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West Bridgford St Giles

War Memorial

On the west wall of the church is a memorial, approximately 170 cm wide by 125 cm high, to those who died in the First World War.

Left-hand panel

Centre panel

Right-hand panel

Below the centre panel are the words: 'So he passed over, & all the Trumpets sounded for him on the other side.'

The Great East Window was the parishioners' war memorial gift 'in memory of the sons of West Bridgford who gave their lives unto the death in the Great War'. It was designed and executed by Herbert W Bryans, Esq, London and dedicated on Sunday, 20th November 1919, when it was unveiled by Mrs Heymann.

Next to the main memorial on the west wall is a First World War memorial which was originally part of a lectern used by the Boys' Brigade. The memorial was transferred to the church wall in 2002. It reads:

IN MEMORY OF P. N. COOPER. LIEUT 1ST SHERWOOD FORESTERS. DIED IN FRANCE. JULY 6TH 1916. AGED 21 YEARS. GIVEN BY HIS PARENTS IN RECOGNITION OF THE BENEFIT AND HAPPINESS HE DERIVED FROM THE BOYS' BRIGADE.

Cooper lived with his parents on Bridgford Road and joined the King's Royal Rifles at the outbreak of the war. He received his commission in the Sherwoods on 31st January 1915 and proceeded to the front in the following December, being promoted to lieutenant on 4th February. He died in action on the Somme, aged twenty-one.

A plaque on the wall near the pulpit records that the pulpit and screen were given in memory of Edward Lake Flewitt. Flewitt lived with his parents on Musters Road and had been a member of the Officers Training Corps before enlisting in the army. He was gazetted 2nd lieutenant on 29th August 1917. The plaque reads:

IN MEMORY OF THOMAS FLEWITT WHO WORSHIPPED IN THIS CHURCH FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS, AND DIED ON THE 3RD NOVEMBER 1938, IN HIS 84TH YEAR. AND OF GERTRUDE EMILY HIS WIFE, WHO DIED ON THE 7TH JANUARY 1906. ALSO OF THEIR YOUNGEST SON EDWARD LAKE FLEWITT 2ND LIEUTENANT 7TH (ROBIN HOODS) SHERWOOD FORESTERS, WHO DIED IN ACTION IN FRANCE ON THE 7TH JANUARY 1918 IN HIS 20TH YEAR THIS SCREEN AND PULPIT WERE ERECTED BY THE SURVIVING SONS AND DAUGHTER A.D. 1948

In the churchyard is the grave of Albert Charles Lacey who succumbed to pneumonia during training at the start of the war. According to military records, he died on 11th October 1914 in hospital in Aldershot, having enlisted on 7th September from his home in Holme Road.

The headstone was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 1974 and reads:

BURIED IN THIS CHURCHYARD 2952 RIFLEMAN A.C. LACEY KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS 10TH OCTOBER 1914 AGE 20

On the east wall of the George Chapel is a stained glass window commemorating the fallen of the Second World War, which was erected following fund-raising by the West Bridgford Branch of the British Legion. The dedication service was on Sunday, 5th February 1950.

At the bottom of the window is written, 'They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the Sun and in the morning we will remember them. A.D. 1939 – 1945'

A Roll of Honour is to be found in a cabinet by the west wall of the church.

The first leaf is inscribed: 'West Bridgford Branch of British Legion 1939 – 1945' and the next with 'They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.' Then is written 'names, rank and service of citizens of West Bridgford who fell in the 1939 – 1945 war' followed by this list of names:

