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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mansfield
- Town
- Forest Town
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 29 March 1931
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27170
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Current location
St Alban's Church
B6030 Clipstone Road West
Forest Town
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG19 0EP
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 56056 62029
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Bronze Plaque
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE/ MEN/ OF/ FOREST TOWN /WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-18/ (names in 2 columns)/ THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE BY THE MEMBERS/ OF THE FOREST TOWN BRANCH OF THE BRITISH/ LEGION, /PALM SUNDAY 1931.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bradshaw, G
Brindley, F
Bullock, T
Burton, J E
Carter, F
Chadbourne, N
Garton, W
Heald, W
Kelk, J
Lancashire, L
See details for all 24 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Transcript of the memorial-southwellchurches.history.nottingham.ac.uk/forest-town/hwarmem.php
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