WALKER,	AGE 41. ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS
PTE WILLIAM JEFFERSON WILKINSON,	AGE 35, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY

R.I.P.