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Arnold - Front Street Baptist Church

Photo taken by Peter Gillings

UKNIWM Ref - 26952

The present memorial is in the modern Beacon Baptist Church, Birchfield Road, Killisick Estate, Arnold, Nottingham, and was dedicated in 1968. It replaces a Great War memorial that was erected to the members of Front Street Baptist Church and Sunday School, Arnold, which was lost when the church on Front Street was demolished as part of the redevelopment of Arnold town centre. The dedication on the original tablet read, '1914-1919. This tablet is erected in grateful and loving memory of the members of this church and old scholars of the Sunday School who fell in the Great War (names). Greater love hath no man'. The names are as the replacement memorial. A Second World War memorial was unveiled in the Front Street Baptist Church by Rev A Price on 28 March 1948. The dedication on the replacement memorial reads, 'In grateful remembrance of the men of this church who gave their lives in the service of their country 1914-1918 (names). 1939-1945 (names)'. (Rachel Farrand. Sources include Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan records).

Memorial location
Names on Memorial

W Corah - Walter Corah

W Godfrey - William Godfrey

J Gretton - John Henry Gretton

G Hammond - George John Hammond

H Hammond - Herbert Nelson Hammond

J Leivers - Joseph Leivers

L Needham - Lewis Needham

A Smith - Arthur Smith

H Smith - Harry Smith

A Wheat - Arthur Wheat

Photos
  • Photo taken by Peter Gillings
    Arnold Front Street Baptist Church - replacement memorial in Beacon Baptist Church, Arnold. - Photo taken by Peter Gillings
  • Memorial (lost). Photograph courtesy of Southwell and Nottingham Diocese
    Front Street Baptist Church - Memorial (lost). Photograph courtesy of Southwell and Nottingham Diocese
  • Aerial view of Beacon Baptist Church  Killisick Road Arnold taken by Robin Macey of Nottingham and Derby Hot Air Balloon Club.
    Courtesy Nottingham Post 5/3/2016 - Aerial view of Beacon Baptist Church Killisick Road Arnold taken by Robin Macey of Nottingham and Derby Hot Air Balloon Club.