Nottingham (Radford) - All Saints Church
UKNIWM Ref - 27348
All Saints Church, Raleigh Street, Nottingham. The parish at the time of the Great War encompassed: Cromwell Street, Alfreton Road even numbers to Peveril Street even numbers Bentinck Rod, even numbers the Forest including Carrington Railway and Police Stations, Caretaker’s Lodge, Church Cemetery Lodge, Forest Road Cemetery side to Addison Street and Dryden Street odd numbers to Shakespeare Street even numbers and Waverley Street. (Details of parish boundary published in the monthly church magazines, copies held in Nottinghamshire Archives, ref. PR29,237) The memorial is an organ screen with marble tablets inset into limestone backboard. Life size figure of St George top centre. Inscription on the centre tablet, 'Anno Salutis 1914-1919. Hallowed in Christ be the memory of all the gallant men of this parish who fell in the Great War for the freedom of the world. They shall yet stand before the throne an exceeding great army and in that last muster there shall be found these our own beloved.' All Saints Church News, 1917, 1918, 1919. Monthly editions which include: War Obituaries, Gallantry Awards, Roll of Honour (total made up of: serving/training/sick, KIA, missing, returned to civil life, POW), family and parish war memorials. Church News, July 1919: War Memorial. 'A general meeting of parishioners will be held on Thursday July 10th [1919] at 7.30pm in the church to decide upon the parish war memorial. It is proposed that all the names of the fallen shall be inscribed. The matter being of so great importance it is urged that there may be a really representative gathering of parishioners. Will all our readers help by making all their neighbours in the parish, and to All Saints people resident outside the parish. It is of great consequence that we should come to a speedy decision as otherwise there may be a delay in getting the order carried out. Relatives of the fallen are specially invited as we naturally wish that they should have a large voice in the decision. The parochial council will put their recommendations before the meeting. The final decision will rest with the meeting.' Church News, August 1919: The Vicar’s Letter. 'My Dear People. The Easter Vestry Meeting. It will be remembered, instructed the Parochial Council to consider, and to submit to a meeting of Parishioners plans for a Memorial to those who have laid down their lives in the war. The sequel to this was the meeting of Parishioners, to which all relatives of the fallen were individually invited. The meeting unanimously decided upon a scheme drawn up by Mr Gill [architect] and to be carried out by Messrs Bridgman of Lichfield. The meeting further resolved that the War memorial Committee should consist of the Parochial Council, together with four representative of the relatives, who were duly elected.The principles embodied in the scheme are as follows: That the Memorial be worthy of the great sacrifice made; that it be inside the Church to ensure its protection through the centuries, from the destructive influences of the weather; that it be in the main body of the Church and in full view of anyone entering the building; that it be of such a nature as to appeal to all, whatever their religious opinions; and that it contain the names of all who died in the war, and in no sense be limited to members of the Church of England. The Memorial will consist of a massive oak screen in the South aisle, two feet in front of the organ pipes. It will be surrounded by a carved figure of St George and the Dragon, St George being the Patron Saint of England and of soldiers, and the victory over the dragon typifying the victory of Right over Wrong. The three central lower panels of this screen will be of alabaster; two containing the lists of the names, to the number of about 140, and the central one being carved with the Soldier’s Cross of Sacrifice and an inscription. In front of the screen will be set up a massive “Stone of Remembrance” on which may be placed flowers or wreaths to the memory of the fallen. The Stone of Remembrance and the Soldier’s Cross of Sacrifice are being set up in every British military cemetery overseas by the British Government, and their inclusion in our Memorial brings it into close relation with the actual resting place of our heroic and beloved departed. The Memorial Committee will shortly issue a general appeal to all parishioners. At the time of writing, a few days after the scheme was adopted, we have already received more than £100 towards the estimated cost of £600. The plans and the provision list of names will be put in the Baptistery, at the West end of the Church, and all parishioners are invited to come to the Church, open during the hours of daylight, to see for themselves the architect’s drawings, and also to make sure that the list of names is accurate and complete. The Parochial Conference is just beginning at the time of writing. Its conclusions will in due course be made known and acted upon. Yours most sincerely H Lovell Clarke.' In the same edition were details of the subscriptions toward the cost of the War Memorial: Amount received to August 13th 1919 £99 18s 0d. Amount received to September 12th 1919, £120 19s 0d. Second list of subscribers (per Captain Marshall), Mrs Browning, Mrs Antill, Captain Storey RN, Mrs Furley (Cromwell Street). Estimated cost £600 amount needed £479 0s 2d. Letter drawn up by the memorial committee is now being distributed. It gives detailed information of the design unanimously chosen by the meeting of parishioners. Church News, December 1919: War Memorial Fund. 'Amount received to October 12th 1919 £184-10-6. Amount received to November 13th 1919 £249-11-2. Fourth list of subscribers – Mr and Mrs Pigott, Mr JH Henson, Mr Worledge, Miss M Carver, Miss MW Smith, Staff Sergt. Major Hocken, Mrs Mellor, Mr and Mrs Good, Mr and Mrs Bland, Mrs Clarke, Anon, Mr, Mrs, Miss Eccleston, Misses Dalgliesh, Anon, Church Boxes, Mr and Mrs Crane, Mr and Mrs A Clarke, Mrs Bridger, Misses McVean, Mr and Mrs H Rosen, Mr and Mrs Wormell, Mr and Miss Webb, Mr and Mrs Hunter, Misses Allcock, Miss Horner, Nurse Haskard, Mrs Atkin, Mrs Moss, FHA, Miss Leafe, Mrs Haywood, Mr and Mrs Leafe, Mrs Burbidge, Miss D Burbidge, Mr and Miss Tucker, WW, Mrs Wood, Miss Cornforth, Mr E Hooton, Mrs Hubble, Mr and Mrs Firth, Mrs Walters, Mrs Howard, Mrs Colton, Mrs Lane, Mrs Reachill, Mr and Mrs Lewsley, Mrs Baker, Churching Fee, Anon, Miss Cross, Mr and Mrs Coffee, Mr and Mrs Mason, Mrs Tomlin. Estimated cost £600. Still needed £350-8-10. Present number of subscribers, 167.' In the same edition were details of a Memorial Service: 'At Evensong on Holy Innocents’ Day, Sunday, December 28th (the last Sunday of the year) the Service after the third Collect will be a Memorial of our Sailors, Soldiers and Airman who laid down their lives.'