Herbert Baker  Sqn Ldr., R.A.F.
Edwin Thomas Banks  Flying Offr., R.A.F.
Frederick Arthur Barnes  Cpl., 1 Foresters
Kenneth Batchelor  Lt., Fleet Air Arm
John Bestwick  Sjt., R.A.F.
Leonard Eric Bignall  Flt. Sjt., R.A.F.
J. G. Blenkinsop  Pte., 2 H.L.I.
John Montague Charles Bougin  Sgt., R.A.F.
Albert Barron  Ldg. Stoker, R.N.
George Edwin Bradley  Sgt., R.A.F.
Philip George Bradley  Cpl., R.A.F.
Reginald Bramley  Sgt., R.A.F.
Eric William Brown  Sqn., Ldr., R.A.F.
Frederick Butler  Pte., 1 Foresters
Douglas Thomas Bywater  Sgt., 1 Gren. Gds.
John Francis Chell  Sgt., Ob. R.A.F.
Ralph Owen Chester  Flt., Sgt., R.A.F.
Stanley Charles Chester  Sgt., Pilot R.A.F.
Arthur Edmund Clarke  L. Bdr., R.A., LAA.
Stuart Robertson Clarke  Flt., Sgt., R.A.F.
Kenneth John Cooper  Sgt., R.A.F.
William Henry Cottingham  Pte., R.A.S.C.
Desmond Victor Cox  Marine R. Marines
John Stewart Crane  Sgt., R.A.F.
Joseph William Cresswell  Lt., R.A.
Ronald Culley  R.A.F.
Anthony Worcester Dandie  A.B., R.N.
Albert Douglass  Sgt., Pilot R.A.F.
Victor Gilbert Else  Cfmn., R.E.M.E.
John Frederick Ennis  Sgt., R.A.F.
Walter Fell  Sgt., R.E.
George Albert Field  Cpl., R.E.
John Arthur Finking  Tpr., R.Tnks
Walter Flint  Gnr., R.A.
Roy Forder  Sgt., R.A.F..
Lionel Fulford  Major 12 Foresters
Reginald Edwin Gale  Sgt. Pilot R.A.F.
Norman Iszard Gelson  2 Offr., Merchant Navy
Jack Poneroy Giles  Lt. 1 S.S.V.F.
George Gleeson  Cpl., R.W.F.
Frederick Rex Goodyer-Kettley  Mar., R. Marines
Kenneth Griffin  A.C.1., R.A.F.
Arthur Henry Hallam  Pte., Seaforths
George Harvey Hancock  Pte., 4 Lincolns
Roy Harley  Sgt. Obs. R.A.F.
Albert Ernest Harrison  Flt. Sgt., R.A.F.
John Dennis Haskard  Lt., 1 N. Yeo.
Robert Norman Hayward  L. Cpl., 4 Lincolns
Arthur A. Heaneay  W.O. Air Gnr. R.A.F.
Leslie George Heaney  Pilot Offr., R.A.F.
Albert Heath  Gnr., R.A.
Philip Hardy Hemsley  Fl. Offr., R.A.F.
Stanley Dennis Hibberd  Sgt., R.A.F.
Ian Hyem  Sglmn., R.N.
Eric Hill  Sgt., R.A.F.
Ronald Edwin James Hill  Lt., N. Yeo.
Lewis Alan Hofton  Gnr., R.A., H.A.A.
Louis Raymond Holehouse  Pte., 4 Norfolk
Eric William Hollingworth  Pte., 2 Queens
Keith Wheatcroft Holmes  Sgt., R.A.F.
William Hopcroft  Sqlmn., 5 Notts. H.
John Hopwood  Flt. Offr., R.A.F.
Basil Albert Hudson  Flt. Offr., R.A.F.
Eric Thomas Humphreys  Lt., 8 Baluch Rifles
Charles Edward Johnson  Pilot Offr., R.A.F.
Thomas Edward Jones  Pte., A.A.C.
Dennis Kiddier  L. Cpl., 1 Leicesters
Arthur James King  Sgt., R.A.F.
Frederick David King, D.F.M.  Sgt., R.A.F.
Frederick Lewis King  Sgt., W. Dgns.
John Arthur Charles King  Sgt., R.A.F.
C. H. Lawrence, M.C. Lt., Essex
Kendrick George Arthur Lee, M.M.  Sgt., R.A.
Leonard Horace Linnell  L. Cpl., R.E.
William Roy Llewellyn  Sub. Lt., Fleet Air Arm
George Edward Lowe  A.B., H.M.S. 'Vanessa'
Robert Arthur Lynn  Cpl. 1 Essex
Arthur William Martin  1 class Coder H.M.S. Pintail
Eric George Mason  Sgt. Pilot R.A.F.
Reginald Percival Mayers  Sgt. Pilot R.A.F.
Ernest Henry McCormack  Flt. Offr., R.A.F.
Frederick George Miell  Capt., R.A.
Ernest George Morris  Fus., R.W.F.
Wilfred Harold Mounser  Sgt. Pilot R.A.F
Laurence Cecil Munton  Pte., 5 Northamptons
C. Murch  Sgt., R.A.F.
J. Murray
A. Murray
Frederick Alan Nelson  Sgt. Pilot R.A.F.
Philip Drake Nelson  R.A.
Roy O'Connor  Pte., Leicesters
Alfred Richard Harry Palmer  Flt. Lt., R.A.F.
Edward Donald Parker  Sqn. Ldr., R.A.F.
Kenneth Clifton Pattison  Sgt. R.A.F.
Donald Postlethwaite  Sgt. A.G., R.A.F.
Stuart Walter Ratcliffe  Pte., 2 Foresters
Frederick William Raynor  Gnr., R.A.
George Green Read  Sgt., A.G., R.A.F.
Wilfred Henry Vivian Richiardi  Sgt., R.A.
Kenneth Albert Rivington  P.O., Royal Navy
David Herbert Roberts  Sgt., R.A.F.
James Roberts  Tpr., 2 R. Tks.
Keith Robinson  Sub. Lt., Royal Navy R.
Thomas Percy Rook  Flt. Sgt., R.A.F.
William H. Scattergood  Pte., 1 Foresters
Ernest Jospeh Shepherd  Dvr., R.A.S.C.
Kenneth Albert Stokes  Sgt. Nav., R.A.F.
John Dennis Suffolk  Flt. Sgt., R.A.F.
Allan Towers  Dvr., R.A.S.C.
John Wynne Turner  Sgt. Pilot R.A>F.
Kenneth Stanley Turner  Sgt. R.A.F.
Alan A. Waller  Sgt. R.A.F.
 Wilfred Arthur Clement Walters  W.O., R.A.F.
Edwin Leslie Watts  W.O., R.A.F.
Kenneth Watts  Fl. Offr., R.A.A.F.
David Henry Wesley  Sgt., R.A.F.
Peter Eric Westby  Sgt., 43 R. Tks.
Cyril Bernard Whitby  Tpr., 5 R. Tks.
Donald White  Pilot Offr., R.A.F.
Bernard Eric Alexander Williamson  Sgn, R.N.
John Wilson  Chief E.R.A., H.M.S. 'Victory'
John Stansfield Wood  Radio Offr., S. S. 'Polzella'
John Swinnerton Thompson  Pilot Officer R.A.F.

To the east of the Second World War memorial window in the George Chapel is a window 'In memory of Florence Mary Craddock who died 23rd February 1953 also her husband Albert John Craddock who died 12th December 1940 and also Roy Buckle their nephew killed in air operations 27th November 1943'.

Sergeant Roy Buckle was flight engineer on board a Halifax bomber which took off from Pocklington late on 25th November 1943 to bomb a target in Frankfurt. The following morning, the aircraft crashed at Warter Priory as it returned to Pocklington (not the 27th as stated on the window). Buckle died in the crash. He was just nineteen years old and, within ten days of commencing operational flights, had made three trips over Germany in a night bomber.