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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Ashfield
Town
Kirkby In Ashfield
County
Nottinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 18 July 1920
    Attended by: Lieutenant E Lane unveiled the memorial.
  • Dedicated
    Date: 18 July 1920
    Attended by: Reverend S. M. Wheeler (honorary Chaplain to the Forces) dedicated the memorial.
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
58948

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Current location

St Thomas Church
St Thomas Avenue
Kirkby In Ashfield
Ashfield
Nottinghamshire
NG17 7DX
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 50797 55727
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Nowy headed stone tablet; moulded borders; badge at head; inscription incised in upright capital roman lettering.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE LOVED MEMORY OF/ RUPERT ALEXIS RICKETT/ CAPTAIN 5TH BATTALION SOUTH LANCS. REGT./ YOUNGEST SON OF/ FREDERICK AND ADA RICKETT/ KILLED IN ACTION AT OVILLERS LA BOISELLE/ JULY 9TH 1916 AGED 24/ "ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HIM O LORD"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Rickett, Rupert Alexis
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth c 50mm, height c 380mm, width c 750mm
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church of England.
Reference
  • Mansfield Reporter, Friday 23rd July 1920 (page 6) reported: KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD... SUNDAY SCHOOL FESTIVAL.—St. Thomas's Sunday school festival was observed on Sunday, and from every point of view a record was established. In the morning, the Rev. T. B. Lawson, a former vicar, was the preacher, and in the course of an appropriate sermon dealt with the importance of Sunday school work. At this service a memorial tablet was unveiled by Lieut. E. Lane, and dedicated by the Vicar (the Rev. S. M. Wheeler, hon. C.F.) to a former member of the congregation, Capt Rupert Rickett, who lost his life in the war. As a mark of esteem, the members of the C.E M.S. attended in a body, and many ex service men were present. A touching tribute was paid to the memory of the late officer by Mr. Lawson, to whom he was, of course, known for so many years. Kirkby-In-Ashfield. | Mansfield Reporter | Friday 23 July 1920 | British Newspaper Archive
  • Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project: 'This mainly brick church was built in 1903 on land given by the Duke of Portland and designed by Louis Ambler. It consists of a nave, chancel, narrow north and south aisles, two diminutive towers either side of the wide west entrance, and a north-east porch. The Lady Chapel in the north-east corner was designed by E Watkinson in 1936. There is a hammerbeam roof. The arcades are supported by stone columns and the stone chancel arch bears carved heads, as do the corbels. In the chancel is a good mosaic tile floor, a hanging rood, four painted angels on the roof beams and the four Evangelists on corbels. There is a carved oak pulpit and reredos with riddel posts. The choir stalls have poppyheads. The east window of stained glass has five lights, a First World War memorial. The only other stained glass is a portrait of St Mary in the Lady Chapel. Either side of the nave are five windows of four lights each in clear glass. There is one wall monument to Rupert Alexis Rickett, killed in action, 1916. The south tower contains one bell by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough. The organ is by Wadsworth Brothers of Manchester'. southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/kirkby-st-thomas/hintro.php

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